Software developer · Lincoln, NE
Software developer in Lincoln: $3,534/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median software developer wage in Lincoln at $101,690 a year. About 1,530 software developer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.77). The 10th percentile is $66,870 and the 90th is $157,780. Pay ranks 324th-highest of 375 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 8.5× a year of one-bedroom rent ($993/mo). Nebraska taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $3,534 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Ames, about 185 miles away, at $5,429 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$3,534
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$101,690
$66,870 to $157,780
Rent (1 bd)
$993
$1,182 (2 bd)
Employment
1,530
Location quotient 0.77
Pay rank
324th of 375
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
8.5×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, software developer pay of $101,690.
- Taxes$2,181
- Rent$993
- Other living costs$1,766
- Left over$3,534
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $101,690
- Federal income tax
- −$13,986
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$7,779
- State income tax (NE)
- −$4,409
- Take-home pay
- $75,516
- Effective tax rate
- 25.7%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $993
- Groceries
- $349
- Getting around
- $500
- Healthcare
- $393
- Utilities and internet
- $218
- Everything else
- $306
- Total spending
- $2,759
Left over each month
$8,474 gross, minus $2,181 in tax and $2,759 in living costs.
$3,534
Rank every metro for a software developer
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Ames, $5,429/mo.
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Questions
What does a software developer make in Lincoln?
$101,690 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,530 software developer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a software developer in Lincoln?
$3,534 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Nebraska taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $993, and pay covers 8.5× a year of it.
Where nearby would a software developer keep more?
Ames, about 185 miles away, leaves $5,429 a month, more than Lincoln.