Software developer · Mobile, AL
Software developer in Mobile: $4,343/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median software developer wage in Mobile at $122,540 a year. About 1,050 software developer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.56). The 10th percentile is $66,850 and the 90th is $179,890. Pay ranks 171st-highest of 375 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 10.4× a year of one-bedroom rent ($984/mo). Alabama taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $4,343 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Crestview, about 109 miles away, at $4,883 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$4,343
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$122,540
$66,850 to $179,890
Rent (1 bd)
$984
$1,171 (2 bd)
Employment
1,050
Location quotient 0.56
Pay rank
171st 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 $122,540.
- Taxes$2,933
- Rent$984
- Other living costs$1,952
- Left over$4,343
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $122,540
- Federal income tax
- −$18,657
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$9,374
- State income tax (AL)
- −$5,937
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,225
- Take-home pay
- $87,347
- Effective tax rate
- 28.7%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $984
- Groceries
- $376
- Getting around
- $588
- Healthcare
- $423
- Utilities and internet
- $235
- Everything else
- $329
- Total spending
- $2,936
Left over each month
$10,212 gross, minus $2,933 in tax and $2,936 in living costs.
$4,343
Rank every metro for a software developer
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Crestview, $4,883/mo.
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Questions
What does a software developer make in Mobile?
$122,540 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,050 software developer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a software developer in Mobile?
$4,343 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Alabama taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 1.00% city wage tax Rent is $984, and pay covers 10.4× a year of it.
Where nearby would a software developer keep more?
Crestview, about 109 miles away, leaves $4,883 a month, more than Mobile.