SOFTWARE DEVELOPER / SALARY
UNITED STATES

SALARY SURVEYS

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$92,020 USD

£71,661 GBP

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$93,969 USD

$102,000 USD

£79,434 GBP

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Average Salary / Software Developer / United States

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Average salary for Software Developer / United States is $92,020 USD per year. The most typical earning is $102,000 USD. All data are based on 276 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of $98,700 USD. Women receive a salary of $84,700 USD.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Doctorate Degree with salary of $141,700 USD. The second most paid education level is Masters Degree with salary of $97,200 USD.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 16-20 Years of experience receive salary of $121,000 USD. Employees with 20+ Years of experience receive $105,700 USD.

Levels / Software Developer / United States (Gross USD)

Salary Levels (USD) per Year	Surveys	[%]
$10,000 USD - $14,999 USD	0	n/a
$15,000 USD - $19,999 USD	0	n/a
$20,000 USD - $24,999 USD	2	100% 0.72%
$25,000 USD - $29,999 USD	1	99.28% 0.36%
$30,000 USD - $34,999 USD	2	98.91% 0.72%
$35,000 USD - $39,999 USD	5	98.19% 1.81%
$40,000 USD - $44,999 USD	4	96.38% 1.45%
$45,000 USD - $49,999 USD	9	94.93% 3.26%
$50,000 USD - $54,999 USD	14	91.67% 5.07%
$55,000 USD - $59,999 USD	10	86.59% 3.62%
$60,000 USD - $64,999 USD	13	82.97% 4.71%
$65,000 USD - $69,999 USD	22	78.26% 7.97%
$70,000 USD - $74,999 USD	12	70.29% 4.35%
$75,000 USD - $79,999 USD	16	65.94% 5.8%
$80,000 USD - $84,999 USD	25	60.14% 9.06%
$85,000 USD - $89,999 USD	9	51.09% 3.26%
$90,000 USD - $94,999 USD	17	47.83% 6.16%
$95,000 USD - $99,999 USD	11	41.67% 3.99%
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
$100,000 USD - $104,999 USD	27	37.68% 9.78%
$105,000 USD - $109,999 USD	7	27.9% 2.54%
$110,000 USD - $114,999 USD	7	25.36% 2.54%
$115,000 USD - $119,999 USD	5	22.83% 1.81%
$120,000 USD - $124,999 USD	14	21.01% 5.07%
$125,000 USD - $129,999 USD	6	15.94% 2.17%
$130,000 USD - $134,999 USD	5	13.77% 1.81%
$135,000 USD - $139,999 USD	1	11.96% 0.36%
$140,000 USD - $144,999 USD	2	11.59% 0.72%
$145,000 USD - $149,999 USD	2	10.87% 0.72%
HIGH SALARIES
$150,000 USD - $159,999 USD	8	10.14% 2.9%
$160,000 USD - $169,999 USD	7	7.25% 2.54%
$170,000 USD - $179,999 USD	4	4.71% 1.45%
$180,000 USD - $189,999 USD	2	3.26% 0.72%
$190,000 USD - $199,999 USD	1	2.54% 0.36%
$200,000 USD - $209,999 USD	4	2.17% 1.45%
$210,000 USD - $219,999 USD	0	n/a
$220,000 USD - $229,999 USD	1	0.72% 0.36%
$230,000 USD - $239,999 USD	0	n/a
$240,000 USD - $249,999 USD	0	n/a
$250,000 USD - $349,999 USD	1	0.36% 0.36%

Gender / Software Developer / United States (Gross USD)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Men	192	$98,700 USD
2	Women	38	$84,700 USD

Education / Software Developer / United States (Gross USD)

#		Surveys
1	Doctorate Degree	6	$141,700 USD
2	Masters Degree	76	$97,200 USD
3	Bachelors Degree	164	$91,900 USD
4	Bellow H. School	1	$80,000 USD
5	Some College	26	$73,100 USD
6	High School	3	$35,300 USD

Experience / Software Developer / United States (Gross USD)

