Software developer · Lake Charles, LA
Software developer in Lake Charles: $4,494/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median software developer wage in Lake Charles at $120,940 a year. About 100 software developer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.09). The 10th percentile is $63,030 and the 90th is $171,290. Pay ranks 190th-highest of 375 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 8.8× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,149/mo). Louisiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $4,494 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Beaumont, about 61 miles away, at $5,152 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$4,494
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$120,940
$63,030 to $171,290
Rent (1 bd)
$1,149
$1,368 (2 bd)
Employment
100
Location quotient 0.09
Pay rank
190th 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 $120,940.
- Taxes$2,565
- Rent$1,149
- Other living costs$1,871
- Left over$4,494
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $120,940
- Federal income tax
- −$18,273
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$9,252
- State income tax (LA)
- −$3,253
- Take-home pay
- $90,162
- Effective tax rate
- 25.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,149
- Groceries
- $360
- Getting around
- $566
- Healthcare
- $405
- Utilities and internet
- $225
- Everything else
- $315
- Total spending
- $3,020
Left over each month
$10,078 gross, minus $2,565 in tax and $3,020 in living costs.
$4,494
Rank every metro for a software developer
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Beaumont, $5,152/mo.
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Questions
What does a software developer make in Lake Charles?
$120,940 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 100 software developer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a software developer in Lake Charles?
$4,494 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Louisiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax Rent is $1,149, and pay covers 8.8× a year of it.
Where nearby would a software developer keep more?
Beaumont, about 61 miles away, leaves $5,152 a month, more than Lake Charles.