Software developer · Tulsa, OK
Software developer in Tulsa: $3,890/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median software developer wage in Tulsa at $108,730 a year. About 1,960 software developer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.39). The 10th percentile is $76,140 and the 90th is $166,580. Pay ranks 254th-highest of 375 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 9.4× a year of one-bedroom rent ($967/mo). Oklahoma taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $3,890 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Sherman, about 184 miles away, at $5,423 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$3,890
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$108,730
$76,140 to $166,580
Rent (1 bd)
$967
$1,151 (2 bd)
Employment
1,960
Location quotient 0.39
Pay rank
254th of 375
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
9.4×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, software developer pay of $108,730.
- Taxes$2,377
- Rent$967
- Other living costs$1,827
- Left over$3,890
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $108,730
- Federal income tax
- −$15,535
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$8,318
- State income tax (OK)
- −$4,675
- Take-home pay
- $80,203
- Effective tax rate
- 26.2%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $967
- Groceries
- $356
- Getting around
- $536
- Healthcare
- $401
- Utilities and internet
- $223
- Everything else
- $312
- Total spending
- $2,794
Left over each month
$9,061 gross, minus $2,377 in tax and $2,794 in living costs.
$3,890
Rank every metro for a software developer
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Sherman, $5,423/mo.
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Questions
What does a software developer make in Tulsa?
$108,730 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,960 software developer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a software developer in Tulsa?
$3,890 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Oklahoma taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $967, and pay covers 9.4× a year of it.
Where nearby would a software developer keep more?
Sherman, about 184 miles away, leaves $5,423 a month, more than Tulsa.