Median annual wage for software developers, quality assurance analysts, and testers
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United States · 2025
Median annual wage for software developers, quality assurance analysts, and testers in the United States was 134,040 USD in 2025 (BLS).
Tech worker wages in United States: every year, the rank and how it is measured
- Publisher
- BLS
- Authority tier
- T1 Official
- Locator
- Quick Facts: Software Developers, Quality Assurance Analysts, and Testers
- Retrieved
- 15 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified
What the source says
2025 Median Pay $134,040 per year
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APA
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2025). Software Developers, Quality Assurance Analysts, and Testers : Occupational Outlook Handbook: : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Retrieved September 15, 2026, from https://www.bls.gov/ooh/computer-and-information-technology/software-developers.htm. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCJ329G1VRE4150CQ25
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- MLA
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Software Developers, Quality Assurance Analysts, and Testers : Occupational Outlook Handbook: : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics." 2025, https://www.bls.gov/ooh/computer-and-information-technology/software-developers.htm. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCJ329G1VRE4150CQ25.
- Chicago
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Software Developers, Quality Assurance Analysts, and Testers : Occupational Outlook Handbook: : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics." 2025. https://www.bls.gov/ooh/computer-and-information-technology/software-developers.htm. Accessed September 15, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCJ329G1VRE4150CQ25.
- BibTeX
- @misc{bls2025median50cq25, author = {{U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics}}, title = {Software Developers, Quality Assurance Analysts, and Testers : Occupational Outlook Handbook: : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics}, year = {2025}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCJ329G1VRE4150CQ25}, note = {Original source: https://www.bls.gov/ooh/computer-and-information-technology/software-developers.htm. Accessed September 15, 2026.} }
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Primary source
- Publisher
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · homepage ↗
- Authority tier
- Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
- Report
- Software Developers, Quality Assurance Analysts, and Testers : Occupational Outlook Handbook: : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Type
- Press release
- Published
- —
- Locator
- Quick Facts: Software Developers, Quality Assurance Analysts, and Testers
- Retrieved
- 15 September 2026
- Link status
- Reachable (HTTP 200)
- Report licence
- See source
Verification
- Status
- Verified
- Review protocol
- Editorial review
- Checked on
- 15 September 2026
- Last revision
- 15 September 2026
- Permanent URL
- /stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCJ329G1VRE4150CQ25