Software developer · Elkhart, IN
Software developer in Elkhart: $3,433/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median software developer wage in Elkhart at $101,710 a year. About 230 software developer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.17). The 10th percentile is $66,890 and the 90th is $157,190. Pay ranks 323rd-highest of 375 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 9.6× a year of one-bedroom rent ($884/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 $3,433 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Kokomo, about 78 miles away, at $5,211 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$3,433
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$101,710
$66,890 to $157,190
Rent (1 bd)
$884
$1,052 (2 bd)
Employment
230
Location quotient 0.17
Pay rank
323rd of 375
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
9.6×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, software developer pay of $101,710.
- Taxes$2,193
- Rent$884
- Other living costs$1,966
- Left over$3,433
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $101,710
- Federal income tax
- −$13,990
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$7,781
- State income tax (IN)
- −$3,021
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,526
- Take-home pay
- $75,392
- Effective tax rate
- 25.9%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $884
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $594
- Healthcare
- $426
- Utilities and internet
- $237
- Everything else
- $331
- Total spending
- $2,850
Left over each month
$8,476 gross, minus $2,193 in tax and $2,850 in living costs.
$3,433
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 Elkhart?
$101,710 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 230 software developer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a software developer in Elkhart?
$3,433 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 $884, and pay covers 9.6× a year of it.
Where nearby would a software developer keep more?
Kokomo, about 78 miles away, leaves $5,211 a month, more than Elkhart.