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SALARY SURVEYS
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UPDATED September 2024 About salary data? |
CALCULATE YOUR OPTIMUM SALARY!
(based on your career and experience) |
| AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR | MOST TYPICAL SALARY / YEAR |
Gross income
Net (after tax)
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$111,826 USD£88,382 GBPNew York City $105,912 USD |
$102,000 USD£80,616 GBPIncluding "New York City" Excluding "New York City" |
Average salary for Software Engineer / United States is $111,826 USD per year. The most typical earning is $102,000 USD. All data are based on 217 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of $122,700 USD. Women receive a salary of $138,700 USD.
Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Doctorate Degree with salary of $127,300 USD. The second most paid education level is Masters Degree with salary of $119,200 USD.
Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 16-20 Years of experience receive salary of $133,700 USD. Employees with 20+ Years of experience receive $129,700 USD.
| Salary Levels (USD) per Year | Surveys | [%] |
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$10,000 USD -
$14,999 USD
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0 |
n/a
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$15,000 USD -
$19,999 USD
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0 |
n/a
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$20,000 USD -
$24,999 USD
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1 |
100%
0.46% |
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$25,000 USD -
$29,999 USD
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0 |
n/a
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$30,000 USD -
$34,999 USD
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0 |
n/a
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$35,000 USD -
$39,999 USD
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0 |
n/a
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$40,000 USD -
$44,999 USD
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2 |
99.54%
0.92% |
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$45,000 USD -
$49,999 USD
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3 |
98.62%
1.38% |
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$50,000 USD -
$54,999 USD
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7 |
97.24%
3.23% |
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$55,000 USD -
$59,999 USD
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2 |
94.01%
0.92% |
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$60,000 USD -
$64,999 USD
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8 |
93.09%
3.69% |
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$65,000 USD -
$69,999 USD
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12 |
89.4%
5.53% |
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$70,000 USD -
$74,999 USD
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10 |
83.87%
4.61% |
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$75,000 USD -
$79,999 USD
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7 |
79.26%
3.23% |
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$80,000 USD -
$84,999 USD
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8 |
76.04%
3.69% |
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$85,000 USD -
$89,999 USD
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9 |
72.35%
4.15% |
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$90,000 USD -
$94,999 USD
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11 |
68.2%
5.07% |
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$95,000 USD -
$99,999 USD
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5 |
63.13%
2.3% |
| THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY | ||
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$100,000 USD -
$104,999 USD
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27 |
60.83%
12.44% |
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$105,000 USD -
$109,999 USD
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12 |
48.39%
5.53% |
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$110,000 USD -
$114,999 USD
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6 |
42.86%
2.76% |
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$115,000 USD -
$119,999 USD
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8 |
40.09%
3.69% |
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$120,000 USD -
$124,999 USD
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12 |
36.41%
5.53% |
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$125,000 USD -
$129,999 USD
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7 |
30.88%
3.23% |
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$130,000 USD -
$134,999 USD
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8 |
27.65%
3.69% |
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$135,000 USD -
$139,999 USD
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4 |
23.96%
1.84% |
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$140,000 USD -
$144,999 USD
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8 |
22.12%
3.69% |
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$145,000 USD -
$149,999 USD
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4 |
18.43%
1.84% |
| HIGH SALARIES | ||
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$150,000 USD -
$159,999 USD
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11 |
16.59%
5.07% |
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$160,000 USD -
$169,999 USD
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3 |
11.52%
1.38% |
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$170,000 USD -
$179,999 USD
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5 |
10.14%
2.3% |
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$180,000 USD -
$189,999 USD
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5 |
7.83%
2.3% |
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$190,000 USD -
$199,999 USD
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1 |
5.53%
0.46% |
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$200,000 USD -
$209,999 USD
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1 |
5.07%
0.46% |
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$210,000 USD -
$219,999 USD
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2 |
4.61%
0.92% |
