State comparison · 2025
Software Developers salary: New York vs Oklahoma
Software Developers in New York earn a median of $166,180. In Oklahoma, $118,100. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.5% — not 40.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+40.7%
New York vs Oklahoma
COL-adjusted gap
+14.5%
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%
Oklahoma
Software Developers
- Median
- $118,100
- p25
- $94,360
- p75
- $138,940
- p10
- $75,190
- p90
- $169,700
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -35%
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.