BEA's 2024 all-items price index for Elmira, NY was 94.4, or 5.6% below the national price level. Its housing index was 76.4.
National-price-dollar proxy
Not available
WageScope divides the published Software Developers median by the BEA all-items index. This is a price-level comparison, not take-home pay, a personal budget, or a quality-of-life score.
Use the local pay range, same-source bench marks, job scale, price level, and survey care marks as separate facts. This guide stays tied to SOC 15-1252 and BLS area 21300.
Questions, answered
Software Developers pay in Elmira, NY: common questions
What is the median wage for Software Developers in Elmira, NY?
BLS did not publish a median for Software Developers in Elmira, NY in the May 2025 OEWS release. WageScope does not substitute or infer the missing wage.
Is Software Developers pay higher in Elmira, NY than nationally?
BLS did not publish the same median metric needed to compare Elmira, NY with the United States.
Does the wage estimate adjust for cost of living in Elmira, NY?
No wage price proxy is available because BLS did not publish an exact local median. A top-coded bound is not an exact wage input. A BEA price index, when available, describes prices separately and cannot fill that wage gap.
How many Software Developers jobs does BLS estimate in Elmira, NY?
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What the Software Developers median says in Elmira, NY
BLS did not publish an exact median for Software Developers in Elmira, NY in the May 2025 OEWS release. The source display is Not published. WageScope does not borrow the U.S. wage, use a nearby place, or turn this gap into zero. The row stays tied to SOC 15-1252 and BLS area 21300.
BLS lists 80 wage and salary jobs for this exact role-place row. That is a survey estimate, not a count of open posts. The mean display is Not published. A mean and a median are separate fields; one does not fill a gap in the other.
A local-to-national median gap cannot be computed from this row. The national source belongs to the United States and does not become Elmira, NY's wage. Any published percentile or job-count field below keeps its own scope, period, and source key.
This page exists because the BLS artifact has one row for SOC 15-1252 and area 21300. SOC 15-1252 names Software Developers. Area 21300 names Elmira, NY. Both keys must match before WageScope can show or index this answer.
The 15-1252/21300 row reports 80 wage and salary jobs, 2.45 jobs per 1,000 local jobs, and a 0.23 location quotient. Each value stays under the same two source keys.
For 15-1252/21300, the annual median is Not published, while the matching mean is Not published. The row is published with annual and hourly fields. WageScope does not switch units to fill a blank.
15-1252/21300 10th percentile: Not published.
15-1252/21300 25th percentile: Not published.
15-1252/21300 median: Not published.
15-1252/21300 75th percentile: Not published.
15-1252/21300 90th percentile: Not published.
15-1252/21300 employment RSE: 15.9%. Mean-wage RSE: Not published.
15-1252/21300 suppression marks: annualMean: not available, annualMedian: not available, annualP10: not available, annualP25: not available, annualP75: not available, annualP90: not available, hourlyMean: not available, hourlyMedian: not available, hourlyP10: not available, hourlyP25: not available, hourlyP75: not available, hourlyP90: not available, meanRse: not available.
BLS area 21300 facts behind this Software Developers page
Area 21300 reports 33,600 wage and salary jobs across all covered occupations. Its annual mean is $61,430. Its annual median is $47,850. The employment RSE is 0.1%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.8%. These are facts for the whole area. They do not replace the 15-1252 row.
The all-jobs wage ladder in Elmira, NY runs from $32,550 at the 10th percentile to $97,310 at the 90th percentile. The 25th percentile is $36,800. The median is $47,850. The 75th percentile is $70,840. This is a place check, not a pay range for Software Developers.
The source rows below are the six largest detailed roles in the bounded area file. Each keeps its own SOC code. They help a reader spot-check area 21300. They do not show related skills or a path into Software Developers.
1. Area 21300, SOC 41-2031, Retail Salespersons: 1,180 jobs, $34,140 annual median, 35.07 jobs per 1,000, and 1.4 location quotient.
2. Area 21300, SOC 35-3023, Fast Food and Counter Workers: 880 jobs, $32,950 annual median, 26.12 jobs per 1,000, and 1.05 location quotient.
3. Area 21300, SOC 41-2011, Cashiers: 860 jobs, $32,790 annual median, 25.68 jobs per 1,000, and 1.29 location quotient.
4. Area 21300, SOC 53-7065, Stockers and Order Fillers: 820 jobs, $37,520 annual median, 24.36 jobs per 1,000, and 1.34 location quotient.