#		Surveys
1	16-20 Years	26	$121,000 USD
2	20+ Years	38	$105,700 USD
3	8-12 Years	40	$95,200 USD
4	12-16 Years	23	$93,600 USD
5	4-8 Years	52	$89,800 USD
6	1-2 Years	23	$81,100 USD
7	2-4 Years	50	$80,800 USD
8	0-1 Year	24	$71,000 USD

Age / Software Developer / United States (Gross USD)

#		Surveys
1	66-70	2	$157,500 USD
2	46-50	20	$122,000 USD
3	61-65	3	$118,300 USD
4	51-55	13	$109,600 USD
5	41-45	17	$107,800 USD
6	36-40	32	$99,300 USD
7	56-60	9	$96,200 USD
8	26-30	58	$94,700 USD
9	31-35	37	$85,100 USD
10	21-25	33	$82,800 USD
11	71-75	2	$72,500 USD
12	n/a	46	$70,200 USD
13	14-20	3	$63,300 USD
14	76-99	1	$48,000 USD

Work Type / Software Developer / United States (Gross USD)

#		Surveys
1	Permanent	232	$93,700 USD
2	Contract	30	$86,700 USD
3	Self Employed	9	$85,700 USD
4	Part Time	5	$58,000 USD

States / Software Developer / United States (Gross USD)

#		Surveys
1	Arizona	2	$157,500 USD
2	Washington State	15	$126,500 USD
3	Massachusetts	11	$119,200 USD
4	California	44	$108,000 USD
5	Tennessee	2	$105,500 USD
6	Georgia	10	$103,000 USD
7	Alabama	1	$100,000 USD
8	Iowa	1	$100,000 USD
9	Connecticut	1	$99,000 USD
10	District Of Columbia (DC)	14	$98,100 USD
11	Maryland	2	$95,000 USD
12	Pennsylvania	14	$91,500 USD
13	North Carolina	8	$90,000 USD
14	New York State	24	$89,500 USD
15	Texas	23	$89,400 USD
16	New Jersey	10	$87,200 USD
17	New Mexico	1	$84,900 USD
18	Illinois	13	$83,700 USD
19	Utah	8	$81,600 USD
20	Colorado	9	$80,900 USD
21	Indiana	2	$80,500 USD
22	Oregon	2	$80,000 USD
23	Idaho	1	$80,000 USD
24	Virginia	1	$80,000 USD
25	Michigan	3	$79,800 USD
26	Missouri	8	$79,100 USD
27	Minnesota	5	$71,800 USD
28	Ohio	9	$71,400 USD
29	Wisconsin	3	$69,700 USD
30	South Dakota	1	$65,000 USD
31	Nebraska	1	$65,000 USD
32	Oklahoma	2	$63,900 USD
33	Florida	13	$61,300 USD
34	Nevada	2	$59,500 USD
35	Hawaii	1	$57,000 USD
36	Arkansas	2	$56,000 USD

Cities / Software Developer / United States (Gross USD)

