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Software Programmers

Career and Education Info

Job Numbers and Growth

Across the US there are 435,000 software programmers. This occupation has an unemployment level that is low.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

Employees may end up working less than full time; 5% of those in the career did so in 2008. 4% of the time software programmers are self employed.

Training and Education

Finding jobs is easier for workers with a bachelor's degree. Recent government surveys (2008) show that 73% of employees have received at least a 4 year degree. Software programmers who attended college, but do not have a degree make up 22% of the total. A high school diploma was all the education obtained by 6% of workers. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which, if any, could help you with this career.

Area Job Conditions

The fewest jobs (per capita) are found in Houma (Louisiana), Monroe (Louisiana), and Gary (Indiana), and the most jobs are found in Ithaca (New York), Jefferson City (Missouri), and Albany (New York).

The earnings potential (not adjusted for cost of living) is highest in Fayetteville (North Carolina), Lowell (Massachusetts), and San Jose (California). However, the potential is lowest in Cleveland (Tennessee), Great Falls (Montana), and Danville (Illinois).

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Software Programmers: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area

The table below shows data for Software Programmers, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for Software Programmers are in the area, compared to other US metro areas. A value of 1.0 means an average number of people in the position for area population. Lower numbers mean fewer of these positions in the metro area. The most popular areas for Software Programmers are starred .

