Software developer · South Bend, IN
Software developer in South Bend: $3,023/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median software developer wage in South Bend at $95,500 a year. About 350 software developer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.24). The 10th percentile is $67,020 and the 90th is $152,210. Pay ranks 368th-highest of 375 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 7.9× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,005/mo). Indiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $3,023 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Kokomo, about 89 miles away, at $5,211 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$3,023
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$95,500
$67,020 to $152,210
Rent (1 bd)
$1,005
$1,196 (2 bd)
Employment
350
Location quotient 0.24
Pay rank
368th of 375
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
7.9×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, software developer pay of $95,500.
- Taxes$2,016
- Rent$1,005
- Other living costs$1,914
- Left over$3,023
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $95,500
- Federal income tax
- −$12,624
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$7,306
- State income tax (IN)
- −$2,835
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,433
- Take-home pay
- $71,303
- Effective tax rate
- 25.3%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,005
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $542
- Healthcare
- $426
- Utilities and internet
- $237
- Everything else
- $331
- Total spending
- $2,919
Left over each month
$7,958 gross, minus $2,016 in tax and $2,919 in living costs.
$3,023
Rank every metro for a software developer
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Kokomo, $5,211/mo.
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Questions
What does a software developer make in South Bend?
$95,500 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 350 software developer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a software developer in South Bend?
$3,023 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Indiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax Rent is $1,005, and pay covers 7.9× a year of it.
Where nearby would a software developer keep more?
Kokomo, about 89 miles away, leaves $5,211 a month, more than South Bend.