State comparison · 2025
Software Developers salary: New York vs Ohio
Software Developers in New York earn a median of $166,180. In Ohio, $114,090. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.3% — not 45.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+45.7%
New York vs Ohio
COL-adjusted gap
+25.3%
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%
Ohio
Software Developers
- Median
- $114,090
- p25
- $96,200
- p75
- $135,490
- p10
- $77,790
- p90
- $168,400
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -34%
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.