Software developer · Hagerstown, MD
Software developer in Hagerstown: $3,957/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median software developer wage in Hagerstown at $122,830 a year. About 530 software developer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.45). The 10th percentile is $56,530 and the 90th is $172,300. Pay ranks 167th-highest of 375 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 8.8× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,167/mo). Maryland taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 3.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $3,957 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Elmira, about 190 miles away, at $6,691 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$3,957
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$122,830
$56,530 to $172,300
Rent (1 bd)
$1,167
$1,389 (2 bd)
Employment
530
Location quotient 0.45
Pay rank
167th of 375
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
8.8×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, software developer pay of $122,830.
- Taxes$3,127
- Rent$1,167
- Other living costs$1,985
- Left over$3,957
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $122,830
- Federal income tax
- −$18,726
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$9,396
- State income tax (MD)
- −$5,712
- City / county wage tax
- −$3,685
- Take-home pay
- $85,311
- Effective tax rate
- 30.5%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,167
- Groceries
- $389
- Getting around
- $574
- Healthcare
- $438
- Utilities and internet
- $243
- Everything else
- $341
- Total spending
- $3,152
Left over each month
$10,236 gross, minus $3,127 in tax and $3,152 in living costs.
$3,957
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 Hagerstown?
$122,830 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 530 software developer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a software developer in Hagerstown?
$3,957 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Maryland taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 3.00% city wage tax Rent is $1,167, and pay covers 8.8× a year of it.
Where nearby would a software developer keep more?
Elmira, about 190 miles away, leaves $6,691 a month, more than Hagerstown.