Software developer · Anniston, AL
Software developer in Anniston: $3,389/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median software developer wage in Anniston at $99,260 a year. About 90 software developer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.18). The 10th percentile is $55,550 and the 90th is $155,440. Pay ranks 350th-highest of 375 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 12.0× a year of one-bedroom rent ($692/mo). Alabama taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $3,389 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Memphis, about 244 miles away, at $5,136 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$3,389
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$99,260
$55,550 to $155,440
Rent (1 bd)
$692
$824 (2 bd)
Employment
90
Location quotient 0.18
Pay rank
350th of 375
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
12.0×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, software developer pay of $99,260.
- Taxes$2,234
- Rent$692
- Other living costs$1,956
- Left over$3,389
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $99,260
- Federal income tax
- −$13,451
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$7,593
- State income tax (AL)
- −$4,773
- City / county wage tax
- −$993
- Take-home pay
- $72,450
- Effective tax rate
- 27.0%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $692
- Groceries
- $376
- Getting around
- $591
- Healthcare
- $423
- Utilities and internet
- $235
- Everything else
- $329
- Total spending
- $2,648
Left over each month
$8,272 gross, minus $2,234 in tax and $2,648 in living costs.
$3,389
Rank every metro for a software developer
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Memphis, $5,136/mo.
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Questions
What does a software developer make in Anniston?
$99,260 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 90 software developer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a software developer in Anniston?
$3,389 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Alabama taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 1.00% city wage tax Rent is $692, and pay covers 12.0× a year of it.
Where nearby would a software developer keep more?
Memphis, about 244 miles away, leaves $5,136 a month, more than Anniston.