Software developer · Daphne, AL
Software developer in Daphne: $4,039/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median software developer wage in Daphne at $121,320 a year. About 340 software developer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.36). The 10th percentile is $62,060 and the 90th is $179,260. Pay ranks 186th-highest of 375 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 8.1× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,252/mo). Alabama taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $4,039 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Crestview, about 82 miles away, at $4,883 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$4,039
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$121,320
$62,060 to $179,260
Rent (1 bd)
$1,252
$1,490 (2 bd)
Employment
340
Location quotient 0.36
Pay rank
186th 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 $121,320.
- Taxes$2,894
- Rent$1,252
- Other living costs$1,925
- Left over$4,039
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $121,320
- Federal income tax
- −$18,364
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$9,281
- State income tax (AL)
- −$5,876
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,213
- Take-home pay
- $86,586
- Effective tax rate
- 28.6%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,252
- Groceries
- $376
- Getting around
- $561
- Healthcare
- $423
- Utilities and internet
- $235
- Everything else
- $329
- Total spending
- $3,177
Left over each month
$10,110 gross, minus $2,894 in tax and $3,177 in living costs.
$4,039
Rank every metro for a software developer
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Crestview, $4,883/mo.
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Questions
What does a software developer make in Daphne?
$121,320 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 340 software developer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a software developer in Daphne?
$4,039 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Alabama taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 1.00% city wage tax Rent is $1,252, and pay covers 8.1× a year of it.
Where nearby would a software developer keep more?
Crestview, about 82 miles away, leaves $4,883 a month, more than Daphne.