Software Developers salary in Fayetteville, NC

Median pay for software developers in Fayetteville, NC: $110,800/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $72,780 – $157,390 · about 430 employed locally

Below the typical metro median ($111,055) by −$255 (+0%).

What it's really worth in Fayetteville

With Fayetteville's cost of living at 92 (US=100), that $110,800 has the buying power of about $120,626 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $57,488 · median home $259,183 · median rent $1,481/mo.

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How Fayetteville ranks for this job

On raw pay, Fayetteville, NC is 94th of the 186 metros we hold software developers wages for. Once Fayetteville's cost of living is applied, it ranks 80th.

Pay and living costs are roughly in step here, so Fayetteville sits in much the same place whether you look at raw salary or spending power.

What that salary buys in Fayetteville

A median home in Fayetteville, NC costs $259,183 — about 2.3× this salary, against a typical US metro figure of 4.7×. Buying is more attainable here than in the average metro on this income.

Median rent of $1,481/mo works out at 16% of gross pay — inside the conventional 30% affordability ceiling.

Where software developers earn more

Pay on its own is only half the picture, so each row shows what rent costs there relative to Fayetteville.

Metro	Median pay	vs Fayetteville	Rent vs Fayetteville
San Jose, CA	$199,100	+80%	2.4×
San Francisco, CA	$172,340	+56%	2.2×
Seattle, WA	$167,030	+51%	1.5×
Santa Maria, CA	$154,200	+39%	2.3×

Same job elsewhere in NC

Metro	Median pay	vs Fayetteville	Rent vs Fayetteville
Charlotte, NC	$135,750	+23%	1.2×
Durham, NC	$135,710	+22%	1.1×
Raleigh, NC	$132,000	+19%	1.1×
Winston-Salem, NC	$124,880	+13%	1×

Staying in NC keeps state income tax and licensing the same, which makes these the most directly comparable moves.

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