Software developer · Dover, DE
Software developer in Dover: $3,192/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median software developer wage in Dover at $107,530 a year. About 250 software developer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.34). The 10th percentile is $76,780 and the 90th is $186,290. Pay ranks 266th-highest of 375 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 6.7× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,336/mo). Delaware taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $3,192 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Elmira, about 221 miles away, at $6,691 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$3,192
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$107,530
$76,780 to $186,290
Rent (1 bd)
$1,336
$1,591 (2 bd)
Employment
250
Location quotient 0.34
Pay rank
266th of 375
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
6.7×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, software developer pay of $107,530.
- Taxes$2,451
- Rent$1,336
- Other living costs$1,982
- Left over$3,192
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $107,530
- Federal income tax
- −$15,271
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$8,226
- State income tax (DE)
- −$5,910
- Take-home pay
- $78,123
- Effective tax rate
- 27.3%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,336
- Groceries
- $387
- Getting around
- $580
- Healthcare
- $435
- Utilities and internet
- $242
- Everything else
- $338
- Total spending
- $3,318
Left over each month
$8,961 gross, minus $2,451 in tax and $3,318 in living costs.
$3,192
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 Dover?
$107,530 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 250 software developer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a software developer in Dover?
$3,192 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Delaware taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,336, and pay covers 6.7× a year of it.
Where nearby would a software developer keep more?
Elmira, about 221 miles away, leaves $6,691 a month, more than Dover.