State comparison · 2025
Software Developers salary: New York vs Tennessee
Software Developers in New York earn a median of $166,180. In Tennessee, $122,430. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.6% — not 35.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+35.7%
New York vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+15.6%
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%
Tennessee
Software Developers
- Median
- $122,430
- p25
- $90,750
- p75
- $138,890
- p10
- $75,280
- p90
- $166,380
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- 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.