Software developer · Duluth, MN
Software developer in Duluth: $3,480/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median software developer wage in Duluth at $103,500 a year. About 460 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 $72,860 and the 90th is $165,270. Pay ranks 305th-highest of 375 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 8.2× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,049/mo). Minnesota taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $3,480 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Rochester, about 234 miles away, at $4,836 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$3,480
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$103,500
$72,860 to $165,270
Rent (1 bd)
$1,049
$1,249 (2 bd)
Employment
460
Location quotient 0.34
Pay rank
305th of 375
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
8.2×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, software developer pay of $103,500.
- Taxes$2,323
- Rent$1,049
- Other living costs$1,773
- Left over$3,480
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $103,500
- Federal income tax
- −$14,384
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$7,918
- State income tax (MN)
- −$5,575
- Take-home pay
- $75,624
- Effective tax rate
- 26.9%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,049
- Groceries
- $351
- Getting around
- $501
- Healthcare
- $395
- Utilities and internet
- $219
- Everything else
- $307
- Total spending
- $2,822
Left over each month
$8,625 gross, minus $2,323 in tax and $2,822 in living costs.
$3,480
Rank every metro for a software developer
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Rochester, $4,836/mo.
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Questions
What does a software developer make in Duluth?
$103,500 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 460 software developer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a software developer in Duluth?
$3,480 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Minnesota taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,049, and pay covers 8.2× a year of it.
Where nearby would a software developer keep more?
Rochester, about 234 miles away, leaves $4,836 a month, more than Duluth.