Software developers median annual wage

The median annual wage for software developers was $135,980 in May 2025.

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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_01M2KJ7XCJ329G1VRE4150CQ29

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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_01M2KJ7XCJ329G1VRE4150CQ29.

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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_01M2KJ7XCJ329G1VRE4150CQ29.

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@misc{bls2025software50cq29, 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_01M2KJ7XCJ329G1VRE4150CQ29}, note = {Original source: https://www.bls.gov/ooh/computer-and-information-technology/software-developers.htm. Accessed September 15, 2026.} }

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Record last modified 15 September 2026. Value type: actual. Update cadence: monthly. This page is permanently addressable at statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCJ329G1VRE4150CQ29.