Software developer · Montgomery, AL
Software developer in Montgomery: $3,570/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median software developer wage in Montgomery at $110,620 a year. About 780 software developer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.44). The 10th percentile is $67,340 and the 90th is $169,300. Pay ranks 246th-highest of 375 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 8.2× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,121/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 $3,570 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Crestview, about 123 miles away, at $4,883 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$3,570
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$110,620
$67,340 to $169,300
Rent (1 bd)
$1,121
$1,335 (2 bd)
Employment
780
Location quotient 0.44
Pay rank
246th of 375
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
8.2×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, software developer pay of $110,620.
- Taxes$2,572
- Rent$1,121
- Other living costs$1,956
- Left over$3,570
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $110,620
- Federal income tax
- −$15,950
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$8,462
- State income tax (AL)
- −$5,341
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,106
- Take-home pay
- $79,760
- Effective tax rate
- 27.9%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,121
- Groceries
- $376
- Getting around
- $591
- Healthcare
- $423
- Utilities and internet
- $235
- Everything else
- $329
- Total spending
- $3,077
Left over each month
$9,218 gross, minus $2,572 in tax and $3,077 in living costs.
$3,570
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 Montgomery?
$110,620 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 780 software developer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a software developer in Montgomery?
$3,570 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 $1,121, and pay covers 8.2× a year of it.
Where nearby would a software developer keep more?
Crestview, about 123 miles away, leaves $4,883 a month, more than Montgomery.