Software developer · Harrisburg, PA
Software developer in Harrisburg: $3,649/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median software developer wage in Harrisburg at $109,470 a year. About 2,580 software developer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.71). The 10th percentile is $76,190 and the 90th is $162,260. Pay ranks 251st-highest of 375 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 8.2× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,115/mo). Pennsylvania charges a 3.07% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $3,649 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Elmira, about 126 miles away, at $6,691 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$3,649
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$109,470
$76,190 to $162,260
Rent (1 bd)
$1,115
$1,327 (2 bd)
Employment
2,580
Location quotient 0.71
Pay rank
251st 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 $109,470.
- Taxes$2,377
- Rent$1,115
- Other living costs$1,981
- Left over$3,649
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $109,470
- Federal income tax
- −$15,697
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$8,374
- State income tax (PA)
- −$3,361
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,095
- Take-home pay
- $80,943
- Effective tax rate
- 26.1%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,115
- Groceries
- $401
- Getting around
- $527
- Healthcare
- $451
- Utilities and internet
- $251
- Everything else
- $351
- Total spending
- $3,096
Left over each month
$9,123 gross, minus $2,377 in tax and $3,096 in living costs.
$3,649
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 Harrisburg?
$109,470 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 2,580 software developer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a software developer in Harrisburg?
$3,649 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Pennsylvania charges a 3.07% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax Rent is $1,115, and pay covers 8.2× a year of it.
Where nearby would a software developer keep more?
Elmira, about 126 miles away, leaves $6,691 a month, more than Harrisburg.