Software Engineer pay at a glance
Median a year
$138,200
Middle half (25th to 75th percentile)
$116,100 to $165,000
Lowest to highest
$80,200 to $272,300
Listings with pay
83
Every figure is pay the employer stated in the ad. We left out estimated pay.
Job and salary data: Adzuna
Software Engineer pay by city
Cities with at least 3 of these listings, most listings first.
| City | Listings | Median a year |
|---|---|---|
| Tarrytown | 4 | $174,800 |
| Ny State Campus | 3 | $106,800 |
| South San Francisco | 3 | $165,200 |
Employers behind the most listings
The employers with the most software engineer listings with pay in the United States in the last 6 months.
- Northrop Grumman: 7 listings
- Lazarus: 5 listings
- General Motors: 4 listings
- Autodesk: 3 listings
- Capgemini: 3 listings
Open software engineer jobs
2 software engineer jobs are open on our United States board now. See open software engineer jobs in the United States
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How we worked this out
We took every software engineer listing on our United States board from the last 6 months that states its pay, open or closed. The listings come from Adzuna and the other job feeds we use. Pay is as stated in the ad.
We turned each figure into a yearly one: hourly pay times 2,080 hours, daily pay times 260 days, weekly pay times 52 and monthly pay times 12. A range counts as its midpoint. Figures under 10,000 or over 1,000,000 a year were left out as feed errors. The lowest-to-highest range also leaves out any figure more than three times the median.
FAQ
How much does a software engineer make in the United States?
The median is $138,200 a year, from 83 software engineer listings with pay on our United States board in the last 6 months. The middle half of them pay $116,100 to $165,000.
What is the software engineer salary range in the United States?
The lowest yearly pay in these listings is $80,200 and the highest is $272,300. Half of them pay between $116,100 and $165,000.
Which city pays software engineers the most?
Tarrytown has the highest median of the cities with at least 3 listings: $174,800 a year, from 4 listings.