State comparison · 2025
Software Developers salary: New York vs Washington
Software Developers in Washington earn a median of $166,540. In New York, $166,180. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1% — not 0.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-0.2%
New York vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-1%
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%
Washington
Software Developers
- Median
- $166,540
- p25
- $132,290
- p75
- $211,860
- p10
- $96,810
- p90
- $255,350
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.