SOFTWARE DEVELOPER / UNITED STATES SALARY

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AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR

MOST TYPICAL SALARY / YEAR

$91,332 USD

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$102,000 USD

£73,173 GBP

Gross income Net (after tax)

Average Salary / Software Developer / United States

Average salary for Software Developer / United States is $91,332 USD per year. The most typical earning is $102,000 USD. All data are based on 266 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of $98,407 USD. Women receive a salary of $81,700 USD.

The most paid careers are IT & Programming with average income $91,332 USD and n/a with income n/a.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Doctorate Degree with salary of $141,666 USD. The second most paid education level is Masters Degree with salary of $95,236 USD.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 16-20 Years of experience receive salary of $121,220 USD. Employees with 20+ Years of experience receive $105,655 USD.

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Levels / Software Developer / United States (Gross USD)

Salary Levels (USD) per Year	Surveys	Earning Percent
$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% 0.75%
$25,000 USD - $29,999 USD	1	99.25% 0.38%
$30,000 USD - $34,999 USD	2	98.87% 0.75%
$35,000 USD - $39,999 USD	5	98.12% 1.88%
$40,000 USD - $44,999 USD	4	96.24% 1.5%
$45,000 USD - $49,999 USD	9	94.74% 3.38%
$50,000 USD - $54,999 USD	14	91.35% 5.26%
$55,000 USD - $59,999 USD	10	86.09% 3.76%
$60,000 USD - $64,999 USD	13	82.33% 4.89%
$65,000 USD - $69,999 USD	22	77.44% 8.27%
$70,000 USD - $74,999 USD	11	69.17% 4.14%
$75,000 USD - $79,999 USD	15	65.04% 5.64%
$80,000 USD - $84,999 USD	24	59.4% 9.02%
$85,000 USD - $89,999 USD	9	50.38% 3.38%
$90,000 USD - $94,999 USD	17	46.99% 6.39%
$95,000 USD - $99,999 USD	11	40.6% 4.14%
$100,000 USD - $104,999 USD	25	36.47% 9.4%
$105,000 USD - $109,999 USD	7	27.07% 2.63%
$110,000 USD - $114,999 USD	6	24.44% 2.26%
$115,000 USD - $119,999 USD	4	22.18% 1.5%
$120,000 USD - $124,999 USD	14	20.68% 5.26%
$125,000 USD - $129,999 USD	5	15.41% 1.88%
$130,000 USD - $134,999 USD	5	13.53% 1.88%
$135,000 USD - $139,999 USD	1	11.65% 0.38%
$140,000 USD - $144,999 USD	2	11.28% 0.75%
$145,000 USD - $149,999 USD	2	10.53% 0.75%
High salaries
$150,000 USD - $159,999 USD	8	9.77% 3.01%
$160,000 USD - $169,999 USD	5	6.77% 1.88%
$170,000 USD - $179,999 USD	4	4.89% 1.5%
$180,000 USD - $189,999 USD	2	3.38% 0.75%
$190,000 USD - $199,999 USD	1	2.63% 0.38%
$200,000 USD - $209,999 USD	4	2.26% 1.5%
$210,000 USD - $219,999 USD	0	n/a
$220,000 USD - $229,999 USD	1	0.75% 0.38%
$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	0.38% 0.38%

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Gender / Software Developer / United States (Gross USD)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Men	185	$98,407 USD
2	Women	35	$81,700 USD

Education / Software Developer / United States (Gross USD)

#		Surveys
1	Doctorate Degree	6	$141,666 USD
2	Masters Degree	73	$95,236 USD
3	Bachelors Degree	158	$91,808 USD
4	Bellow H. School	1	$80,000 USD
5	Some College	25	$72,020 USD
6	High School	3	$35,333 USD

Experience / Software Developer / United States (Gross USD)

#		Surveys
1	16-20 Years	25	$121,220 USD
2	20+ Years	38	$105,655 USD
3	8-12 Years	38	$93,977 USD
4	12-16 Years	23	$93,630 USD
5	4-8 Years	52	$89,813 USD
6	2-4 Years	46	$78,239 USD
7	1-2 Years	21	$77,720 USD
8	0-1 Year	23	$70,565 USD

