State comparison · 2025
Software Developers salary: New York vs West Virginia
Software Developers in New York earn a median of $166,180. In West Virginia, $121,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.9% — not 37.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+37.3%
New York vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+13.9%
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%
West Virginia
Software Developers
- Median
- $121,000
- p25
- $82,700
- p75
- $142,610
- p10
- $60,480
- p90
- $168,620
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -29%
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.