Web Developers salary in Cedar Rapids, IA
Median pay for web developers in Cedar Rapids, IA: $67,230/yr
Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $50,270 – $132,030 · about 50 employed locally
Below the typical metro median ($76,305) by −$9,075 (-12%).
What it's really worth in Cedar Rapids
With Cedar Rapids's cost of living at 90 (US=100), that $67,230 has the buying power of about $74,712 in an average-cost US metro.
Local context: median household income $75,477 · median home $244,344 · median rent $1,234/mo.
How Cedar Rapids ranks for this job
On raw pay, Cedar Rapids, IA is 112th of the 148 metros we hold web developers wages for. Once Cedar Rapids's cost of living is applied, it ranks 92nd.
Pay here goes further than the headline number suggests — Cedar Rapids is one of the places where web developers gain ground in real terms, because local costs are low relative to what the job pays.
What that salary buys in Cedar Rapids
A median home in Cedar Rapids, IA costs $244,344 — 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 $1,234/mo works out at 22% of gross pay — inside the conventional 30% affordability ceiling.
Where web developers earn more
Pay on its own is only half the picture, so each row shows what rent costs there relative to Cedar Rapids.
| Metro | Median pay | vs Cedar Rapids | Rent vs Cedar Rapids |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Jose, CA | $157,390 | +134% | 2.9× |
| San Francisco, CA | $141,980 | +111% | 2.6× |
| Oxnard, CA | $125,280 | +86% | 2.4× |
| Vallejo, CA | $116,640 | +73% | 1.9× |
Same job elsewhere in IA
| Metro | Median pay | vs Cedar Rapids | Rent vs Cedar Rapids |
|---|---|---|---|
| Davenport, IA | $76,520 | +14% | 0.8× |
| Des Moines, IA | $71,830 | +7% | 1× |
Staying in IA 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 148 metros we hold wage data for in this occupation. Estimates for guidance only. See methodology.