Age / Software Developer / United States (Gross USD)

#		Surveys
1	66-70	1	$200,000 USD
2	46-50	20	$122,000 USD
3	61-65	3	$118,333 USD
4	51-55	13	$109,646 USD
5	41-45	15	$109,533 USD
6	36-40	31	$97,322 USD
7	56-60	9	$96,166 USD
8	26-30	56	$93,486 USD
9	31-35	35	$83,485 USD
10	21-25	31	$83,183 USD
11	71-75	2	$72,500 USD
12	n/a	46	$70,209 USD
13	14-20	3	$63,333 USD
14	76-99	1	$48,000 USD

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

#		Surveys
1	Permanent	224	$93,186 USD
2	Self Employed	9	$85,666 USD
3	Contract	28	$84,278 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	13	$121,307 USD
3	Massachusetts	11	$119,181 USD
4	California	43	$107,558 USD
5	Tennessee	2	$105,500 USD
6	Georgia	10	$102,980 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	$98,071 USD
11	Maryland	2	$95,000 USD
12	Pennsylvania	14	$91,500 USD
13	North Carolina	8	$90,031 USD
14	Texas	22	$89,868 USD
15	New York State	24	$89,513 USD
16	New Jersey	10	$87,247 USD
17	New Mexico	1	$84,900 USD
18	Utah	8	$81,562 USD
19	Oregon	2	$80,000 USD
20	Virginia	1	$80,000 USD
21	Michigan	3	$79,833 USD
22	Illinois	11	$79,363 USD
23	Missouri	8	$79,062 USD
24	Colorado	8	$78,500 USD
25	Minnesota	5	$71,800 USD
26	Ohio	9	$71,371 USD
27	Wisconsin	3	$69,666 USD
28	South Dakota	1	$65,000 USD
29	Nebraska	1	$65,000 USD
30	Oklahoma	2	$63,900 USD
31	Florida	12	$60,334 USD
32	Nevada	2	$59,500 USD
33	Hawaii	1	$57,000 USD
34	Arkansas	2	$56,000 USD
35	Indiana	1	$51,000 USD

Cities / Software Developer / United States (Gross USD)

#		Surveys
1	Tucson	1	$190,000 USD
2	Worcester	1	$150,000 USD
3	Augusta	1	$150,000 USD
4	San Francisco	14	$128,142 USD
5	Phoenix	1	$125,000 USD
6	San Jose	3	$123,333 USD
7	Seattle	13	$121,307 USD
8	San Diego	8	$119,625 USD
9	Houston	4	$117,100 USD
10	Boston	10	$116,100 USD
11	Philadelphia	7	$110,857 USD
12	San Antonio	2	$109,500 USD
13	Nashville	2	$105,500 USD
14	St. Louis	2	$101,500 USD
15	Huntsville	1	$100,000 USD
16	Des Moines	1	$100,000 USD
17	Cleveland	2	$99,750 USD
18	Washington DC	14	$98,071 USD
19	Atlanta	9	$97,755 USD
20	Baltimore	2	$95,000 USD
21	Newark	5	$94,094 USD
22	New York City	22	$93,968 USD
23	Los Angeles	11	$93,545 USD
24	Charlotte	4	$91,562 USD
25	Austin	4	$90,000 USD
26	Raleigh	4	$88,500 USD
27	Albuquerque	1	$84,900 USD
28	Salt Lake City	8	$81,562 USD
29	Jersey City	5	$80,400 USD
30	Portland, Oregon	2	$80,000 USD
31	Richmond	1	$80,000 USD
32	Detroit	3	$79,833 USD
33	Chicago	11	$79,363 USD
34	Denver	8	$78,500 USD
35	Oceanside	1	$78,000 USD
36	Dallas	12	$77,475 USD
37	Orlando	3	$76,666 USD
38	Columbus	4	$73,210 USD
39	Milwaukee	1	$73,000 USD
40	Pittsburgh	7	$72,142 USD
41	Minneapolis	5	$71,800 USD
42	Long Beach	3	$71,666 USD
43	Kansas City	6	$71,583 USD
44	Miami	2	$71,008 USD
45	--Other--	7	$69,000 USD
46	Madison	2	$68,000 USD
47	Sioux Falls, South Dakota	1	$65,000 USD
48	Las Vegas	2	$59,500 USD
49	Tampa	2	$57,000 USD
50	Honolulu	1	$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	$48,001 USD
56	Cincinnati	2	$47,500 USD
57	Fort Lauderdale	4	$45,500 USD
58	Rochester	1	$35,000 USD

