Software developer · Fargo, ND
Software developer in Fargo: $4,186/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median software developer wage in Fargo at $105,980 a year. About 860 software developer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.53). The 10th percentile is $60,300 and the 90th is $160,480. Pay ranks 281st-highest of 375 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 10.0× a year of one-bedroom rent ($885/mo). North Dakota taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $4,186 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Minneapolis, about 217 miles away, at $4,405 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$4,186
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$105,980
$60,300 to $160,480
Rent (1 bd)
$885
$1,054 (2 bd)
Employment
860
Location quotient 0.53
Pay rank
281st of 375
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
10.0×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, software developer pay of $105,980.
- Taxes$1,989
- Rent$885
- Other living costs$1,771
- Left over$4,186
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $105,980
- Federal income tax
- −$14,930
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$8,107
- State income tax (ND)
- −$837
- Take-home pay
- $82,106
- Effective tax rate
- 22.5%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $885
- Groceries
- $349
- Getting around
- $505
- Healthcare
- $393
- Utilities and internet
- $218
- Everything else
- $306
- Total spending
- $2,656
Left over each month
$8,832 gross, minus $1,989 in tax and $2,656 in living costs.
$4,186
Rank every metro for a software developer
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Minneapolis, $4,405/mo.
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Questions
What does a software developer make in Fargo?
$105,980 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 860 software developer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a software developer in Fargo?
$4,186 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. North Dakota taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $885, and pay covers 10.0× a year of it.
Where nearby would a software developer keep more?
Minneapolis, about 217 miles away, leaves $4,405 a month, more than Fargo.