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$220,000 USD -
$229,999 USD
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0 |
n/a
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$230,000 USD -
$239,999 USD
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1 |
3.69%
0.46% |
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$240,000 USD -
$249,999 USD
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0 |
n/a
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$250,000 USD -
$349,999 USD
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7 |
3.23%
3.23% |
| # | Surveys | AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR | ||
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| 1 | Doctorate Degree | 11 | $127,300 USD |
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| 2 | Masters Degree | 67 | $119,200 USD |
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| 3 | Some College | 27 | $116,900 USD |
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| 4 | Bachelors Degree | 112 | $104,700 USD |
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| # | Surveys | AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR | ||
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| 1 | 16-20 Years | 18 | $133,700 USD |
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| 2 | 20+ Years | 44 | $129,700 USD |
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| 3 | 12-16 Years | 34 | $121,100 USD |
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| 4 | 8-12 Years | 49 | $115,300 USD |
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| 5 | 0-1 Year | 2 | $96,000 USD |
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| 6 | 4-8 Years | 35 | $95,200 USD |
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| 7 | 2-4 Years | 25 | $87,900 USD |
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| 8 | 1-2 Years | 10 | $66,300 USD |
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| # | Surveys | AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR | ||
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| 1 | Permanent | 190 | $112,700 USD |
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| 2 | Self Employed | 4 | $111,000 USD |
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| 3 | Contract | 21 | $106,600 USD |
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| 4 | Part Time | 2 | $85,000 USD |
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| # | Surveys | AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR | ||
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| 1 | Washington State | 22 | $151,000 USD |
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| 2 | Nevada | 2 | $129,900 USD |
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| 3 | California | 44 | $121,800 USD |
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| 4 | Massachusetts | 10 | $120,600 USD |
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| 5 | District Of Columbia (DC) | 6 | $119,500 USD |
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| 6 | Tennessee | 2 | $117,500 USD |
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| 7 | Illinois | 8 | $115,800 USD |
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| 8 | Texas | 16 | $115,500 USD |
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| 9 | New York State | 19 | $113,900 USD |
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| 10 | Arizona | 3 | $111,300 USD |
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| 11 | Oklahoma | 1 | $110,000 USD |
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| 12 | North Carolina | 4 | $109,500 USD |
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| 13 | Georgia | 7 | $104,700 USD |
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| 14 | Michigan | 1 | $104,000 USD |
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| 15 | Colorado | 12 | $103,500 USD |
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| 16 | Pennsylvania | 3 | $101,700 USD |
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| 17 | Connecticut | 1 | $100,500 USD |
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| 18 | Maryland | 1 | $100,000 USD |
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| 19 | South Carolina | 1 | $100,000 USD |
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| 20 | Nebraska | 1 | $100,000 USD |
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| 21 | Oregon | 1 | $96,000 USD |
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| 22 | Florida | 12 | $95,200 USD |
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| 23 | Wisconsin | 4 | $95,000 USD |
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| 24 | Minnesota | 3 | $94,300 USD |
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| 25 | Virginia | 2 | $92,500 USD |
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| 26 | Missouri | 3 | $83,300 USD |
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| 27 | Utah | 3 | $83,100 USD |
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| 28 | Indiana | 2 | $82,500 USD |
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| 29 | Louisiana | 4 | $81,600 USD |
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| 30 | Ohio | 4 | $74,900 USD |
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| 31 | Alabama | 3 | $68,400 USD |
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| 32 | Iowa | 3 | $66,600 USD |
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| 33 | Idaho | 1 | $40,000 USD |
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| # | Surveys | AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR | ||
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| 1 | Buffalo, United States | 1 | $211,000 USD |
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| 2 | Raleigh | 1 | $185,000 USD |
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| 3 | Knoxville | 1 | $160,000 USD |
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| 4 | Rochester | 1 | $153,500 USD |
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| 5 | Seattle | 22 | $151,000 USD |
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| 6 | Irvine | 2 | $134,000 USD |
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| 7 | San Francisco | 23 | $131,100 USD |
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| 8 | Los Angeles | 6 | $130,200 USD |
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| 9 | Las Vegas | 2 | $129,900 USD |
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| 10 | Aurora | 2 | $128,000 USD |
