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Web Developers salary in Syracuse, NY

Median pay for web developers in Syracuse, NY: $65,820/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $40,210 – $120,450 · about 130 employed locally

Below the typical metro median ($76,305) by −$10,485 (-14%).

What it's really worth in Syracuse

With Syracuse's cost of living at 96 (US=100), that $65,820 has the buying power of about $68,765 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $70,096 · median home $264,903 · median rent $1,633/mo.

Full Syracuse cost of living & taxes →

How Syracuse ranks for this job

On raw pay, Syracuse, NY is 118th of the 148 metros we hold web developers wages for. Once Syracuse's cost of living is applied, it ranks 119th.

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

What that salary buys in Syracuse

A median home in Syracuse, NY costs $264,903 — about 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 $1,633/mo works out at 30% 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 Syracuse.

MetroMedian payvs SyracuseRent vs Syracuse
San Jose, CA $157,390 +139% 2.2×
San Francisco, CA $141,980 +116%
Oxnard, CA $125,280 +90% 1.8×
Vallejo, CA $116,640 +77% 1.5×

Same job elsewhere in NY

MetroMedian payvs SyracuseRent vs Syracuse
New York, NY $82,780 +26% 2.1×
Rochester, NY $79,860 +21%
Binghamton, NY $78,380 +19% 0.8×
Albany, NY $71,700 +9%

Staying in NY 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.