Software developers in Western Europe often earn less than twenty-five dollars an hour. I wonder where that "as little as twenty-five dollars an hour" comes from.
https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm
Median hourly rate in the US ranges about $41/hr for 'Computer Programmers' to $70/hr for 'Computer and IS Managers.' In a state like New York the rates would be even higher, perhaps much higher.