StateAreaPositionsTypical PayPopularity in Area
AlabamaBirmingham1,730$72,5901
AlabamaDecatur30$54,9600.2
AlabamaDothan40$42,0200.2
AlabamaHuntsville1,140$72,9701.7
AlabamaMobile370$59,4500.6
AlabamaMontgomery340$62,8700.6
AlabamaTuscaloosa80$69,4500.3
AlaskaAnchorage410$68,8100.8
AlaskaFairbanks120$60,1401.3
ArizonaFlagstaff90$52,0600.6
ArizonaPhoenix7,110$71,3401.1
ArizonaTucson1,180$66,9401
ArizonaYuma50$56,1800.3
ArkansasJonesboro70$62,0100.5
ArkansasLittle Rock1,770$65,6401.6
CaliforniaBakersfield220$76,0200.3
CaliforniaChico40$56,7800.2
CaliforniaFresno190$51,9000.2
CaliforniaMerced40$70,0000.2
CaliforniaModesto110$83,5300.2
CaliforniaNapa40$76,9700.2
CaliforniaOakland3,330$79,9301
CaliforniaOxnard760$75,8300.8
CaliforniaRiverside800$60,9700.2
CaliforniaSacramento1,710$72,7900.6
CaliforniaSalinas90$84,3400.2
CaliforniaSan Diego2,970$76,7700.7
CaliforniaSan Francisco3,000$89,0100.9
CaliforniaSan Jose5,840$104,9301.9
CaliforniaSan Luis Obispo120$62,5700.4
CaliforniaSanta Ana3,940$77,6100.8
CaliforniaSanta Barbara620$69,4501.2
CaliforniaSanta Cruz250$71,9000.9
CaliforniaSanta Rosa240$84,8300.4
CaliforniaStockton120$66,4800.2
CaliforniaVallejo70$93,4200.2
CaliforniaVisalia110$78,9800.3
ColoradoBoulder1,210$89,920 2.4
ColoradoColorado Springs850$78,1701
ColoradoDenver3,330$80,1300.8
ColoradoFort Collins200$66,2600.5
ColoradoGreeley90$83,3700.4
ConnecticutBridgeport2,010$88,3701.4
ConnecticutDanbury320$81,4401.5
ConnecticutHartford2,040$78,0201.1
ConnecticutNew Haven700$98,2600.8
ConnecticutNorwich240$70,3600.6
ConnecticutWaterbury70 0.3
DelawareDover200$61,9601.3
DelawareWilmington1,650$78,6001.5
District of ColumbiaWashington11,890$83,3601.5
FloridaCape Coral250$72,5300.4
FloridaDeltona210$59,0700.4
FloridaFort Lauderdale2,250$68,2800.9
FloridaFort Walton Beach100$63,8800.4
FloridaGainesville450$53,9201.3
FloridaJacksonville1,600$70,3000.8
FloridaLakeland280$67,2300.5
FloridaMiami2,640$69,8700.8
FloridaNaples310$48,8900.8
FloridaOcala80$68,2700.3
FloridaOrlando4,200$61,9801.2
FloridaPalm Bay970$60,7701.5
FloridaPalm Coast30$51,7500.9
FloridaPanama City30$55,7000.1
FloridaPensacola270$60,7400.6
FloridaPort St Lucie120$50,7500.3
FloridaSarasota580$65,7600.7
FloridaTallahassee810$55,9401.6
FloridaTampa4,140$70,4801
FloridaWest Palm Beach2,120$67,6701.2
GeorgiaAthens80$55,1300.4
GeorgiaAtlanta6,860$74,9700.9
GeorgiaAugusta200$66,4400.3
GeorgiaColumbus780$77,210 2.3
GeorgiaDalton250$51,4601.1
GeorgiaGainesville40$44,7800.2
GeorgiaMacon130$64,7000.4
GeorgiaRome30$76,8600.3
GeorgiaSavannah80$58,4500.2
HawaiiHonolulu1,020$62,9100.7
IdahoBoise960$62,5001.1
IdahoIdaho Falls160$54,2501.2
IdahoLewiston40$53,8800.7
IllinoisChampaign330$48,8801.2
IllinoisChicago17,030$78,1301.3
IllinoisDanville60$34,4600.9
IllinoisPeoria390$69,1800.7
IllinoisRockford250$58,9900.5
IllinoisSpringfield400$72,3501.3
IndianaBloomington160$49,7900.8
IndianaColumbus120$72,5201
IndianaElkhart100$52,2300.2
IndianaEvansville330$64,4100.6
IndianaFort Wayne310$66,7200.5
IndianaGary80$53,1200.1
IndianaIndianapolis3,140$72,0201.1
IndianaLafayette300$56,5301.3
IndianaMuncie40$59,4400.3
IndianaSouth Bend200$62,2400.5
IndianaTerre Haute60$56,3900.3
IowaAmes120$53,2701.1
IowaCedar Rapids530$58,6201.3
IowaDavenport600$62,1401
IowaDes Moines1,890$65,1101.8
IowaDubuque90$48,7300.6
IowaIowa City240$58,6401.1
IowaSioux City70$65,7200.3
IowaWaterloo140$59,1800.5
KansasLawrence280$62,900 2.2
KansasTopeka460$63,2401.4
KansasWichita620$64,9900.6
