State comparison · 2025
Software Developers salary: New York vs North Carolina
Software Developers in New York earn a median of $166,180. In North Carolina, $134,710. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.8% — not 23.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+23.4%
New York vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+7.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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)
- -45%
North Carolina
Software Developers
- Median
- $134,710
- p25
- $104,530
- p75
- $164,750
- p10
- $83,840
- p90
- $179,310
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -24%
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.