Software developer · Green Bay, WI
Software developer in Green Bay: $3,589/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median software developer wage in Green Bay at $103,160 a year. About 860 software developer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.46). The 10th percentile is $76,880 and the 90th is $156,560. Pay ranks 308th-highest of 375 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 9.9× a year of one-bedroom rent ($868/mo). Wisconsin taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $3,589 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Jackson, about 236 miles away, at $4,933 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$3,589
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$103,160
$76,880 to $156,560
Rent (1 bd)
$868
$1,033 (2 bd)
Employment
860
Location quotient 0.46
Pay rank
308th of 375
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
9.9×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, software developer pay of $103,160.
- Taxes$2,214
- Rent$868
- Other living costs$1,925
- Left over$3,589
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $103,160
- Federal income tax
- −$14,309
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$7,892
- State income tax (WI)
- −$4,370
- Take-home pay
- $76,589
- Effective tax rate
- 25.8%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $868
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $556
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $2,793
Left over each month
$8,597 gross, minus $2,214 in tax and $2,793 in living costs.
$3,589
Rank every metro for a software developer
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Jackson, $4,933/mo.
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Questions
What does a software developer make in Green Bay?
$103,160 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 Green Bay?
$3,589 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Wisconsin taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $868, and pay covers 9.9× a year of it.
Where nearby would a software developer keep more?
Jackson, about 236 miles away, leaves $4,933 a month, more than Green Bay.