State comparison · 2025
Software Developers salary: New York vs Rhode Island
Software Developers in New York earn a median of $166,180. In Rhode Island, $130,590. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.6% — not 27.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+27.3%
New York vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+20.6%
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%
Rhode Island
Software Developers
- Median
- $130,590
- p25
- $101,640
- p75
- $154,040
- p10
- $83,540
- p90
- $168,630
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -19%
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.