Software developer · Honolulu, HI
Software developer in Honolulu: $2,432/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median software developer wage in Honolulu at $120,230 a year. About 1,290 software developer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.27). The 10th percentile is $63,200 and the 90th is $219,050. Pay ranks 194th-highest of 375 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.7× a year of one-bedroom rent ($2,116/mo). Hawaii taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $2,432 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Kahului, about 111 miles away, at $3,146 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$2,432
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$120,230
$63,200 to $219,050
Rent (1 bd)
$2,116
$2,519 (2 bd)
Employment
1,290
Location quotient 0.27
Pay rank
194th of 375
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.7×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, software developer pay of $120,230.
- Taxes$2,953
- Rent$2,116
- Other living costs$2,518
- Left over$2,432
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $120,230
- Federal income tax
- −$18,102
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$9,198
- State income tax (HI)
- −$8,135
- Take-home pay
- $84,795
- Effective tax rate
- 29.5%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $2,116
- Groceries
- $524
- Getting around
- $619
- Healthcare
- $590
- Utilities and internet
- $328
- Everything else
- $459
- Total spending
- $4,634
Left over each month
$10,019 gross, minus $2,953 in tax and $4,634 in living costs.
$2,432
Rank every metro for a software developer
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Kahului, $3,146/mo.
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Questions
What does a software developer make in Honolulu?
$120,230 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,290 software developer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a software developer in Honolulu?
$2,432 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Hawaii taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $2,116, and pay covers 4.7× a year of it.
Where nearby would a software developer keep more?
Kahului, about 111 miles away, leaves $3,146 a month, more than Honolulu.