Software developer · Columbus, IN
Software developer in Columbus: $3,453/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median software developer wage in Columbus at $104,880 a year. About 280 software developer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.53). The 10th percentile is $80,000 and the 90th is $137,340. Pay ranks 291st-highest of 375 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 8.1× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,084/mo). Indiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $3,453 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Kokomo, about 89 miles away, at $5,211 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$3,453
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$104,880
$80,000 to $137,340
Rent (1 bd)
$1,084
$1,290 (2 bd)
Employment
280
Location quotient 0.53
Pay rank
291st of 375
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
8.1×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, software developer pay of $104,880.
- Taxes$2,283
- Rent$1,084
- Other living costs$1,920
- Left over$3,453
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $104,880
- Federal income tax
- −$14,688
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$8,023
- State income tax (IN)
- −$3,116
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,573
- Take-home pay
- $77,479
- Effective tax rate
- 26.1%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,084
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $549
- Healthcare
- $426
- Utilities and internet
- $237
- Everything else
- $331
- Total spending
- $3,004
Left over each month
$8,740 gross, minus $2,283 in tax and $3,004 in living costs.
$3,453
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 Columbus?
$104,880 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 280 software developer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a software developer in Columbus?
$3,453 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Indiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax Rent is $1,084, and pay covers 8.1× a year of it.
Where nearby would a software developer keep more?
Kokomo, about 89 miles away, leaves $5,211 a month, more than Columbus.