SOFTWARE ENGINEER / SALARY
UNITED STATES

SALARY SURVEYS

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$110,954 USD

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$105,912 USD

$102,000 USD

£79,434 GBP

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Average Salary / Software Engineer / United States

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Average salary for Software Engineer / United States is $110,954 USD per year. The most typical earning is $102,000 USD. All data are based on 216 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of $122,700 USD. Women receive a salary of $115,600 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.

Levels / Software Engineer / 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	1	100% 0.46%
$25,000 USD - $29,999 USD	0	n/a
$30,000 USD - $34,999 USD	0	n/a
$35,000 USD - $39,999 USD	0	n/a
$40,000 USD - $44,999 USD	2	99.54% 0.93%
$45,000 USD - $49,999 USD	3	98.61% 1.39%
$50,000 USD - $54,999 USD	7	97.22% 3.24%
$55,000 USD - $59,999 USD	2	93.98% 0.93%
$60,000 USD - $64,999 USD	8	93.06% 3.7%
$65,000 USD - $69,999 USD	12	89.35% 5.56%
$70,000 USD - $74,999 USD	10	83.8% 4.63%
$75,000 USD - $79,999 USD	7	79.17% 3.24%
$80,000 USD - $84,999 USD	8	75.93% 3.7%
$85,000 USD - $89,999 USD	9	72.22% 4.17%
$90,000 USD - $94,999 USD	11	68.06% 5.09%
$95,000 USD - $99,999 USD	5	62.96% 2.31%
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
$100,000 USD - $104,999 USD	27	60.65% 12.5%
$105,000 USD - $109,999 USD	12	48.15% 5.56%
$110,000 USD - $114,999 USD	6	42.59% 2.78%
$115,000 USD - $119,999 USD	8	39.81% 3.7%
$120,000 USD - $124,999 USD	12	36.11% 5.56%
$125,000 USD - $129,999 USD	7	30.56% 3.24%
$130,000 USD - $134,999 USD	8	27.31% 3.7%
$135,000 USD - $139,999 USD	4	23.61% 1.85%
$140,000 USD - $144,999 USD	8	21.76% 3.7%
$145,000 USD - $149,999 USD	4	18.06% 1.85%
HIGH SALARIES
$150,000 USD - $159,999 USD	11	16.2% 5.09%
$160,000 USD - $169,999 USD	3	11.11% 1.39%
$170,000 USD - $179,999 USD	5	9.72% 2.31%
$180,000 USD - $189,999 USD	5	7.41% 2.31%
$190,000 USD - $199,999 USD	1	5.09% 0.46%
$200,000 USD - $209,999 USD	1	4.63% 0.46%
$210,000 USD - $219,999 USD	2	4.17% 0.93%
$220,000 USD - $229,999 USD	0	n/a
$230,000 USD - $239,999 USD	1	3.24% 0.46%
$240,000 USD - $249,999 USD	0	n/a
$250,000 USD - $349,999 USD	6	2.78% 2.78%

Gender / Software Engineer / United States (Gross USD)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Men	140	$122,700 USD
2	Women	7	$115,600 USD

Education / Software Engineer / United States (Gross USD)

#		Surveys
1	Doctorate Degree	11	$127,300 USD
2	Masters Degree	67	$119,200 USD
3	Some College	27	$116,900 USD
4	Bachelors Degree	111	$102,900 USD

Experience / Software Engineer / United States (Gross USD)

#		Surveys
1	16-20 Years	18	$133,700 USD
2	20+ Years	44	$129,700 USD
3	12-16 Years	34	$121,100 USD
4	8-12 Years	48	$111,500 USD
5	0-1 Year	2	$96,000 USD
6	4-8 Years	35	$95,200 USD
7	2-4 Years	25	$87,900 USD
8	1-2 Years	10	$66,300 USD

Age / Software Engineer / United States (Gross USD)

#		Surveys
1	46-50	17	$144,200 USD
2	36-40	23	$133,600 USD
3	41-45	21	$129,000 USD
4	31-35	34	$121,200 USD
5	51-55	17	$119,200 USD
6	56-60	4	$114,400 USD
7	61-65	3	$111,700 USD
8	26-30	22	$105,000 USD
9	n/a	69	$86,700 USD
10	21-25	6	$83,400 USD

