Salary guide · IT
Software Engineer salary in Rome: can you afford rent?
A Software Engineer in Rome typically earns €34,000–€90,000/year, with a median around €53,000/year. Median 1-bedroom rent is €1,100/month.
Affordability verdict
At a typical Software Engineer salary of €53,000/year, spending on median Rome rent (€1,100/mo) would take up 25% of gross income. That's within the recommended 30% threshold — a comfortable situation.
Software Engineer salary range in Rome
€34,000
Entry level
lower quartile
€53,000
Typical
median estimate
€90,000
Experienced
upper quartile
Software engineers design, build, and maintain applications and systems software. Figures are gross annual salary estimates for Rome.
How much rent can a Software Engineer afford?
Rent landscape in Rome
€650
Budget
cheapest 10%
€1,100
Median
most common
€1,900
Premium
top 10%
1-bedroom equivalent. ISTAT housing survey + Numbeo crowdsourced data (2023) · 2023
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