State comparison · 2025
Software Developers salary: New York vs Pennsylvania
Software Developers in New York earn a median of $166,180. In Pennsylvania, $126,550. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.8% — not 31.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+31.3%
New York vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+18.8%
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)
- -33%
Pennsylvania
Software Developers
- Median
- $126,550
- p25
- $98,590
- p75
- $158,390
- p10
- $77,750
- p90
- $178,080
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -38%
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.