Software developer · Bay City, MI
Software developer in Bay City: $4,663/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median software developer wage in Bay City at $124,420 a year. About 90 software developer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.25). The 10th percentile is $75,000 and the 90th is $159,650. Pay ranks 139th-highest of 375 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 12.3× a year of one-bedroom rent ($842/mo). Michigan charges a 4.25% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $4,663 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Kokomo, about 248 miles away, at $5,211 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$4,663
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$124,420
$75,000 to $159,650
Rent (1 bd)
$842
$1,002 (2 bd)
Employment
90
Location quotient 0.25
Pay rank
139th of 375
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
12.3×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, software developer pay of $124,420.
- Taxes$2,910
- Rent$842
- Other living costs$1,953
- Left over$4,663
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $124,420
- Federal income tax
- −$19,108
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$9,518
- State income tax (MI)
- −$5,050
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,244
- Take-home pay
- $89,500
- Effective tax rate
- 28.1%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $842
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $584
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $2,795
Left over each month
$10,368 gross, minus $2,910 in tax and $2,795 in living costs.
$4,663
Rank every metro for a software developer
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Kokomo, $5,211/mo.
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Questions
What does a software developer make in Bay City?
$124,420 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 Bay City?
$4,663 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Michigan charges a 4.25% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax Rent is $842, and pay covers 12.3× a year of it.
Where nearby would a software developer keep more?
Kokomo, about 248 miles away, leaves $5,211 a month, more than Bay City.