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Web Developers salary in Jacksonville, FL

Median pay for web developers in Jacksonville, FL: $84,490/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $50,020 – $127,780 · about 230 employed locally

Above the typical metro median ($76,305) by +$8,185 (+11%).

What it's really worth in Jacksonville

With Jacksonville's cost of living at 100 (US=100), that $84,490 has the buying power of about $84,791 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $73,194 · median home $352,994 · median rent $1,701/mo.

Full Jacksonville cost of living & taxes →

How Jacksonville ranks for this job

On raw pay, Jacksonville, FL is 36th of the 148 metros we hold web developers wages for. Once Jacksonville's cost of living is applied, it ranks 51st.

The headline number flatters Jacksonville. Once housing and everyday costs are taken into account, web developers here keep less of what they earn than the raw salary implies.

What that salary buys in Jacksonville

A median home in Jacksonville, FL costs $352,994 — about 4.2× 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 $1,701/mo works out at 24% 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 Jacksonville.

MetroMedian payvs JacksonvilleRent vs Jacksonville
San Jose, CA $157,390 +86% 2.1×
San Francisco, CA $141,980 +68% 1.9×
Oxnard, CA $125,280 +48% 1.8×
Vallejo, CA $116,640 +38% 1.4×

Same job elsewhere in FL

MetroMedian payvs JacksonvilleRent vs Jacksonville
Tampa, FL $95,210 +13% 1.2×
Crestview, FL $88,090 +4% 1.2×
Cape Coral, FL $81,990 −3% 1.1×
Lakeland, FL $81,180 −4% 1.1×

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

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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.