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Web Developers salary in Fort Wayne, IN

Median pay for web developers in Fort Wayne, IN: $56,780/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $30,490 – $78,740 · about 60 employed locally

Below the typical metro median ($76,305) by −$19,525 (-26%).

What it's really worth in Fort Wayne

With Fort Wayne's cost of living at 90 (US=100), that $56,780 has the buying power of about $63,266 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $66,758 · median home $259,816 · median rent $1,264/mo.

Full Fort Wayne cost of living & taxes →

How Fort Wayne ranks for this job

On raw pay, Fort Wayne, IN is 140th of the 148 metros we hold web developers wages for. Once Fort Wayne's cost of living is applied, it ranks 134th.

Pay and living costs are roughly in step here, so Fort Wayne sits in much the same place whether you look at raw salary or spending power.

What that salary buys in Fort Wayne

A median home in Fort Wayne, IN costs $259,816 — about 4.6× 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 $1,264/mo works out at 27% 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 Fort Wayne.

MetroMedian payvs Fort WayneRent vs Fort Wayne
San Jose, CA $157,390 +177% 2.9×
San Francisco, CA $141,980 +150% 2.6×
Oxnard, CA $125,280 +121% 2.4×
Vallejo, CA $116,640 +105% 1.9×

Same job elsewhere in IN

MetroMedian payvs Fort WayneRent vs Fort Wayne
Indianapolis, IN $67,190 +18% 1.2×
South Bend, IN $67,090 +18% 1.1×

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

Who hires web developers around Fort Wayne

Large local employers in sectors that typically employ this role.

Other jobs in Fort Wayne

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.