Software developer · Traverse City, MI
Software developer in Traverse City: $2,627/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median software developer wage in Traverse City at $95,860 a year. About 140 software developer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.19). The 10th percentile is $64,200 and the 90th is $139,040. Pay ranks 365th-highest of 375 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.7× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,399/mo). Michigan charges a 4.25% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $2,627 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Jackson, about 201 miles away, at $4,933 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$2,627
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$95,860
$64,200 to $139,040
Rent (1 bd)
$1,399
$1,666 (2 bd)
Employment
140
Location quotient 0.19
Pay rank
365th of 375
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.7×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, software developer pay of $95,860.
- Taxes$2,069
- Rent$1,399
- Other living costs$1,893
- Left over$2,627
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $95,860
- Federal income tax
- −$12,703
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$7,333
- State income tax (MI)
- −$3,836
- City / county wage tax
- −$959
- Take-home pay
- $71,029
- Effective tax rate
- 25.9%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,399
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $524
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $3,292
Left over each month
$7,988 gross, minus $2,069 in tax and $3,292 in living costs.
$2,627
Rank every metro for a software developer
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Jackson, $4,933/mo.
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Questions
What does a software developer make in Traverse City?
$95,860 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 Traverse City?
$2,627 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Michigan charges a 4.25% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax Rent is $1,399, and pay covers 5.7× a year of it.
Where nearby would a software developer keep more?
Jackson, about 201 miles away, leaves $4,933 a month, more than Traverse City.