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

#		Surveys
1	Permanent	189	$111,700 USD
2	Self Employed	4	$111,000 USD
3	Contract	21	$106,600 USD
4	Part Time	2	$85,000 USD

States / Software Engineer / United States (Gross USD)

#		Surveys
1	Washington State	22	$151,000 USD
2	Nevada	2	$129,900 USD
3	California	44	$121,800 USD
4	Massachusetts	10	$120,600 USD
5	District Of Columbia (DC)	6	$119,500 USD
6	Tennessee	2	$117,500 USD
7	Illinois	8	$115,800 USD
8	New York State	19	$113,900 USD
9	Arizona	3	$111,300 USD
10	Oklahoma	1	$110,000 USD
11	North Carolina	4	$109,500 USD
12	Georgia	7	$104,700 USD
13	Michigan	1	$104,000 USD
14	Colorado	12	$103,500 USD
15	Texas	15	$103,200 USD
16	Pennsylvania	3	$101,700 USD
17	Connecticut	1	$100,500 USD
18	Maryland	1	$100,000 USD
19	South Carolina	1	$100,000 USD
20	Nebraska	1	$100,000 USD
21	Oregon	1	$96,000 USD
22	Florida	12	$95,200 USD
23	Wisconsin	4	$95,000 USD
24	Minnesota	3	$94,300 USD
25	Virginia	2	$92,500 USD
26	Missouri	3	$83,300 USD
27	Utah	3	$83,100 USD
28	Indiana	2	$82,500 USD
29	Louisiana	4	$81,600 USD
30	Ohio	4	$74,900 USD
31	Alabama	3	$68,400 USD
32	Iowa	3	$66,600 USD
33	Idaho	1	$40,000 USD

Cities / Software Engineer / United States (Gross USD)

#		Surveys
1	Buffalo, United States	1	$211,000 USD
2	Raleigh	1	$185,000 USD
3	Knoxville	1	$160,000 USD
4	Rochester	1	$153,500 USD
5	Seattle	22	$151,000 USD
6	Irvine	2	$134,000 USD
7	San Francisco	23	$131,100 USD
8	Los Angeles	6	$130,200 USD
9	Las Vegas	2	$129,900 USD
10	Aurora	2	$128,000 USD
11	Fort Lauderdale	2	$122,500 USD
12	Boston	10	$120,600 USD
13	Sacramento	1	$120,000 USD
14	Washington DC	6	$119,500 USD
15	St. Petersburg	1	$118,900 USD
16	Chicago	8	$115,800 USD
17	Richmond	1	$115,000 USD
18	Phoenix	3	$111,300 USD
19	Tulsa	1	$110,000 USD
20	St. Louis	1	$110,000 USD
21	Dallas	3	$108,300 USD
22	New York City	17	$105,900 USD
23	Austin	8	$105,600 USD
24	Miami	1	$105,000 USD
25	San Diego	7	$104,800 USD
26	Atlanta	7	$104,700 USD
27	Columbus	1	$104,000 USD
28	Denver	8	$103,900 USD
29	Hartford	1	$100,500 USD
30	Milwaukee	2	$100,000 USD
31	Baltimore	1	$100,000 USD
32	Anaheim	1	$100,000 USD
33	Columbia, South Carolina	1	$100,000 USD
34	San Antonio	1	$100,000 USD
35	Philadelphia	2	$98,500 USD
36	Portland, Oregon	1	$96,000 USD
37	San Jose	2	$95,000 USD
38	Minneapolis	3	$94,300 USD
39	Tampa	3	$93,000 USD
40	Houston	3	$92,800 USD
41	--Other--	8	$92,600 USD
42	Madison	2	$90,000 USD
43	Charlotte	2	$89,000 USD
44	New Orleans	2	$88,200 USD
45	Long Beach	1	$85,000 USD
46	Salt Lake City	3	$83,100 USD
47	Indianapolis	2	$82,500 USD
48	Huntsville	2	$80,100 USD
49	Orlando	5	$79,000 USD
50	Colorado Springs	2	$77,500 USD
51	Baton Rouge	2	$75,000 USD
52	Nashville	1	$75,000 USD
53	Kansas City	2	$70,000 USD
54	Des Moines	3	$66,600 USD
55	Cincinnati	2	$65,200 USD
56	Fresno	1	$65,000 USD
57	Akron	1	$65,000 USD
58	Boise	1	$40,000 USD

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

Design Technology

Posted 13 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Software development."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Seattle	Some College	12-16 Years	Expert	$164,000 USD

Senior Staff Software Engineer

Posted 11 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"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

Principal Software Engineer

Posted 07 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Design software, lead the team."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Seattle	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	Expert	$299,900 USD

Product Support Software Engineer

Posted 31 August 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"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

Software Engineer

Posted 20 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Software development."

