Web Developers salary in Cleveland, OH

Median pay for web developers in Cleveland, OH: $88,000/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $52,700 – $141,460 · about 290 employed locally

Above the typical metro median ($76,305) by +$11,695 (+15%).

What it's really worth in Cleveland

With Cleveland's cost of living at 91 (US=100), that $88,000 has the buying power of about $96,280 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $66,481 · median home $252,210 · median rent $1,461/mo.

Full Cleveland cost of living & taxes →

How Cleveland ranks for this job

On raw pay, Cleveland, OH is 30th of the 148 metros we hold web developers wages for. Once Cleveland's cost of living is applied, it ranks 14th.

Pay here goes further than the headline number suggests — Cleveland 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 Cleveland

A median home in Cleveland, OH costs $252,210 — about 2.9× 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 $1,461/mo works out at 20% 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 Cleveland.

Metro	Median pay	vs Cleveland	Rent vs Cleveland
San Jose, CA	$157,390	+79%	2.5×
San Francisco, CA	$141,980	+61%	2.2×
Oxnard, CA	$125,280	+42%	2×
Vallejo, CA	$116,640	+33%	1.6×

Same job elsewhere in OH

Metro	Median pay	vs Cleveland	Rent vs Cleveland
Columbus, OH	$83,160	−5%	1×
Akron, OH	$80,320	−9%	0.9×
Cincinnati, OH	$78,800	−10%	1.1×
Toledo, OH	$68,290	−22%	0.9×

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

Who hires web developers around Cleveland

Large local employers in sectors that typically employ this role.

• KeyBank · Finance

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