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Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2019
15-1256 Software Developers and Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
This occupation includes the the 2018 SOC occupations 15-1252 Software Developers and 15-1253 Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers and the 2010 SOC occupations 15-1132 Software Developers, Applications and 15-1133 Software Developers, Systems Software.
National estimates for this occupation
Industry profile for this occupation
Geographic profile for this occupation
National estimates for this occupation: Top
Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for this occupation:
Employment (1) |
Employment RSE (3) |
Mean hourly wage |
Mean annual wage (2) |
Wage RSE (3) |
1,406,870 |
0.8 % |
$53.66 |
$111,620 |
0.7 % |
Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:
Percentile |
10% |
25% |
50% (Median) |
75% |
90% |
Hourly Wage |
$30.88 |
$39.63 |
$51.69 |
$65.54 |
$79.13 |
Annual Wage (2) |
$64,240 |
$82,430 |
$107,510 |
$136,320 |
$164,590 |
Industry profile for this occupation: Top
Industries with the highest published employment and wages for this occupation are provided.
For a list of all industries with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.
Industries with the highest levels of employment in this occupation:
Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
Computer Systems Design and Related Services |
472,180 |
21.72 |
$52.52 |
$109,240 |
Software Publishers |
122,320 |
28.33 |
$57.81 |
$120,250 |
Management of Companies and Enterprises |
69,940 |
2.84 |
$52.35 |
$108,880 |
Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services |
48,050 |
14.29 |
$52.83 |
$109,890 |
Other Information Services |
40,670 |
12.53 |
$60.52 |
$125,890 |
Industries with the highest concentration of employment in this occupation:
Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
Software Publishers |
122,320 |
28.33 |
$57.81 |
$120,250 |
Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing |
35,780 |
22.54 |
$63.34 |
$131,750 |
Computer Systems Design and Related Services |
472,180 |
21.72 |
$52.52 |
$109,240 |
Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services |
48,050 |
14.29 |
$52.83 |
$109,890 |
Other Information Services |
40,670 |
12.53 |
$60.52 |
$125,890 |
Top paying industries for this occupation:
Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
Independent Artists, Writers, and Performers |
70 |
0.14 |
$101.64 |
$211,400 |
Support Activities for Water Transportation |
50 |
0.05 |
$63.88 |
$132,870 |
Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing |
35,780 |
22.54 |
$63.34 |
$131,750 |
Cable and Other Subscription Programming |
2,120 |
3.99 |
$62.50 |
$130,010 |
Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities |
26,450 |
2.81 |
$61.58 |
$128,090 |
Geographic profile for this occupation: Top
States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for this occupation are provided.
For a list of all areas with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.
States with the highest employment level in this occupation:
State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
California |
249,620 |
14.36 |
1.50 |
$64.60 |
$134,370 |
Texas |
109,510 |
8.81 |
0.92 |
$51.89 |
$107,940 |
New York |
78,890 |
8.28 |
0.86 |
$57.48 |
$119,570 |
Washington |
77,650 |
23.40 |
2.44 |
$63.40 |
$131,870 |
Virginia |
73,310 |
18.90 |
1.97 |
$55.02 |
$114,440 |
States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in this occupation:
State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
Washington |
77,650 |
23.40 |
2.44 |
$63.40 |
$131,870 |
Virginia |
73,310 |
18.90 |
1.97 |
$55.02 |
$114,440 |
Colorado |
44,510 |
16.62 |
1.73 |
$53.62 |
$111,540 |
Massachusetts |
55,710 |
15.39 |
1.61 |
$55.42 |
$115,270 |
California |
249,620 |
14.36 |
1.50 |
$64.60 |
$134,370 |
Top paying States for this occupation:
State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
California |
249,620 |
14.36 |
1.50 |
$64.60 |
$134,370 |
Washington |
77,650 |
23.40 |
2.44 |
$63.40 |
$131,870 |
New York |
78,890 |
8.28 |
0.86 |
$57.48 |
$119,570 |
District of Columbia |
5,880 |
8.12 |
0.85 |
$57.01 |
$118,580 |
Maryland |
29,710 |
11.00 |
1.15 |
$55.81 |
$116,080 |
Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in this occupation:
Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA |
100,470 |
10.41 |
1.09 |
$58.76 |
$122,230 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA |
81,950 |
71.83 |
7.50 |
$70.06 |
$145,730 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA |
71,940 |
35.60 |
3.72 |
$64.47 |
$134,090 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV |
70,780 |
22.26 |
2.32 |
$56.79 |
$118,110 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA |
65,790 |
26.61 |
2.78 |
$69.83 |
$145,250 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA |
56,260 |
9.02 |
0.94 |
$58.25 |
$121,150 |
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH |
55,260 |
19.75 |
2.06 |
$55.74 |
$115,940 |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX |
51,370 |
14.05 |
1.47 |
$53.05 |
$110,340 |
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI |
46,970 |
10.04 |
1.05 |
$50.30 |
$104,610 |
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA |
40,400 |
14.73 |
1.54 |
$49.75 |
$103,490 |
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