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Sr Software Engineer

Added 25 June 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Web technologies including J2EE, relational databases."

Cities	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
San Jose	Bachelors Degree	16-20 Years	Advanced	$150,000 USD

Senior Front End Engineer

Added 28 March 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

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

Cities	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
Houston	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	$186,000 USD

Software Developer

Added 13 January 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

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

Cities	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
Seattle	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	$154,000 USD

Senior Engineer L1

Added 11 December 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Develop iOS application."

Cities	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
Chicago	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	$120,000 USD

Erp Programmer Analyst Ii

Added 03 November 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Service Now, SQL, PeopleSoft, PeopleCode."

Cities	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
Dallas	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	$59,700 USD

Java Developer

Added 14 October 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

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

Cities	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
Raleigh	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	$120,000 USD

Linux Sysadmin

Added 07 October 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Linux sysadmin stuff."

Cities	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
Pittsburgh	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	$98,000 USD

Cyber Software Engineer

Added 14 September 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Java
C++
C#
Oracle
Sql."

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

Subject Matter Expert

Added 30 June 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Middleware admin, Developer."

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

Software Engineer

Added 30 April 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

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

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

Data Scientist

Added 24 April 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Data Science, machine learning."

Cities	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
Dallas	Doctorate Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	$105,000 USD

Developer

Added 15 January 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Googling and YouTube videos."

Cities	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
Seattle	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	$120,000 USD

Full Stack Developer

Added 12 December 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

". NET & Angular Full stack developer."

Cities	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
Dallas	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	$74,000 USD

Software Developer

Added 04 December 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Develop software."

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

Senior Software Engineer

Added 22 October 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Develop software."

Cities	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
Chicago	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	$170,000 USD

Senior Software Engineer

Added 11 September 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

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

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

Software Developer

Added 23 July 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Develop software."

Cities	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
Houston	Some College	12-16 Years	n/a	$80,000 USD

Owner And Designer

Added 23 July 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Design custom programming for businesses and organizations."

Cities	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
Charlotte	Some College	20+ Years	n/a	$48,000 USD

System Admin

Added 05 July 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Devops has a vast techniques for upcoming days."

Cities	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
Austin	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	$130,000 USD

Engineer

Added 01 July 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Software developer."

Cities	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
Minneapolis	Bachelors Degree	20+ Years	n/a	$125,000 USD

Software Developer

Added 28 June 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Database design, website application coding."

Cities	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
Dallas	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	$75,000 USD

Software Developer

Added 13 June 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"I solve business problems with software."

Cities	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
Boston	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	$100,000 USD

Data Engineer

Added 02 June 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Designing machine learning pipeline and data storage."

Cities	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
Charlotte	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	$80,000 USD

Software Engineer

Added 03 May 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

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

Cities	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
Charlotte	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	$118,251 USD

Certified It Developer (applications) Level 1

Added 26 April 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Develop applications for NYCStreets."

Cities	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
New York City	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	$95,317 USD

Senior Software Developer

Added 09 April 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Salesforce and developing packaging."

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

Programmer

Added 17 March 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"I program software."

Cities	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
--Other--	Some College	20+ Years	n/a	$100,000 USD

Lead Developer

Added 13 March 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

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

Cities	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
Huntsville	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	$100,000 USD

Sde Ii

Added 12 March 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Building software solutions."

Cities	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
Seattle	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	$150,000 USD

Engineer - Software Development

Added 20 February 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"I write code 8 hours a day."