Pay range
Read the Elmira, NY wage ladder for Software Developers
The 10th percentile is Not published. The 25th percentile is Not published. The median is Not published. The 75th percentile is Not published. The 90th percentile is Not published.
A percentile is a rank point, not a career stage. The 10th percentile does not mean new-worker pay. The 90th percentile does not mean a wage that comes after a set number of years. The points show how the wage values spread in the source. They do not say why one job sits at one point.
The middle half runs from Not published to Not published. The 10th-to-90th span is not available. Use the full ladder when a job post sits far from the median.
Elmira, NY has a annual median of Not published. New York has $166,180 per year. The U.S. row has $135,980 per year. WageScope keeps annual and hourly values apart.
Elmira, NY cannot be compared with New York on the same published median. WageScope leaves that gap open. Elmira, NY cannot be compared with the United States on the same published median. WageScope leaves that gap open. A gap can reflect many things that are not in this row. WageScope reports the gap but does not name a cause.
The state and U.S. rows are bench marks, not replacements. They do not fill missing local facts. A state can hold many local labor markets. A national row can hold many states. Read the local row first, then use the broader rows to see scale.
Elmira, NY has no exact published median that can enter this Software Developers pay rank. WageScope leaves the rank open. It does not treat a missing or top-coded value as an exact amount, and it does not place this row at the bottom of a list.
Other metro areas may have exact medians in the same release. Those rows can be read on their own pages. They cannot establish a wage or a nearest wage neighbor for Elmira, NY without the missing local field.
Employment and local share remain separate source fields for SOC 15-1252. Neither field is a substitute for median pay. A job count does not say where a wage would rank, and a share measure does not set a pay floor or ceiling.
Where Software Developers medians lead among metro areas
The rows below use the same SOC 15-1252, the same annual median, the same May 2025 BLS release, and the same metro map type. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA has the highest published median in this set, at $213,110 per year. Elmira, NY sits at Not published.
A pay lead is one fact. It does not show the size of the job base. It does not show how common Software Developers is in the local mix. It also does not add local prices. The bullets keep the median, job count, and location quotient together so a high wage is not read as a full market score.
Use this list to choose a deeper pair, not to choose a place. Open the two local pages. Check the full wage ladder, the job scale, the survey care marks, and the exact BEA price row when present. A missing median stays out of this rank instead of becoming zero.
1. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA has a Software Developers median of $213,110 per year, or not available. BLS lists 87,350 jobs there, compared with 80 in Elmira, NY. The location quotient is 7.09.
2. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA has a Software Developers median of $186,640 per year, or not available. BLS lists 69,030 jobs there, compared with 80 in Elmira, NY. The location quotient is 2.68.
Job-base leaders
Where BLS counts the most Software Developers jobs
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ has the largest published metro job estimate for Software Developers in this same-source set, at 121,000 jobs. Elmira, NY has 80. The count shows covered job scale, not open posts.
A large job base can have a lower median than a smaller one. It can also have a location quotient near or below 1. That is why WageScope does not blend job count, pay, and local share. Each field keeps its name and unit. The rows below let you compare all three without making one score.
Current MeritLog listings can add a dated view of employer-title matches. They do not change this May 2025 order. A place with few current cards can still have a large BLS job estimate. A place with several cards can still have a smaller estimate. The sources use different clocks and scopes.
1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ has 121,000 estimated Software Developers jobs, a gap of 120,920 jobs from Elmira, NY. Its median is $166,830 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.17.
2. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA has 92,770 estimated Software Developers jobs, a gap of 92,690 jobs from Elmira, NY. Its median is $167,280 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 4.1.
Local-share leaders
Where Software Developers takes the largest share of local jobs
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA has the highest published location quotient in this metro set, at 7.09. Elmira, NY has 0.23. A value above 1 means the role's local job share is larger than its national share.
A high quotient can come from a small local job base. It does not prove more jobs, more posts, faster growth, or higher pay. The bullets keep each quotient beside its BLS job count and median. This lets a reader see when the three measures point in different ways.
Use this list to ask where Software Developers is a large part of the local mix. Use the employment list to ask where BLS counts the most jobs. Use the pay list to ask where the median is highest. None of those lists decides where a person should work.
1. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA has a location quotient of 7.09, a gap of 6.86 from Elmira, NY. BLS lists 87,350 Software Developers jobs and a median of $213,110 per year, or not available.
2. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA has a location quotient of 4.1, a gap of 3.87 from Elmira, NY. BLS lists 92,770 Software Developers jobs and a median of $167,280 per year, or not available.
3. Boulder, CO has a location quotient of 3.41, a gap of 3.18 from Elmira, NY. BLS lists 7,130 Software Developers jobs and a median of $164,560 per year, or not available.
Job scale and share
How common Software Developers is in Elmira, NY
BLS lists 80 Software Developers jobs in Elmira, NY. It also lists 2.45 jobs per 1,000 local jobs. Jobs per 1,000 turns the count into a rate. It helps compare places of different size. It does not show open posts or hiring speed.
The location quotient is 0.23. A value of 1 means Software Developers has the same share of local jobs as it has across the nation. This row is lower than 1. The quotient is a share check, not a wage or a growth measure.
Read the three values as separate facts. Employment asks how many covered jobs BLS estimated. Jobs per 1,000 asks how much of the local job base the role takes. Location quotient asks how that share compares with the national share. None of them tells you how many posts are open today.
Software Developers beside other roles in Elmira, NY
The all-occupations median in Elmira, NY is $47,850 per year. It covers the full local job mix and does not replace the missing exact Software Developers median. WageScope cannot calculate a same-unit wage gap from the role to that broader row.
No nearest-pay role list is shown for this row. Such a list needs an exact local median in the same wage unit. A title, employment count, or national wage cannot supply that missing input.
Other roles in Elmira, NY still have their own source pages. Use those pages for their own official estimates, with each SOC code and period intact. Do not infer common tasks, skills, career paths, or pay for Software Developers from another role's number.
Retail Salespersons is the largest detailed occupation in the bounded Elmira, NY table, at 1,180 jobs. Software Developers has 80 jobs in its exact role-place row. The two counts show where this role sits beside other large parts of the local job base.
The all-occupations job count is 33,600. The detailed list below is only a bounded view of that larger mix. It does not sum to every local job. It does not include a blank role as zero. It helps explain why one role's wage and job count should not stand in for the whole area.
A large role can have a lower median. A smaller role can have a higher one. Job count does not show current posts, job quality, or growth. Use the list to see local scale. Then keep Software Developers's own median, spread, and share in their own fields.
1. Retail Salespersons has 1,180 jobs in Elmira, NY, a gap of 1,100 from Software Developers. Its median is $34,140 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.4.
2. Fast Food and Counter Workers has 880 jobs in Elmira, NY, a gap of 800 from Software Developers. Its median is $32,950 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.05.
3. Cashiers has 860 jobs in Elmira, NY, a gap of 780 from Software Developers. Its median is $32,790 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.29.
Area pay mix
Published role medians around Elmira, NY
General and Operations Managers has the highest published median in the bounded Elmira, NY role table, at $94,830 per year. Software Developers has Not published. This puts the role beside a local pay range without blending the source rows.
The local all-occupations median is $47,850 per year. A role above that mark is not better. A role below it is not worse. The mark only shows where the role's published median sits against the full covered job mix. Job tasks, level, hours, and work setting are separate facts.
The bullets keep each SOC title, job count, median, and local share together. Use them to find a role page worth opening. Do not use a close median as proof that two roles share skills or that one is a path to the other.
1. General and Operations Managers has a median of $94,830 per year in Elmira, NY, or not available. BLS lists 640 jobs, compared with 80 for Software Developers. Its location quotient is 0.85.
2. Registered Nurses has a median of $82,820 per year in Elmira, NY, or not available. BLS lists 730 jobs, compared with 80 for Software Developers. Its location quotient is 1.
3. Correctional Officers and Jailers has a median of $76,820 per year in Elmira, NY, or not available. BLS lists 550 jobs, compared with 80 for Software Developers. Its location quotient is 6.72.
Area role shares
Roles with the largest local share in Elmira, NY
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic has the highest location quotient in the bounded Elmira, NY role table, at 9.16. Software Developers has 0.23. Both values compare a local job share with the matching national share.
A quotient above 1 means the role takes a larger share of local jobs than it does across the nation. It does not mean more jobs than every other role. It does not mean open posts, growth, or high pay. The job count and median beside each row answer those other narrow questions.
The local role-share mix can differ a lot from the pay mix. Read both lists. Then compare Software Developers with the same SOC code in another place. This keeps a broad area pattern from replacing the exact role-place row.
1. Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic has a location quotient of 9.16 in Elmira, NY, a gap of 8.93 from Software Developers. BLS lists 250 jobs and a median of $51,170 per year, or not available.