KentuckyBowling Green40$46,0600.2
KentuckyLexington490$68,9800.6
KentuckyLouisville1,290$66,8000.6
LouisianaAlexandria60$41,9300.3
LouisianaBaton Rouge860$52,7200.7
LouisianaHouma40$48,8500.1
LouisianaLafayette190$49,5500.4
LouisianaLake Charles110$56,2000.4
LouisianaMonroe30$66,7200.1
LouisianaNew Orleans1,130$56,1500.7
LouisianaShreveport230$48,5900.4
MaineBangor40$50,1400.2
MainePortland300$68,0900.5
MarylandBaltimore3,840$76,5900.9
MarylandBethesda2,780$80,9101.5
MarylandCumberland50$63,1800.5
MarylandHagerstown110$53,4300.4
MarylandSalisbury50$60,7100.3
MassachusettsBarnstable Town50$79,0300.2
MassachusettsBoston7,550$83,2901.3
MassachusettsBrockton50$73,2900.2
MassachusettsFramingham460$75,4900.9
MassachusettsHaverhill90$64,2000.4
MassachusettsLawrence110$70,5000.7
MassachusettsLowell350$105,6000.9
MassachusettsPittsfield50$55,9800.5
MassachusettsSpringfield300$72,8400.3
MassachusettsTaunton180$62,6901.4
MassachusettsWorcester480$78,7100.6
MichiganAnn Arbor1,140$71,430 2.2
MichiganBattle Creek50$73,7500.4
MichiganBay City40$63,1000.4
MichiganDetroit2,380$72,1301
MichiganFlint190$63,9900.4
MichiganGrand Rapids930$57,9400.7
MichiganHolland210$59,3600.7
MichiganKalamazoo320$51,9600.8
MichiganLansing380$64,6400.6
MichiganMuskegon110$56,6000.6
MichiganNiles50$53,0500.3
MichiganSaginaw160$56,4000.7
MichiganWarren5,480$70,4601.4
MinnesotaDuluth100$56,9000.3
MinnesotaMinneapolis4,520$68,1800.8
MinnesotaRochester480$102,8101.7
MinnesotaSt Cloud180$59,9700.6
MississippiGulfport100$57,6600.3
MississippiHattiesburg60$55,8400.4
MississippiJackson570$51,6100.7
MississippiPascagoula30$60,1100.2
MissouriColumbia470$59,1801.9
MissouriJefferson City670$49,680 3.3
MissouriKansas City5,100$73,2201.5
MissouriSpringfield360$50,2900.6
MissouriSt Louis5,160$68,3901.1
MontanaBillings140$52,4400.6
MontanaGreat Falls70$35,4700.7
MontanaMissoula90$51,9100.6
NebraskaLincoln620$54,0901.2
NebraskaOmaha1,940$65,3601.3
NevadaLas Vegas960$64,8700.3
NevadaReno310$72,1400.5
New HampshireManchester360$65,3901.1
New HampshireNashua400$60,1800.9
New HampshirePortsmouth210$63,2101.3
New HampshireRochester100$60,0600.6
New JerseyAtlantic City180$73,0400.4
New JerseyCamden1,730$75,7101
New JerseyEdison8,760$79,380 2.6
New JerseyNewark2,990$82,8000.9
New JerseyTrenton1,300$85,0101.9
New JerseyVineland30$63,9600.2
New MexicoAlbuquerque1,130$88,5500.9
New YorkAlbany4,410$62,730 3.1
New YorkBinghamton340$66,7201
New YorkBuffalo1,790$59,1601
New YorkElmira30$66,1400.3
New YorkGlens Falls40$54,3400.3
New YorkIthaca440$64,650 3.7
New YorkKingston130$51,3500.7
New YorkNassau4,290$77,6501
New YorkNew York24,090$78,6501.4
New YorkPoughkeepsie930$99,1901.2
New YorkRochester2,020$66,1901.2
New YorkSyracuse900$61,9200.9
New YorkUtica290$58,5900.7
North CarolinaAsheville290 0.5
North CarolinaBurlington70$49,2600.4
North CarolinaCharlotte2,820$82,5101
North CarolinaDurham2,060$84,910 2.3
North CarolinaFayetteville220$93,8500.6
North CarolinaGreensboro810$73,7100.7
North CarolinaGreenville150$64,7700.7
North CarolinaHickory150$64,0600.3
North CarolinaJacksonville60$73,3900.5
North CarolinaRaleigh2,840$72,9401.7
North CarolinaRocky Mount110$58,8600.6
North CarolinaWilmington190$58,6600.4
North CarolinaWinston Salem640$80,6200.9
North DakotaBismarck140$43,3600.9
North DakotaFargo270$52,0700.8
North DakotaGrand Forks100$49,9600.7
OhioAkron820$67,2300.7
OhioCanton240$53,7700.4
OhioCincinnati2,890$65,9100.8
