Software developer · Bridgeport, CT
Software developer in Bridgeport: $5,200/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median software developer wage in Bridgeport at $162,650 a year. About 3,090 software developer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.70). The 10th percentile is $102,200 and the 90th is $223,320. Pay ranks 8th-highest of 375 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.9× a year of one-bedroom rent ($2,313/mo). Connecticut taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $5,200 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Elmira, about 184 miles away, at $6,691 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$5,200
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$162,650
$102,200 to $223,320
Rent (1 bd)
$2,313
$2,754 (2 bd)
Employment
3,090
Location quotient 0.70
Pay rank
8th of 375
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.9×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, software developer pay of $162,650.
- Taxes$4,103
- Rent$2,313
- Other living costs$1,938
- Left over$5,200
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $162,650
- Federal income tax
- −$28,283
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$12,443
- State income tax (CT)
- −$8,509
- Take-home pay
- $113,415
- Effective tax rate
- 30.3%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $2,313
- Groceries
- $408
- Getting around
- $457
- Healthcare
- $459
- Utilities and internet
- $255
- Everything else
- $357
- Total spending
- $4,251
Left over each month
$13,554 gross, minus $4,103 in tax and $4,251 in living costs.
$5,200
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 Bridgeport?
$162,650 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 3,090 software developer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a software developer in Bridgeport?
$5,200 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Connecticut taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $2,313, and pay covers 5.9× a year of it.
Where nearby would a software developer keep more?
Elmira, about 184 miles away, leaves $6,691 a month, more than Bridgeport.