State comparison · 2025
Software Developers salary: New York vs Vermont
Software Developers in New York earn a median of $166,180. In Vermont, $125,280. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.5% — not 32.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+32.6%
New York vs Vermont
COL-adjusted gap
+20.5%
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%
Vermont
Software Developers
- Median
- $125,280
- p25
- $102,820
- p75
- $166,610
- p10
- $82,480
- p90
- $209,420
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.