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| 11 | Austin | 9 | $127,200 USD |
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| 12 | Fort Lauderdale | 2 | $122,500 USD |
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| 13 | Boston | 10 | $120,600 USD |
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| 14 | Sacramento | 1 | $120,000 USD |
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| 15 | Washington DC | 6 | $119,500 USD |
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| 16 | St. Petersburg | 1 | $118,900 USD |
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| 17 | Chicago | 8 | $115,800 USD |
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| 18 | Richmond | 1 | $115,000 USD |
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| 19 | Phoenix | 3 | $111,300 USD |
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| 20 | Tulsa | 1 | $110,000 USD |
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| 21 | St. Louis | 1 | $110,000 USD |
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| 22 | Dallas | 3 | $108,300 USD |
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| 23 | New York City | 17 | $105,900 USD |
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| 24 | Miami | 1 | $105,000 USD |
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| 25 | San Diego | 7 | $104,800 USD |
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| 26 | Atlanta | 7 | $104,700 USD |
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| 27 | Columbus | 1 | $104,000 USD |
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| 28 | Denver | 8 | $103,900 USD |
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| 29 | Hartford | 1 | $100,500 USD |
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| 30 | Milwaukee | 2 | $100,000 USD |
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| 31 | Baltimore | 1 | $100,000 USD |
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| 32 | Anaheim | 1 | $100,000 USD |
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| 33 | Columbia, South Carolina | 1 | $100,000 USD |
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| 34 | San Antonio | 1 | $100,000 USD |
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| 35 | Philadelphia | 2 | $98,500 USD |
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| 36 | Portland, Oregon | 1 | $96,000 USD |
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| 37 | San Jose | 2 | $95,000 USD |
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| 38 | Minneapolis | 3 | $94,300 USD |
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| 39 | Tampa | 3 | $93,000 USD |
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| 40 | Houston | 3 | $92,800 USD |
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| 41 | --Other-- | 8 | $92,600 USD |
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| 42 | Madison | 2 | $90,000 USD |
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| 43 | Charlotte | 2 | $89,000 USD |
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| 44 | New Orleans | 2 | $88,200 USD |
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| 45 | Long Beach | 1 | $85,000 USD |
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| 46 | Salt Lake City | 3 | $83,100 USD |
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| 47 | Indianapolis | 2 | $82,500 USD |
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| 48 | Huntsville | 2 | $80,100 USD |
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| 49 | Orlando | 5 | $79,000 USD |
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| 50 | Colorado Springs | 2 | $77,500 USD |
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| 51 | Baton Rouge | 2 | $75,000 USD |
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| 52 | Nashville | 1 | $75,000 USD |
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| 53 | Kansas City | 2 | $70,000 USD |
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| 54 | Des Moines | 3 | $66,600 USD |
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| 55 | Cincinnati | 2 | $65,200 USD |
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| 56 | Fresno | 1 | $65,000 USD |
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| 57 | Akron | 1 | $65,000 USD |
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| 58 | Boise | 1 | $40,000 USD |
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What I do?
"Lead engineering org at startup."
| City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
| Austin | Bachelors Degree | 8-12 Years | Advanced | $300,000 USD |
What I do?
"Software development."
| City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
| Seattle | Some College | 12-16 Years | Expert | $164,000 USD |
What I do?
"Design, architect, write and deploy enterprise data center management software."
| City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
| San Jose | Bachelors Degree | 16-20 Years | Expert | $90,000 USD |
What I do?
"Design software, lead the team."
| City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
| Seattle | Masters Degree | 8-12 Years | Expert | $299,900 USD |
What I do?
"C programming, support customers, modify software and hardware designs."
| City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
| Huntsville | Some College | 16-20 Years | Expert | $108,000 USD |
What I do?
"Software development."
| City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
| Knoxville | Masters Degree | 2-4 Years | Advanced | $160,000 USD |
What I do?
"BE / FE."
| City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
| Rochester | Masters Degree | 8-12 Years | Advanced | $153,500 USD |
What I do?
"Customer support."
| City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
| Phoenix | Masters Degree | 4-8 Years | Advanced | $148,500 USD |
What I do?
"Programming, development, design, test,."
| City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
| San Diego | Bachelors Degree | 16-20 Years | Advanced | $144,000 USD |
What I do?
"Infrastructure."
| City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
| Aurora | Some College | 4-8 Years | Expert | $140,000 USD |
What I do?
"Search space programing."
| City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
| --Other-- | Bachelors Degree | 4-8 Years | Advanced | $121,000 USD |
What I do?
"Team Lead, Software Developer."
| City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
| Austin | Masters Degree | 12-16 Years | Expert | $155,000 USD |
What I do?
