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Software Developers salary in Port St. Lucie, FL

Median pay for software developers in Port St. Lucie, FL: $107,040/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $62,680 – $169,240 · about 430 employed locally

Below the typical metro median ($111,055) by −$4,015 (-4%).

What it's really worth in Port St. Lucie

With Port St. Lucie's cost of living at 102 (US=100), that $107,040 has the buying power of about $104,743 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $69,429 · median home $383,275 · median rent $2,332/mo.

Full Port St. Lucie cost of living & taxes →

How Port St. Lucie ranks for this job

On raw pay, Port St. Lucie, FL is 112th of the 186 metros we hold software developers wages for. Once Port St. Lucie's cost of living is applied, it ranks 169th.

The headline number flatters Port St. Lucie. Once housing and everyday costs are taken into account, software developers here keep less of what they earn than the raw salary implies.

What that salary buys in Port St. Lucie

A median home in Port St. Lucie, FL costs $383,275 — about 3.6× 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 $2,332/mo works out at 26% 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 Port St. Lucie.

MetroMedian payvs Port St. LucieRent vs Port St. Lucie
San Jose, CA $199,100 +86% 1.6×
San Francisco, CA $172,340 +61% 1.4×
Seattle, WA $167,030 +56%
Santa Maria, CA $154,200 +44% 1.4×

Same job elsewhere in FL

MetroMedian payvs Port St. LucieRent vs Port St. Lucie
Miami, FL $129,330 +21% 1.2×
Naples, FL $125,640 +17% 1.2×
Palm Bay, FL $122,620 +15% 0.8×
Crestview, FL $121,740 +14% 0.9×

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

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Source: US BLS OEWS (May 2023) median annual wage; cost of living from BEA; home price and rent from Zillow; household income from US Census ACS. Rankings are across the 186 metros we hold wage data for in this occupation. Estimates for guidance only. See methodology.