Software developer · Boise, ID
Software developer in Boise: $4,523/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median software developer wage in Boise at $131,590 a year. About 3,240 software developer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.76). The 10th percentile is $75,680 and the 90th is $172,170. Pay ranks 62nd-highest of 375 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 7.9× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,383/mo). Idaho charges a 5.70% flat income tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $4,523 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Salt Lake City, about 235 miles away, at $4,566 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$4,523
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$131,590
$75,680 to $172,170
Rent (1 bd)
$1,383
$1,647 (2 bd)
Employment
3,240
Location quotient 0.76
Pay rank
62nd of 375
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
7.9×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, software developer pay of $131,590.
- Taxes$3,130
- Rent$1,383
- Other living costs$1,930
- Left over$4,523
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $131,590
- Federal income tax
- −$20,829
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$10,067
- State income tax (ID)
- −$6,663
- Take-home pay
- $94,032
- Effective tax rate
- 28.5%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,383
- Groceries
- $388
- Getting around
- $524
- Healthcare
- $437
- Utilities and internet
- $243
- Everything else
- $340
- Total spending
- $3,313
Left over each month
$10,966 gross, minus $3,130 in tax and $3,313 in living costs.
$4,523
Rank every metro for a software developer
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Salt Lake City, $4,566/mo.
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Questions
What does a software developer make in Boise?
$131,590 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 3,240 software developer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a software developer in Boise?
$4,523 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Idaho charges a 5.70% flat income tax Rent is $1,383, and pay covers 7.9× a year of it.
Where nearby would a software developer keep more?
Salt Lake City, about 235 miles away, leaves $4,566 a month, more than Boise.