State comparison · 2025
Software Developers salary: New Jersey vs New York
Software Developers in New York earn a median of $166,180. In New Jersey, $135,940. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.9% — not 18.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-18.2%
New Jersey vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-18.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Jersey
Software Developers
- Median
- $135,940
- p25
- $107,020
- p75
- $170,130
- p10
- $84,880
- p90
- $207,200
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -43%
New York
Software Developers
- Median
- $166,180
- p25
- $127,160
- p75
- $205,540
- p10
- $97,430
- p90
- $224,590
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.