Software Developers salary in Flint, MI

Median pay for software developers in Flint, MI: $99,480/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $63,320 – $145,150 · about 350 employed locally

Below the typical metro median ($111,055) by −$11,575 (-10%).

What it's really worth in Flint

With Flint's cost of living at 90 (US=100), that $99,480 has the buying power of about $110,682 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $58,594 · median home $197,858 · median rent $1,096/mo.

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How Flint ranks for this job

On raw pay, Flint, MI is 161st of the 186 metros we hold software developers wages for. Once Flint's cost of living is applied, it ranks 136th.

Pay here goes further than the headline number suggests — Flint is one of the places where software developers gain ground in real terms, because local costs are low relative to what the job pays.

What that salary buys in Flint

A median home in Flint, MI costs $197,858 — about 2× 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 $1,096/mo works out at 13% 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 Flint.

Metro	Median pay	vs Flint	Rent vs Flint
San Jose, CA	$199,100	+100%	3.3×
San Francisco, CA	$172,340	+73%	3×
Seattle, WA	$167,030	+68%	2×
Santa Maria, CA	$154,200	+55%	3×

Same job elsewhere in MI

Metro	Median pay	vs Flint	Rent vs Flint
Detroit, MI	$107,490	+8%	1.4×
Ann Arbor, MI	$106,770	+7%	1.9×
Grand Rapids, MI	$100,300	+1%	1.5×
Kalamazoo, MI	$99,860	+0%	1.2×

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

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