Cities	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
Nashville	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	$145,000 USD

Software Engineer

Added 08 February 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

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

Cities	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
Tallahassee	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	n/a	$56,000 USD

Software Developer

Added 21 January 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Work for software development in agency."

Cities	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
Atlanta	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	$220,000 USD

Senior Software Engineer

Added 11 January 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Write and maintain PHP code."

Cities	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
Boston	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	$113,000 USD

Programmer

Added 08 January 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Programming Video Games."

Cities	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
Oklahoma City	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	$48,001 USD

Product Manager

Added 07 January 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Functional requirements."

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

Blockchain Engineer

Added 10 December 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"I work on blockchains."

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

Tech Lead

Added 08 November 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Tech lead on a 10 person team."

Cities	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
Boston	Bachelors Degree	16-20 Years	n/a	$157,000 USD

Software Developer

Added 05 November 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Making software."

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

Manager

Added 04 November 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Manage a team and manage them."

Cities	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
Akron	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	$55,000 USD

Software Engineer

Added 24 October 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Program new applications using various languages."

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

Software Engineer

Added 12 October 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"I code good. I certainly code good."

Cities	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
Oceanside	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	$78,000 USD

Software Engineer

Added 10 October 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Engineering job."

Cities	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
Boston	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	$110,000 USD

Software Engineer

Added 05 October 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Writing code, cleaning up code, hiding my contempt for the bosses."

Cities	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
San Diego	Bachelors Degree	16-20 Years	n/a	$160,000 USD

Senior Software Engineer

Added 30 September 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"I work on cloud computing."

Cities	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
Washington DC	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	$133,000 USD

Software Engineer

Added 27 September 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"OnBase Application Developer."

Cities	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
Cleveland	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	$114,000 USD

Software Architect

Added 23 September 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Architect, design, plan, execute the complex software projects."

Cities	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
Detroit	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	$135,000 USD

Software Engineer

Added 21 September 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Love the work. regular software dev."

Cities	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
San Francisco	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	n/a	$150,000 USD

Software Developer Engineer

Added 16 September 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"I'm an iOS engineer."

Cities	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
San Francisco	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	n/a	$165,000 USD

Vp Engineering

Added 14 August 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Software developer and then management."

Cities	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
Boston	Masters Degree	20+ Years	n/a	$200,000 USD

Software Engineer

Added 09 August 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Product build. Creating product patches. Providing customer related patches and builds. Managing version control systems. Backup and restore."

Cities	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
Worcester	Bachelors Degree	20+ Years	n/a	$150,000 USD

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SOFTWARE DEVELOPER / UNITED STATES SALARY

$91,332 USD

£65,520 GBP

$102,000 USD

£73,173 GBP

Average Salary / Software Developer / United States

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Sr Software Engineer

$150,000 USD

Senior Front End Engineer

$186,000 USD

Software Developer

$154,000 USD

Senior Engineer L1

$120,000 USD

Erp Programmer Analyst Ii

$59,700 USD

Java Developer

$120,000 USD

Linux Sysadmin

$98,000 USD

Cyber Software Engineer

$106,000 USD

Subject Matter Expert

$123,000 USD

Software Engineer

$85,000 USD

Data Scientist

$105,000 USD

Developer

$120,000 USD

Full Stack Developer

$74,000 USD

Software Developer

$50,000 USD

Senior Software Engineer

$170,000 USD

Senior Software Engineer

$300,000 USD

Software Developer

$80,000 USD

Owner And Designer

$48,000 USD

System Admin

$130,000 USD

Engineer

$125,000 USD

Software Developer

$75,000 USD

Software Developer

$100,000 USD

Data Engineer

$80,000 USD

Software Engineer

$118,251 USD

Certified It Developer (applications) Level 1

$95,317 USD

Senior Software Developer

$100,000 USD

Programmer

$100,000 USD

Lead Developer

$100,000 USD

Sde Ii

$150,000 USD

Engineer - Software Development

$145,000 USD

Software Engineer

$56,000 USD