#		Surveys
1	Tacoma	1	$160,000 USD
2	Worcester	1	$150,000 USD
3	Augusta	1	$150,000 USD
4	San Francisco	14	$128,100 USD
5	Anaheim	1	$125,800 USD
6	Phoenix	1	$125,000 USD
7	Seattle	14	$124,100 USD
8	San Jose	3	$123,300 USD
9	San Diego	8	$119,600 USD
10	Houston	4	$117,100 USD
11	Boston	10	$116,100 USD
12	Philadelphia	7	$110,900 USD
13	Indianapolis	1	$110,000 USD
14	San Antonio	2	$109,500 USD
15	Nashville	2	$105,500 USD
16	St. Louis	2	$101,500 USD
17	Huntsville	1	$100,000 USD
18	Cleveland	2	$99,800 USD
19	Washington DC	14	$98,100 USD
20	Atlanta	9	$97,800 USD
21	Baltimore	2	$95,000 USD
22	Newark	5	$94,100 USD
23	New York City	22	$94,000 USD
24	Los Angeles	11	$93,500 USD
25	Charlotte	4	$91,600 USD
26	Austin	4	$90,000 USD
27	Raleigh	4	$88,500 USD
28	Albuquerque	1	$84,900 USD
29	Chicago	13	$83,700 USD
30	Salt Lake City	8	$81,600 USD
31	Denver	9	$80,900 USD
32	Jersey City	5	$80,400 USD
33	Portland, Oregon	2	$80,000 USD
34	Boise	1	$80,000 USD
35	Detroit	3	$79,800 USD
36	Oceanside	1	$78,000 USD
37	Dallas	13	$77,700 USD
38	Orlando	4	$75,600 USD
39	Columbus	4	$73,200 USD
40	Milwaukee	1	$73,000 USD
41	Pittsburgh	7	$72,100 USD
42	Minneapolis	5	$71,800 USD
43	Long Beach	3	$71,700 USD
44	Kansas City	6	$71,600 USD
45	Miami	2	$71,000 USD
46	--Other--	7	$69,000 USD
47	Madison	2	$68,000 USD
48	Sioux Falls, South Dakota	1	$65,000 USD
49	Las Vegas	2	$59,500 USD
50	Tampa	2	$57,000 USD
51	Riverside	2	$56,500 USD
52	Little Rock	2	$56,000 USD
53	Tallahassee	1	$56,000 USD
54	Akron	1	$55,000 USD
55	Oklahoma City	1	$48,000 USD
56	Cincinnati	2	$47,500 USD
57	Fort Lauderdale	4	$45,500 USD
58	Rochester	1	$35,000 USD

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

Software Developer

Posted 28 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"React. js
Angular. js
Typescript
JavaScript
C#
. NET
WPF
Python 
Linux."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Boise	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	$80,000 USD

Software Engineer

Posted 15 April 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Software engineering."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Seattle	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	Expert	$160,000 USD

Software Engineer

Posted 21 February 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Write aws applications."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Indianapolis	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	Intermediate	$110,000 USD

Senior Ux Researcher

Posted 18 February 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Qualitative and quant. design research, in-depth interviews, presentations, collaboration with product design teams (designers, engineers, product managers)."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tacoma	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	$160,000 USD

Software Engineer

Posted 16 February 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Develop software."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Orlando	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	Advanced	$72,400 USD

Backend Developer

Posted 28 November 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Backend engineer; python, sql, flask."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Dallas	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	Intermediate	$80,000 USD

Senior Sw Engineer

Posted 11 October 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Develop backend programs in Perl, C++, Java --expert in OOD."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chicago	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	Advanced	$115,000 USD

Team Lead

Posted 06 October 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"C+, HTML."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Anaheim	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	Expert	$125,800 USD

Software Developer

Posted 01 October 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Php, javascript, html, css, angular, react, mysql."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Denver	Some College	2-4 Years	Intermediate	$100,000 USD

Software Engineer

Posted 21 September 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Testing, creating features."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chicago	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Intermediate	$100,000 USD

Sr Software Engineer

Posted 25 June 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Web technologies including J2EE, relational databases."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San Jose	Bachelors Degree	16-20 Years	Advanced	$150,000 USD

Senior Front End Engineer

Posted 28 March 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Mentor others
Develop web solutions
Test code
Debug code."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Houston	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	$186,000 USD

Software Developer

Posted 13 January 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Writing code for software applications using different programming languages, design applications."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Seattle	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	$154,000 USD

Senior Engineer L1

Posted 11 December 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Develop iOS application."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chicago	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	$120,000 USD

Erp Programmer Analyst Ii

Posted 03 November 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Service Now, SQL, PeopleSoft, PeopleCode."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Dallas	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	$59,700 USD

Java Developer

Posted 14 October 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Java, Angular, AWS, J2EE, Spring, Hibernate, Struts."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Raleigh	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	$120,000 USD

Linux Sysadmin

Posted 07 October 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Linux sysadmin stuff."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Pittsburgh	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	$98,000 USD