"Programming."
| City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
| Richmond | Bachelors Degree | 2-4 Years | Expert | $115,000 USD |
What I do?
"Data structures algorithms, computational geometry, math, 3d printing, software architecture."
| City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
| San Francisco | Masters Degree | 12-16 Years | Expert | $188,000 USD |
What I do?
"Javascript programming."
| City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
| Denver | Doctorate Degree | 2-4 Years | Advanced | $50,000 USD |
What I do?
"Software engineer."
| City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
| San Francisco | Masters Degree | 2-4 Years | Advanced | $180,000 USD |
What I do?
"Security."
| City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
| St. Petersburg | Some College | 16-20 Years | Expert | $118,900 USD |
What I do?
"Design and develop software based on requirements."
| City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
| San Francisco | Masters Degree | 12-16 Years | Expert | $250,000 USD |
What I do?
"Lead a team of developers, tech team."
| City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
| Dallas | Masters Degree | 12-16 Years | Expert | $120,000 USD |
What I do?
"Programming."
| City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
| Boston | Masters Degree | 1-2 Years | Advanced | $105,000 USD |
What I do?
"Platform reliability operations."
| City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
| Los Angeles | Some College | 12-16 Years | Expert | $230,000 USD |
What I do?
"Power BI, Tableau, Data Analytics, Data management, Cloud Integration,."
| City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
| New York City | Bachelors Degree | 20+ Years | n/a | $175,000 USD |
What I do?
"System architect, data pipeline."
| City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
| San Francisco | Doctorate Degree | 2-4 Years | n/a | $105,000 USD |
What I do?
"Four certifications."
| City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
| Austin | Bachelors Degree | 20+ Years | n/a | $85,000 USD |
What I do?
"PLC HMI HArdware."
| City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
| Houston | Bachelors Degree | 4-8 Years | n/a | $80,000 USD |
What I do?
"8 Years experienced in Software test Engineer and Performance test engineer."
| City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
| New York City | Masters Degree | 8-12 Years | n/a | $90,000 USD |
What I do?
"Hpc software devel."
| City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
| Baltimore | Doctorate Degree | 16-20 Years | n/a | $100,000 USD |
What I do?
"Design and write software."
| City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
| Denver | Some College | 20+ Years | n/a | $105,000 USD |
What I do?
"Full Stack Engineer."
| City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
| Dallas | Bachelors Degree | 8-12 Years | n/a | $125,000 USD |
What I do?
"Develop and implement software solution."
| City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
| Chicago | Masters Degree | 12-16 Years | n/a | $140,000 USD |
What I do?
"Technology strategy and building product."
| City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
| Seattle | Bachelors Degree | 20+ Years | n/a | $300,000 USD |
What I do?
"Quality Assurance, Testing, Documentation, API Documentation, Code Samples, Instruction Design."
| City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
| Seattle | Masters Degree | 4-8 Years | n/a | $115,000 USD |
What I do?
"Startup jack of all trades engineering/software."
| City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
| New York City | Bachelors Degree | 20+ Years | n/a | $130,000 USD |
What I do?
"C#, SQL, WCF, managing."
| City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
| Boston | Bachelors Degree | 20+ Years | n/a | $140,000 USD |
What I do?
"Full life circle of application."
| City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
| Long Beach | Masters Degree | 20+ Years | n/a | $85,000 USD |
What I do?
"Software Quality testing engineering."
| City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
| Tulsa | Bachelors Degree | 20+ Years | n/a | $110,000 USD |
What I do?
". NET architecture."
| City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
| San Francisco | Masters Degree | 8-12 Years | n/a | $250,000 USD |
What I do?
"Java C++ Python."
| City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
| Orlando | Bachelors Degree | 1-2 Years | n/a | $63,000 USD |
What I do?
"Application design development."
| City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
| Columbus | Masters Degree | 12-16 Years | n/a | $104,000 USD |
What I do?
"Software Development using c#. net sql."
| City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
| Dallas | Masters Degree | 2-4 Years | n/a | $80,000 USD |
What I do?
"Work on multiple software projects."
| City | Education | Experience | Knowledge | Gross salary / year |
| Washington DC | Masters Degree | 16-20 Years | n/a | $175,000 USD |
