State comparison · 2025
Software Developers salary: New York vs Wyoming
Software Developers in New York earn a median of $166,180. In Wyoming, $115,170. After cost-of-living, the gap is 24% — not 44.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+44.3%
New York vs Wyoming
COL-adjusted gap
+24%
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%
Wyoming
Software Developers
- Median
- $115,170
- p25
- $100,560
- p75
- $153,090
- p10
- $72,950
- p90
- $156,620
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -90%
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.