Software developer · Cincinnati, OH
Software developer in Cincinnati: $4,329/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median software developer wage in Cincinnati at $121,420 a year. About 9,900 software developer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.83). The 10th percentile is $78,790 and the 90th is $172,240. Pay ranks 185th-highest of 375 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 8.7× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,168/mo). Ohio taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 2.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $4,329 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Kokomo, about 131 miles away, at $5,211 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$4,329
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$121,420
$78,790 to $172,240
Rent (1 bd)
$1,168
$1,391 (2 bd)
Employment
9,900
Location quotient 0.83
Pay rank
185th of 375
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
8.7×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, software developer pay of $121,420.
- Taxes$2,741
- Rent$1,168
- Other living costs$1,881
- Left over$4,329
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $121,420
- Federal income tax
- −$18,388
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$9,289
- State income tax (OH)
- −$2,783
- City / county wage tax
- −$2,428
- Take-home pay
- $88,532
- Effective tax rate
- 27.1%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,168
- Groceries
- $376
- Getting around
- $520
- Healthcare
- $423
- Utilities and internet
- $235
- Everything else
- $329
- Total spending
- $3,049
Left over each month
$10,118 gross, minus $2,741 in tax and $3,049 in living costs.
$4,329
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 Cincinnati?
$121,420 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 9,900 software developer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a software developer in Cincinnati?
$4,329 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Ohio taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 2.00% city wage tax Rent is $1,168, and pay covers 8.7× a year of it.
Where nearby would a software developer keep more?
Kokomo, about 131 miles away, leaves $5,211 a month, more than Cincinnati.