Software developer · Dayton, OH
Software developer in Dayton: $3,682/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median software developer wage in Dayton at $106,910 a year. About 3,910 software developer jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.97). The 10th percentile is $77,330 and the 90th is $170,180. Pay ranks 272nd-highest of 375 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 8.8× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,018/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 $3,682 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Kokomo, about 114 miles away, at $5,211 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$3,682
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$106,910
$77,330 to $170,180
Rent (1 bd)
$1,018
$1,212 (2 bd)
Employment
3,910
Location quotient 0.97
Pay rank
272nd of 375
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
8.8×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, software developer pay of $106,910.
- Taxes$2,311
- Rent$1,018
- Other living costs$1,899
- Left over$3,682
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $106,910
- Federal income tax
- −$15,134
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$8,179
- State income tax (OH)
- −$2,275
- City / county wage tax
- −$2,138
- Take-home pay
- $79,184
- Effective tax rate
- 25.9%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,018
- Groceries
- $375
- Getting around
- $540
- Healthcare
- $422
- Utilities and internet
- $234
- Everything else
- $328
- Total spending
- $2,917
Left over each month
$8,909 gross, minus $2,311 in tax and $2,917 in living costs.
$3,682
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 Dayton?
$106,910 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 3,910 software developer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a software developer in Dayton?
$3,682 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 $1,018, and pay covers 8.8× a year of it.
Where nearby would a software developer keep more?
Kokomo, about 114 miles away, leaves $5,211 a month, more than Dayton.