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

Senior Software Engineer

Posted 19 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"BE / FE."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Rochester	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	Advanced	$153,500 USD

Field Application Engineer

Posted 15 June 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Customer support."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Phoenix	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	$148,500 USD

Sr Software Engneer

Posted 25 May 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Programming, development, design, test, ."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San Diego	Bachelors Degree	16-20 Years	Advanced	$144,000 USD

Senior Software Engineer

Posted 08 April 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Infrastructure."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Aurora	Some College	4-8 Years	Expert	$140,000 USD

Software Engineer

Posted 20 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Search space programing."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
--Other--	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	$121,000 USD

Team Leader

Posted 14 February 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Team Lead, Software Developer."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Austin	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	Expert	$155,000 USD

Senior Software Engineer

Posted 15 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Programming."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Richmond	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Expert	$115,000 USD

Staff Software Engineer

Posted 14 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"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

Software Engineer

Posted 03 December 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Javascript programming."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Denver	Doctorate Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	$50,000 USD

Software Engineer

Posted 20 November 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Software engineer."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San Francisco	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	$180,000 USD

Director

Posted 24 October 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Security."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
St. Petersburg	Some College	16-20 Years	Expert	$118,900 USD

Software Engineer

Posted 04 October 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"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

Squad Lead

Posted 03 October 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Lead a team of developers, tech team."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Dallas	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	Expert	$120,000 USD

Software Engineer

Posted 17 September 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Programming."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Boston	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	Advanced	$105,000 USD

Senior Software Engineer

Posted 18 August 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Platform reliability operations."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Los Angeles	Some College	12-16 Years	Expert	$230,000 USD

Business Intelligence

Posted 02 January 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"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

Senior Software Engineer

Posted 03 November 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"System architect, data pipeline."

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

Software

Posted 18 October 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Four certifications."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Austin	Bachelors Degree	20+ Years	n/a	$85,000 USD

Software Engineer

Posted 23 April 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"PLC
HMI
HArdware."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Houston	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	$80,000 USD

Performance Engineer

Posted 01 November 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"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

Professional Software It/ts

Posted 02 October 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Hpc software devel."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Baltimore	Doctorate Degree	16-20 Years	n/a	$100,000 USD

Software Engineer

Posted 30 August 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Design and write software."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Denver	Some College	20+ Years	n/a	$105,000 USD

Cyber Security Technology

Posted 15 August 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Full Stack Engineer."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Dallas	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	$125,000 USD

Senior Software Engineer

Posted 12 August 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Develop and implement software solution."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chicago	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	$140,000 USD

Chief Technology Officer

Posted 11 June 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Technology strategy and building product."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Seattle	Bachelors Degree	20+ Years	n/a	$300,000 USD

Content Developer

Posted 08 June 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"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

Chief Executive Officer

Posted 28 March 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"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

Senior Softrware Engineer

Posted 06 March 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"C#, SQL, WCF, managing."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Boston	Bachelors Degree	20+ Years	n/a	$140,000 USD

Senior Software Engener

Posted 07 February 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Full life circle of application."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Long Beach	Masters Degree	20+ Years	n/a	$85,000 USD

Software Quality Assurance

Posted 17 January 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Software Quality testing engineering."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tulsa	Bachelors Degree	20+ Years	n/a	$110,000 USD

. Net Architecture

Posted 01 November 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

". NET architecture."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San Francisco	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	$250,000 USD

Software Engineer

Posted 30 October 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Java 
C++
Python."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Orlando	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	n/a	$63,000 USD

Bi Software Architect

Posted 20 August 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Application design development."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Columbus	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	$104,000 USD

Web Engineer

Posted 08 July 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Software Development using c#. net sql."

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

Senor Software Engineer

Posted 26 September 2017
Key knowledge and tasks

"Work on multiple software projects."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Washington DC	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	n/a	$175,000 USD

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