Software developer · Akron, OH
Software developer in Akron: $3,730/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median software developer wage in Akron at $105,430 a year. About 2,240 software developer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.64). The 10th percentile is $76,850 and the 90th is $164,000. Pay ranks 287th-highest of 375 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 9.7× a year of one-bedroom rent ($904/mo). Ohio taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 2.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $3,730 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Elmira, about 247 miles away, at $6,691 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$3,730
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$105,430
$76,850 to $164,000
Rent (1 bd)
$904
$1,076 (2 bd)
Employment
2,240
Location quotient 0.64
Pay rank
287th of 375
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
9.7×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, software developer pay of $105,430.
- Taxes$2,267
- Rent$904
- Other living costs$1,885
- Left over$3,730
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $105,430
- Federal income tax
- −$14,809
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$8,065
- State income tax (OH)
- −$2,224
- City / county wage tax
- −$2,109
- Take-home pay
- $78,224
- Effective tax rate
- 25.8%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $904
- Groceries
- $375
- Getting around
- $526
- Healthcare
- $422
- Utilities and internet
- $234
- Everything else
- $328
- Total spending
- $2,789
Left over each month
$8,786 gross, minus $2,267 in tax and $2,789 in living costs.
$3,730
Rank every metro for a software developer
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Elmira, $6,691/mo.
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Questions
What does a software developer make in Akron?
$105,430 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 2,240 software developer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a software developer in Akron?
$3,730 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Ohio taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 2.00% city wage tax Rent is $904, and pay covers 9.7× a year of it.
Where nearby would a software developer keep more?
Elmira, about 247 miles away, leaves $6,691 a month, more than Akron.