Developer employment rate

It's difficult to say whether one is connected to the other, but developers who fill out the Developer Survey are 70% likely to be employed.

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Stack Overflow. (2025). Work. Retrieved September 15, 2026, from https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2025/work. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCJ329G1VRE4150CQ2Z

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MLA

Stack Overflow. "Work." 2025, https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2025/work. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCJ329G1VRE4150CQ2Z.

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Chicago

Stack Overflow. "Work." 2025. https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2025/work. Accessed September 15, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCJ329G1VRE4150CQ2Z.

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BibTeX

@misc{stackoverflow2025developer50cq2z, author = {{Stack Overflow}}, title = {Work}, year = {2025}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCJ329G1VRE4150CQ2Z}, note = {Original source: https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2025/work. Accessed September 15, 2026.} }

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