Software developer · Auburn, AL
Software developer in Auburn: $4,018/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median software developer wage in Auburn at $120,310 a year. About 290 software developer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.36). The 10th percentile is $62,160 and the 90th is $170,610. Pay ranks 193rd-highest of 375 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 8.2× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,224/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 $4,018 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Crestview, about 141 miles away, at $4,883 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$4,018
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$120,310
$62,160 to $170,610
Rent (1 bd)
$1,224
$1,457 (2 bd)
Employment
290
Location quotient 0.36
Pay rank
193rd of 375
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
8.2×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, software developer pay of $120,310.
- Taxes$2,863
- Rent$1,224
- Other living costs$1,921
- Left over$4,018
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $120,310
- Federal income tax
- −$18,121
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$9,204
- State income tax (AL)
- −$5,826
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,203
- Take-home pay
- $85,956
- Effective tax rate
- 28.6%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,224
- Groceries
- $376
- Getting around
- $557
- Healthcare
- $423
- Utilities and internet
- $235
- Everything else
- $329
- Total spending
- $3,145
Left over each month
$10,026 gross, minus $2,863 in tax and $3,145 in living costs.
$4,018
Rank every metro for a software developer
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Crestview, $4,883/mo.
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Questions
What does a software developer make in Auburn?
$120,310 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 290 software developer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a software developer in Auburn?
$4,018 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 $1,224, and pay covers 8.2× a year of it.
Where nearby would a software developer keep more?
Crestview, about 141 miles away, leaves $4,883 a month, more than Auburn.