Software developer · Paducah, KY
Software developer in Paducah: $3,300/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median software developer wage in Paducah at $99,260 a year. About 140 software developer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.25). The 10th percentile is $62,680 and the 90th is $155,570. Pay ranks 350th-highest of 375 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 10.1× a year of one-bedroom rent ($821/mo). Kentucky charges a 4.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $3,300 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Memphis, about 157 miles away, at $5,136 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$3,300
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$99,260
$62,680 to $155,570
Rent (1 bd)
$821
$977 (2 bd)
Employment
140
Location quotient 0.25
Pay rank
350th of 375
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
10.1×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, software developer pay of $99,260.
- Taxes$2,198
- Rent$821
- Other living costs$1,953
- Left over$3,300
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $99,260
- Federal income tax
- −$13,451
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$7,593
- State income tax (KY)
- −$3,840
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,489
- Take-home pay
- $72,887
- Effective tax rate
- 26.6%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $821
- Groceries
- $376
- Getting around
- $589
- Healthcare
- $423
- Utilities and internet
- $235
- Everything else
- $329
- Total spending
- $2,774
Left over each month
$8,272 gross, minus $2,198 in tax and $2,774 in living costs.
$3,300
Rank every metro for a software developer
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Memphis, $5,136/mo.
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Questions
What does a software developer make in Paducah?
$99,260 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 140 software developer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a software developer in Paducah?
$3,300 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Kentucky charges a 4.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax Rent is $821, and pay covers 10.1× a year of it.
Where nearby would a software developer keep more?
Memphis, about 157 miles away, leaves $5,136 a month, more than Paducah.