Software developer · Las Cruces, NM
Software developer in Las Cruces: $3,836/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median software developer wage in Las Cruces at $107,300 a year. About 300 software developer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.34). The 10th percentile is $68,490 and the 90th is $173,130. Pay ranks 268th-highest of 375 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 10.4× a year of one-bedroom rent ($862/mo). New Mexico taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $3,836 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is El Paso, about 96 miles away, at $5,322 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$3,836
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$107,300
$68,490 to $173,130
Rent (1 bd)
$862
$1,026 (2 bd)
Employment
300
Location quotient 0.34
Pay rank
268th of 375
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
10.4×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, software developer pay of $107,300.
- Taxes$2,286
- Rent$862
- Other living costs$1,958
- Left over$3,836
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $107,300
- Federal income tax
- −$15,220
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$8,208
- State income tax (NM)
- −$4,000
- Take-home pay
- $79,871
- Effective tax rate
- 25.6%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $862
- Groceries
- $384
- Getting around
- $566
- Healthcare
- $432
- Utilities and internet
- $240
- Everything else
- $336
- Total spending
- $2,820
Left over each month
$8,942 gross, minus $2,286 in tax and $2,820 in living costs.
$3,836
Rank every metro for a software developer
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: El Paso, $5,322/mo.
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Questions
What does a software developer make in Las Cruces?
$107,300 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 300 software developer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a software developer in Las Cruces?
$3,836 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. New Mexico taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $862, and pay covers 10.4× a year of it.
Where nearby would a software developer keep more?
El Paso, about 96 miles away, leaves $5,322 a month, more than Las Cruces.