2. Correctional Officers and Jailers has a location quotient of 6.72 in Elmira, NY, a gap of 6.49 from Software Developers. BLS lists 550 jobs and a median of $76,820 per year, or not available.
Price-level view
Why a wage price proxy is unavailable in Elmira, NY
No national-price-dollar wage proxy is available for Software Developers in Elmira, NY because BLS did not publish the exact median needed for that math. A missing or top-coded median is not zero and is not an exact wage input.
BEA separately published a 2024 all-items price index of 94.4 for Elmira, NY. The U.S. level is 100. This source can describe broad local prices, but it cannot supply the missing BLS wage for SOC 15-1252.
A price-level wage calculation needs a published wage in the correct unit and an exact reviewed price-area match. Until both inputs exist, WageScope leaves that answer open. Published employment, source dates, and wage-status fields remain useful on their own without an inferred spending-power claim.
The employment RSE for this Software Developers row is 15.9%. The mean-wage RSE is Not published. RSE means relative standard error. It is a survey precision flag. A smaller value often means less sampling uncertainty. It is not the chance that one person's pay is right or wrong.
The employment RSE belongs to the 80 job estimate. The mean-wage RSE belongs to the Not published mean. BLS does not give the same RSE field for the median or every percentile. WageScope does not move an RSE from one field to another.
A local row can change in a new release. A small role-place sample can also have more survey uncertainty than a broad national row. Keep the May 2025 date next to the value. Do not mix a newer job post with the BLS date as if both facts came from one clock.
The job block looks for strict employer-title matches to Software Developers. It uses a Elmira, NY place filter only when the public place list has an exact approved match. If that match is not safe, the page says the jobs are not narrowed to this place. A false negative is safer than showing a different role.
Each card keeps its employer, place, source, and seen date. Listings can change between visits while the survey figures stay tied to their release date. A listing range does not replace the Not published BLS median. The listing and survey answer different questions.
Open one listing. Check its level, work place, pay range, and needs. Then tailor with work facts you can support. Do not turn a wage, job count, rank, or price proxy into a résumé claim. The public page is read only. It does not save a job or start a draft on load.
What the Software Developers row for Elmira, NY does not claim
The row does not say what one person earns. It does not promise a job, offer, raise, or move result. It does not say why the local median differs from the U.S. row. It does not add tips, bonus pay, stock, benefits, taxes, or work hours unless those items are in the BLS wage measure.
The 80 job estimate is not a live opening count. The location quotient of 0.23 is not a growth score. The unranked row is not a place score. The 94.4 price index is not a personal budget.
Use the row for one clear task. Read the May 2025 wage spread for SOC 15-1252 in BLS area 21300. Compare the same metric with the state and U.S. rows. Add the separate 2024 price level when present. Inspect a dated job match. Then use confirmed work facts for a résumé.
BLS published an employment estimate of 80 wage and salary jobs for this exact row. It is a survey estimate, not a current opening count or forecast.
Are the current job listings included in the BLS wage calculation?
No. MeritLog shows eligible live public-catalog listings separately, with their own source and observation date. Posted pay never changes the official BLS distribution.
5. Area 21300, SOC 31-1120, Home Health and Personal Care Aides: 750 jobs, $36,900 annual median, 22.46 jobs per 1,000, and 0.81 location quotient.
6. Area 21300, SOC 29-1141, Registered Nurses: 730 jobs, $82,820 annual median, 21.7 jobs per 1,000, and 1 location quotient.
3. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA has a Software Developers median of $167,280 per year, or not available. BLS lists 92,770 jobs there, compared with 80 in Elmira, NY. The location quotient is 4.1.
4. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ has a Software Developers median of $166,830 per year, or not available. BLS lists 121,000 jobs there, compared with 80 in Elmira, NY. The location quotient is 1.17.
5. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH has a Software Developers median of $166,090 per year, or not available. BLS lists 42,310 jobs there, compared with 80 in Elmira, NY. The location quotient is 1.44.
6. Boulder, CO has a Software Developers median of $164,560 per year, or not available. BLS lists 7,130 jobs there, compared with 80 in Elmira, NY. The location quotient is 3.41.
7. San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA has a Software Developers median of $163,270 per year, or not available. BLS lists 20,610 jobs there, compared with 80 in Elmira, NY. The location quotient is 1.23.
8. Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT has a Software Developers median of $162,650 per year, or not available. BLS lists 3,090 jobs there, compared with 80 in Elmira, NY. The location quotient is 0.7.
3. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA has 87,350 estimated Software Developers jobs, a gap of 87,270 jobs from Elmira, NY. Its median is $213,110 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 7.09.
4. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV has 69,060 estimated Software Developers jobs, a gap of 68,980 jobs from Elmira, NY. Its median is $154,930 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 2.03.
5. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA has 69,030 estimated Software Developers jobs, a gap of 68,950 jobs from Elmira, NY. Its median is $186,640 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 2.68.
6. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX has 67,030 estimated Software Developers jobs, a gap of 66,950 jobs from Elmira, NY. Its median is $133,290 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.52.
7. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA has 55,540 estimated Software Developers jobs, a gap of 55,460 jobs from Elmira, NY. Its median is $160,920 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 0.82.
8. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH has 42,310 estimated Software Developers jobs, a gap of 42,230 jobs from Elmira, NY. Its median is $166,090 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.44.
4. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA has a location quotient of 2.68, a gap of 2.45 from Elmira, NY. BLS lists 69,030 Software Developers jobs and a median of $186,640 per year, or not available.
5. Durham-Chapel Hill, NC has a location quotient of 2.62, a gap of 2.39 from Elmira, NY. BLS lists 9,790 Software Developers jobs and a median of $135,620 per year, or not available.
6. Huntsville, AL has a location quotient of 2.43, a gap of 2.20 from Elmira, NY. BLS lists 7,030 Software Developers jobs and a median of $128,080 per year, or not available.
7. Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT has a location quotient of 2.38, a gap of 2.15 from Elmira, NY. BLS lists 7,870 Software Developers jobs and a median of $131,210 per year, or not available.
8. Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX has a location quotient of 2.28, a gap of 2.05 from Elmira, NY. BLS lists 31,960 Software Developers jobs and a median of $134,120 per year, or not available.
4. Stockers and Order Fillers has 820 jobs in Elmira, NY, a gap of 740 from Software Developers. Its median is $37,520 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.34.
5. Home Health and Personal Care Aides has 750 jobs in Elmira, NY, a gap of 670 from Software Developers. Its median is $36,900 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 0.81.
6. Registered Nurses has 730 jobs in Elmira, NY, a gap of 650 from Software Developers. Its median is $82,820 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.
7. General and Operations Managers has 640 jobs in Elmira, NY, a gap of 560 from Software Developers. Its median is $94,830 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 0.85.
8. Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary has 630 jobs in Elmira, NY, a gap of 550 from Software Developers. Its median is $36,250 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 2.06.
4. Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products has a median of $65,230 per year in Elmira, NY, or not available. BLS lists 250 jobs, compared with 80 for Software Developers. Its location quotient is 0.92.
5. First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers has a median of $64,120 per year in Elmira, NY, or not available. BLS lists 280 jobs, compared with 80 for Software Developers. Its location quotient is 0.89.
6. Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses has a median of $63,390 per year in Elmira, NY, or not available. BLS lists 350 jobs, compared with 80 for Software Developers. Its location quotient is 2.53.
7. Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education has a median of $61,220 per year in Elmira, NY, or not available. BLS lists 450 jobs, compared with 80 for Software Developers. Its location quotient is 1.51.
8. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has a median of $57,080 per year in Elmira, NY, or not available. BLS lists 390 jobs, compared with 80 for Software Developers. Its location quotient is 0.88.
3. Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses has a location quotient of 2.53 in Elmira, NY, a gap of 2.30 from Software Developers. BLS lists 350 jobs and a median of $63,390 per year, or not available.
4. Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers has a location quotient of 2.3 in Elmira, NY, a gap of 2.07 from Software Developers. BLS lists 270 jobs and a median of $33,250 per year, or not available.
5. Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary has a location quotient of 2.06 in Elmira, NY, a gap of 1.83 from Software Developers. BLS lists 630 jobs and a median of $36,250 per year, or not available.
6. Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators has a location quotient of 1.74 in Elmira, NY, a gap of 1.51 from Software Developers. BLS lists 530 jobs and a median of $44,050 per year, or not available.
7. Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education has a location quotient of 1.51 in Elmira, NY, a gap of 1.28 from Software Developers. BLS lists 450 jobs and a median of $61,220 per year, or not available.
8. Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive has a location quotient of 1.44 in Elmira, NY, a gap of 1.21 from Software Developers. BLS lists 530 jobs and a median of $44,450 per year, or not available.
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