Cyber Software Engineer

Posted 14 September 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Java
C++
C#
Oracle
Sql."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Washington DC	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	$106,000 USD

Subject Matter Expert

Posted 30 June 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Middleware admin, Developer."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
St. Louis	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	$123,000 USD

Software Engineer

Posted 30 April 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Css, Java, SQL. Web frontend, Web Backend."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San Antonio	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	n/a	$85,000 USD

Data Scientist

Posted 24 April 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Data Science, machine learning."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Dallas	Doctorate Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	$105,000 USD

Developer

Posted 15 January 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Googling and YouTube videos."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Seattle	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	$120,000 USD

Full Stack Developer

Posted 12 December 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

". NET & Angular Full stack developer."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Dallas	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	$74,000 USD

Software Developer

Posted 04 December 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Develop software."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Salt Lake City	Some College	2-4 Years	n/a	$50,000 USD

Senior Software Engineer

Posted 22 October 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Develop software."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chicago	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	$170,000 USD

Senior Software Engineer

Posted 11 September 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Design, develop and maintain IT Solutions, whether on backend, frontend or mobile."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San Francisco	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	n/a	$300,000 USD

Software Developer

Posted 23 July 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Develop software."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Houston	Some College	12-16 Years	n/a	$80,000 USD

Owner And Designer

Posted 23 July 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Design custom programming for businesses and organizations."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Charlotte	Some College	20+ Years	n/a	$48,000 USD

System Admin

Posted 05 July 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Devops has a vast techniques for upcoming days."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Austin	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	$130,000 USD

Engineer

Posted 01 July 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Software developer."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Minneapolis	Bachelors Degree	20+ Years	n/a	$125,000 USD

Software Developer

Posted 28 June 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Database design, website application coding."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Dallas	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	$75,000 USD

Software Developer

Posted 13 June 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"I solve business problems with software."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Boston	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	$100,000 USD

Data Engineer

Posted 02 June 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Designing machine learning pipeline and data storage."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Charlotte	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	$80,000 USD

Software Engineer

Posted 03 May 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Software design, review, development, managing vendors."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Charlotte	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	$118,300 USD

Certified It Developer (applications) Level 1

Posted 26 April 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Develop applications for NYCStreets."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
New York City	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	$95,300 USD

Senior Software Developer

Posted 09 April 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Salesforce and developing packaging."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San Francisco	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	$100,000 USD

Programmer

Posted 17 March 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"I program software."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
--Other--	Some College	20+ Years	n/a	$100,000 USD

Lead Developer

Posted 13 March 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Lead software developer handling all project management and IT operations."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Huntsville	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	$100,000 USD

Sde Ii

Posted 12 March 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Building software solutions."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Seattle	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	$150,000 USD

Engineer - Software Development

Posted 20 February 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"I write code 8 hours a day."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Nashville	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	$145,000 USD

Software Engineer

Posted 08 February 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Develop Software in C++
Test Software
Technical Writing."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tallahassee	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	n/a	$56,000 USD

Software Developer

Posted 21 January 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Work for software development in agency."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Atlanta	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	$220,000 USD

Senior Software Engineer

Posted 11 January 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Write and maintain PHP code."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Boston	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	$113,000 USD

Programmer

Posted 08 January 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Programming Video Games."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Oklahoma City	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	$48,000 USD

Product Manager

Posted 07 January 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Functional requirements."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San Francisco	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	n/a	$120,000 USD

Blockchain Engineer

Posted 10 December 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"I work on blockchains."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Salt Lake City	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	n/a	$97,000 USD

Tech Lead

Posted 08 November 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Tech lead on a 10 person team."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Boston	Bachelors Degree	16-20 Years	n/a	$157,000 USD

Software Developer

Posted 05 November 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Making software."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Washington DC	Doctorate Degree	16-20 Years	n/a	$200,000 USD

Manager

Posted 04 November 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Manage a team and manage them."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Akron	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	$55,000 USD

Software Engineer

Posted 24 October 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Program new applications using various languages."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Washington DC	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	n/a	$100,000 USD

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