Software developer · Omaha, NE
Software developer in Omaha: $4,591/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median software developer wage in Omaha at $125,220 a year. About 3,920 software developer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.73). The 10th percentile is $80,120 and the 90th is $162,800. Pay ranks 133rd-highest of 375 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 9.6× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,089/mo). Nebraska taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $4,591 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Ames, about 130 miles away, at $5,429 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$4,591
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$125,220
$80,120 to $162,800
Rent (1 bd)
$1,089
$1,297 (2 bd)
Employment
3,920
Location quotient 0.73
Pay rank
133rd of 375
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
9.6×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, software developer pay of $125,220.
- Taxes$2,876
- Rent$1,089
- Other living costs$1,879
- Left over$4,591
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $125,220
- Federal income tax
- −$19,300
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$9,579
- State income tax (NE)
- −$5,632
- Take-home pay
- $90,709
- Effective tax rate
- 27.6%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,089
- Groceries
- $368
- Getting around
- $545
- Healthcare
- $414
- Utilities and internet
- $230
- Everything else
- $322
- Total spending
- $2,968
Left over each month
$10,435 gross, minus $2,876 in tax and $2,968 in living costs.
$4,591
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 Omaha?
$125,220 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 3,920 software developer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a software developer in Omaha?
$4,591 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Nebraska taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,089, and pay covers 9.6× a year of it.
Where nearby would a software developer keep more?
Ames, about 130 miles away, leaves $5,429 a month, more than Omaha.