State comparison · 2025
Software Developers salary: New York vs Wisconsin
Software Developers in New York earn a median of $166,180. In Wisconsin, $122,660. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.2% — not 35.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+35.5%
New York vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+18.2%
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%
Wisconsin
Software Developers
- Median
- $122,660
- p25
- $97,740
- p75
- $138,590
- p10
- $77,710
- p90
- $168,630
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -39%
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.