Salary guide · US
Software Engineer salary in Austin: can you afford rent?
A Software Engineer in Austin typically earns $90,000–$230,000/year, with a median around $140,000/year. Median 1-bedroom rent is $2,000/month.
Affordability verdict
At a typical Software Engineer salary of $140,000/year, spending on median Austin rent ($2,000/mo) would take up 17% of gross income. That's within the recommended 30% threshold — a comfortable situation.
Software Engineer salary range in Austin
$90,000
Entry level
lower quartile
$140,000
Typical
median estimate
$230,000
Experienced
upper quartile
Software engineers design, build, and maintain applications and systems software. Figures are gross annual salary estimates for Austin.
How much rent can a Software Engineer afford?
Rent landscape in Austin
$1,100
Budget
cheapest 10%
$2,000
Median
most common
$3,400
Premium
top 10%
1-bedroom equivalent. US Census ACS 2022 + Austin Board of Realtors data · 2022–2023
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