State comparison · 2025
Software Developers salary: New York vs South Carolina
Software Developers in New York earn a median of $166,180. In South Carolina, $129,450. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.5% — not 28.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+28.4%
New York vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+11.5%
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%
South Carolina
Software Developers
- Median
- $129,450
- p25
- $95,750
- p75
- $167,750
- p10
- $76,010
- p90
- $212,460
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -22%
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.