S T SalaryCompareTool

Web Developers salary in Columbus, GA

Median pay for web developers in Columbus, GA: $79,630/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $48,020 – $108,930 · about 70 employed locally

Above the typical metro median ($76,305) by +$3,325 (+4%).

What it's really worth in Columbus

With Columbus's cost of living at 89 (US=100), that $79,630 has the buying power of about $89,632 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $55,720 · median home $209,527 · median rent $1,278/mo.

Full Columbus cost of living & taxes →

How Columbus ranks for this job

On raw pay, Columbus, GA is 56th of the 148 metros we hold web developers wages for. Once Columbus's cost of living is applied, it ranks 28th.

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

A median home in Columbus, GA costs $209,527 — about 2.6× 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 $1,278/mo works out at 19% 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 Columbus.

MetroMedian payvs ColumbusRent vs Columbus
San Jose, CA $157,390 +98% 2.8×
San Francisco, CA $141,980 +78% 2.5×
Oxnard, CA $125,280 +57% 2.3×
Vallejo, CA $116,640 +46% 1.9×

Same job elsewhere in GA

MetroMedian payvs ColumbusRent vs Columbus
Atlanta, GA $94,330 +18% 1.4×

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

Other jobs in Columbus

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.