Web Developers Salary

Yes — at the median salary of $75K, rent takes 23.9% of take-home pay. A 2-bedroom at the HUD Fair Market Rent runs $1,215/month. That stays under the 30% guideline most financial planners use.

The 10th-percentile wage — what new web developers typically earn — is $52K/year. Take-home on that works out to about $3,120/month. At HUD’s $1,215/month FMR, rent would take 39% of that take-home — above the 30% guideline, so a 1-bedroom or shared housing is likely necessary starting out.

Local pay runs 19% below the national median — $75K here vs. $93K nationally. Cost of living is 10% below the national average, which narrows that gap in real purchasing power.

Tennessee pays $75K median vs. the U.S. average of $93K — that’s -19%. After adjusting for local cost of living (RPP 89.78), the purchasing-power equivalent is $83K — below the national median.

The median is $74,760 a year, that works out to about $36 an hour. But the range is wide: entry-level workers start around $52,000, and experienced web developers can clear $154,920. These are BLS numbers, based on employer-reported data, not self-reported surveys.

On that salary, you'd take home roughly $5,082/month after taxes. A 2-bedroom here rents for about $1,215/month, which eats 23.9% of your paycheck. That's under the 30% guideline most financial planners use, so the numbers work.

Tennessee has a Regional Price Parity of 89.78 (100 is the national average). That's below average, your money stretches further here than the raw salary number suggests. After cost-of-living adjustment, the median web developers salary is worth about $83,270 in national-average purchasing power.

The table above ranks every state by median pay for this role. Keep in mind that the highest-paying states tend to have the highest costs of living, so the top salary doesn't always mean the most money in your pocket.