Software developer · Salisbury, MD
Software developer in Salisbury: $3,353/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median software developer wage in Salisbury at $116,380 a year. About 90 software developer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.16). The 10th percentile is $80,470 and the 90th is $209,240. Pay ranks 212th-highest of 375 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 6.8× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,433/mo). Maryland taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 3.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $3,353 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Rocky Mount, about 192 miles away, at $5,224 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$3,353
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$116,380
$80,470 to $209,240
Rent (1 bd)
$1,433
$1,706 (2 bd)
Employment
90
Location quotient 0.16
Pay rank
212th of 375
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
6.8×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, software developer pay of $116,380.
- Taxes$2,917
- Rent$1,433
- Other living costs$1,996
- Left over$3,353
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $116,380
- Federal income tax
- −$17,218
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$8,903
- State income tax (MD)
- −$5,389
- City / county wage tax
- −$3,491
- Take-home pay
- $81,379
- Effective tax rate
- 30.1%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,433
- Groceries
- $388
- Getting around
- $588
- Healthcare
- $437
- Utilities and internet
- $243
- Everything else
- $340
- Total spending
- $3,429
Left over each month
$9,698 gross, minus $2,917 in tax and $3,429 in living costs.
$3,353
Rank every metro for a software developer
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Rocky Mount, $5,224/mo.
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Questions
What does a software developer make in Salisbury?
$116,380 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 90 software developer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a software developer in Salisbury?
$3,353 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Maryland taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 3.00% city wage tax Rent is $1,433, and pay covers 6.8× a year of it.
Where nearby would a software developer keep more?
Rocky Mount, about 192 miles away, leaves $5,224 a month, more than Salisbury.