OhioCleveland2,430$66,7100.7
OhioColumbus5,090$71,1401.6
OhioDayton1,030$62,8600.8
OhioMansfield80$62,6300.5
OhioSpringfield70$69,3700.5
OhioToledo430$54,2100.4
OhioYoungstown210$57,3600.3
OklahomaLawton120$45,8201.2
OklahomaOklahoma City1,490$66,4700.8
OklahomaTulsa1,250$57,9100.9
OregonBend70$63,1000.3
OregonCorvallis100$73,5701.2
OregonEugene350$55,4400.7
OregonMedford100$58,6800.4
OregonPortland2,240$77,8500.7
OregonSalem140$61,6700.3
PennsylvaniaAllentown690$71,3300.6
PennsylvaniaAltoona90$46,9700.5
PennsylvaniaErie290$52,0600.7
PennsylvaniaHarrisburg1,320$68,5601.3
PennsylvaniaJohnstown100$46,9600.6
PennsylvaniaLancaster450$60,4800.6
PennsylvaniaLebanon100$59,6400.8
PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia9,810$87,5901.6
PennsylvaniaPittsburgh4,510$65,5801.2
PennsylvaniaReading270$63,7000.5
PennsylvaniaScranton370$53,9800.4
PennsylvaniaState College140$56,9300.9
PennsylvaniaWilliamsport60$57,6700.4
PennsylvaniaYork230$61,5100.4
Rhode IslandProvidence1,480$68,3300.8
South CarolinaAnderson80$49,3300.5
South CarolinaCharleston1,290$55,6201.4
South CarolinaColumbia1,200$63,2701
South CarolinaFlorence160$57,8800.6
South CarolinaGreenville1,070$65,4001.1
South CarolinaMyrtle Beach110$59,1700.3
South CarolinaSpartanburg400$73,3601
South DakotaSioux Falls300$50,1800.7
TennesseeChattanooga850$57,5001.1
TennesseeClarksville50$43,2900.2
TennesseeCleveland40$40,6800.4
TennesseeJohnson City70$45,9400.3
TennesseeKingsport110$47,3500.3
TennesseeKnoxville670$60,0000.6
TennesseeMemphis1,720$69,9100.8
TennesseeMorristown40$52,9900.3
TennesseeNashville2,380$62,9200.9
TexasAbilene130$49,4900.7
TexasAmarillo270$75,5200.9
TexasAustin5,560$81,800 2.2
TexasBeaumont280$59,0600.6
TexasBrownsville60$42,9100.2
TexasCollege Station210$52,9600.9
TexasCorpus Christi170$55,4700.3
TexasDallas12,950$80,4001.9
TexasEl Paso440$45,6400.5
TexasFort Worth2,180$74,6000.8
TexasHouston9,020$80,8301
TexasKilleen260$67,8600.7
TexasLaredo50$56,4100.2
TexasLongview140$47,9600.5
TexasLubbock230$48,1100.6
TexasMcallen130$51,7500.2
TexasMidland90$68,0900.5
TexasOdessa30$53,9500.2
TexasSan Antonio1,740$70,3000.6
TexasTyler120$64,0400.4
TexasWaco180$66,6500.6
TexasWichita Falls40$61,1900.2
UtahLogan140$50,3201.1
UtahOgden620$63,0601
UtahProvo1,270$59,510 2.4
UtahSalt Lake City4,270$76,410 2.1
UtahSt George150$54,9001.1
VermontBurlington400$81,2101.2
VirginiaBlacksburg190$60,9501.1
VirginiaCharlottesville280$69,4701
VirginiaHarrisonburg130$48,6300.8
VirginiaLynchburg180$56,5100.6
VirginiaRichmond1,680$78,7800.9
VirginiaRoanoke140$58,4200.3
VirginiaVirginia Beach1,460$63,3000.6
WashingtonBellingham50$71,3100.2
WashingtonBremerton140$74,0500.6
WashingtonKennewick70$47,1200.3
WashingtonMount Vernon30$58,9200.2
WashingtonOlympia80$80,7700.3
WashingtonSeattle8,840$89,3801.9
WashingtonSpokane440$57,3600.7
WashingtonTacoma570$78,8800.7
West VirginiaCharleston530$48,4601.2
West VirginiaHuntington120$41,8300.3
West VirginiaMorgantown80$51,5900.6
West VirginiaParkersburg40$56,1500.2
West VirginiaWeirton40$63,0600.3
West VirginiaWheeling80$57,0400.4
WisconsinAppleton290$66,7900.8
WisconsinEau Claire200$73,6200.9
WisconsinFond70$72,4500.6
WisconsinGreen Bay360$68,4500.7
WisconsinJanesville50$54,3400.3
WisconsinLa Crosse210$61,5001
WisconsinMadison1,260$64,8601.2
WisconsinMilwaukee2,730$64,7201
WisconsinOshkosh170$66,0700.7
WisconsinRacine140$57,1900.6
WisconsinWausau190$53,8201
 

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