Software Developers salary in Brownsville, TX

Median pay for software developers in Brownsville, TX: $107,960/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $55,460 – $150,440 · about 280 employed locally

Below the typical metro median ($111,055) by −$3,095 (-3%).

What it's really worth in Brownsville

With Brownsville's cost of living at 86 (US=100), that $107,960 has the buying power of about $125,976 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $47,435 · median home $207,150 · median rent $1,460/mo.

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How Brownsville ranks for this job

On raw pay, Brownsville, TX is 104th of the 186 metros we hold software developers wages for. Once Brownsville's cost of living is applied, it ranks 52nd.

Pay here goes further than the headline number suggests — Brownsville is one of the places where software developers gain ground in real terms, because local costs are low relative to what the job pays.

What that salary buys in Brownsville

A median home in Brownsville, TX costs $207,150 — about 1.9× 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 $1,460/mo works out at 16% of gross pay — inside the conventional 30% affordability ceiling.

Where software developers earn more

Pay on its own is only half the picture, so each row shows what rent costs there relative to Brownsville.

Metro	Median pay	vs Brownsville	Rent vs Brownsville
San Jose, CA	$199,100	+84%	2.5×
San Francisco, CA	$172,340	+60%	2.2×
Seattle, WA	$167,030	+55%	1.5×
Santa Maria, CA	$154,200	+43%	2.3×

Same job elsewhere in TX

Metro	Median pay	vs Brownsville	Rent vs Brownsville
Austin, TX	$131,320	+22%	1.1×
Dallas, TX	$129,490	+20%	1.1×
Houston, TX	$125,720	+16%	1.1×
San Antonio, TX	$124,600	+15%	1×

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

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