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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 .

State	Area	Positions	Typical Pay	Popularity in Area
Alabama	Birmingham	1,730	$72,590	1
Alabama	Decatur	30	$54,960	0.2
Alabama	Dothan	40	$42,020	0.2
Alabama	Huntsville	1,140	$72,970	1.7
Alabama	Mobile	370	$59,450	0.6
Alabama	Montgomery	340	$62,870	0.6
Alabama	Tuscaloosa	80	$69,450	0.3
Alaska	Anchorage	410	$68,810	0.8
Alaska	Fairbanks	120	$60,140	1.3
Arizona	Flagstaff	90	$52,060	0.6
Arizona	Phoenix	7,110	$71,340	1.1
Arizona	Tucson	1,180	$66,940	1
Arizona	Yuma	50	$56,180	0.3
Arkansas	Jonesboro	70	$62,010	0.5
Arkansas	Little Rock	1,770	$65,640	1.6
California	Bakersfield	220	$76,020	0.3
California	Chico	40	$56,780	0.2
California	Fresno	190	$51,900	0.2
California	Merced	40	$70,000	0.2
California	Modesto	110	$83,530	0.2
California	Napa	40	$76,970	0.2
California	Oakland	3,330	$79,930	1
California	Oxnard	760	$75,830	0.8
California	Riverside	800	$60,970	0.2
California	Sacramento	1,710	$72,790	0.6
California	Salinas	90	$84,340	0.2
California	San Diego	2,970	$76,770	0.7
California	San Francisco	3,000	$89,010	0.9
California	San Jose	5,840	$104,930	1.9
California	San Luis Obispo	120	$62,570	0.4
California	Santa Ana	3,940	$77,610	0.8
California	Santa Barbara	620	$69,450	1.2
California	Santa Cruz	250	$71,900	0.9
California	Santa Rosa	240	$84,830	0.4
California	Stockton	120	$66,480	0.2
California	Vallejo	70	$93,420	0.2
California	Visalia	110	$78,980	0.3
Colorado	Boulder	1,210	$89,920	2.4
Colorado	Colorado Springs	850	$78,170	1
Colorado	Denver	3,330	$80,130	0.8
Colorado	Fort Collins	200	$66,260	0.5
Colorado	Greeley	90	$83,370	0.4
Connecticut	Bridgeport	2,010	$88,370	1.4
Connecticut	Danbury	320	$81,440	1.5
Connecticut	Hartford	2,040	$78,020	1.1
Connecticut	New Haven	700	$98,260	0.8
Connecticut	Norwich	240	$70,360	0.6
Connecticut	Waterbury	70		0.3
Delaware	Dover	200	$61,960	1.3
Delaware	Wilmington	1,650	$78,600	1.5
District of Columbia	Washington	11,890	$83,360	1.5
Florida	Cape Coral	250	$72,530	0.4
Florida	Deltona	210	$59,070	0.4
Florida	Fort Lauderdale	2,250	$68,280	0.9
Florida	Fort Walton Beach	100	$63,880	0.4
Florida	Gainesville	450	$53,920	1.3
Florida	Jacksonville	1,600	$70,300	0.8
Florida	Lakeland	280	$67,230	0.5
Florida	Miami	2,640	$69,870	0.8
Florida	Naples	310	$48,890	0.8
Florida	Ocala	80	$68,270	0.3
Florida	Orlando	4,200	$61,980	1.2
Florida	Palm Bay	970	$60,770	1.5
Florida	Palm Coast	30	$51,750	0.9
Florida	Panama City	30	$55,700	0.1
Florida	Pensacola	270	$60,740	0.6
Florida	Port St Lucie	120	$50,750	0.3
Florida	Sarasota	580	$65,760	0.7
Florida	Tallahassee	810	$55,940	1.6
Florida	Tampa	4,140	$70,480	1
Florida	West Palm Beach	2,120	$67,670	1.2
Georgia	Athens	80	$55,130	0.4
Georgia	Atlanta	6,860	$74,970	0.9
Georgia	Augusta	200	$66,440	0.3
Georgia	Columbus	780	$77,210	2.3
Georgia	Dalton	250	$51,460	1.1
Georgia	Gainesville	40	$44,780	0.2
Georgia	Macon	130	$64,700	0.4
Georgia	Rome	30	$76,860	0.3
Georgia	Savannah	80	$58,450	0.2
Hawaii	Honolulu	1,020	$62,910	0.7
Idaho	Boise	960	$62,500	1.1
Idaho	Idaho Falls	160	$54,250	1.2
Idaho	Lewiston	40	$53,880	0.7
Illinois	Champaign	330	$48,880	1.2
Illinois	Chicago	17,030	$78,130	1.3
Illinois	Danville	60	$34,460	0.9
Illinois	Peoria	390	$69,180	0.7
Illinois	Rockford	250	$58,990	0.5
Illinois	Springfield	400	$72,350	1.3
Indiana	Bloomington	160	$49,790	0.8
Indiana	Columbus	120	$72,520	1
Indiana	Elkhart	100	$52,230	0.2
Indiana	Evansville	330	$64,410	0.6
Indiana	Fort Wayne	310	$66,720	0.5
Indiana	Gary	80	$53,120	0.1
Indiana	Indianapolis	3,140	$72,020	1.1
Indiana	Lafayette	300	$56,530	1.3
Indiana	Muncie	40	$59,440	0.3
Indiana	South Bend	200	$62,240	0.5
Indiana	Terre Haute	60	$56,390	0.3
Iowa	Ames	120	$53,270	1.1
Iowa	Cedar Rapids	530	$58,620	1.3
Iowa	Davenport	600	$62,140	1
Iowa	Des Moines	1,890	$65,110	1.8
Iowa	Dubuque	90	$48,730	0.6
Iowa	Iowa City	240	$58,640	1.1
Iowa	Sioux City	70	$65,720	0.3
Iowa	Waterloo	140	$59,180	0.5
Kansas	Lawrence	280	$62,900	2.2
Kansas	Topeka	460	$63,240	1.4
Kansas	Wichita	620	$64,990	0.6
Kentucky	Bowling Green	40	$46,060	0.2
Kentucky	Lexington	490	$68,980	0.6
Kentucky	Louisville	1,290	$66,800	0.6
Louisiana	Alexandria	60	$41,930	0.3
Louisiana	Baton Rouge	860	$52,720	0.7
Louisiana	Houma	40	$48,850	0.1
Louisiana	Lafayette	190	$49,550	0.4
Louisiana	Lake Charles	110	$56,200	0.4
Louisiana	Monroe	30	$66,720	0.1
Louisiana	New Orleans	1,130	$56,150	0.7
Louisiana	Shreveport	230	$48,590	0.4
Maine	Bangor	40	$50,140	0.2
Maine	Portland	300	$68,090	0.5
Maryland	Baltimore	3,840	$76,590	0.9
Maryland	Bethesda	2,780	$80,910	1.5
Maryland	Cumberland	50	$63,180	0.5
Maryland	Hagerstown	110	$53,430	0.4
Maryland	Salisbury	50	$60,710	0.3
Massachusetts	Barnstable Town	50	$79,030	0.2
Massachusetts	Boston	7,550	$83,290	1.3
Massachusetts	Brockton	50	$73,290	0.2
Massachusetts	Framingham	460	$75,490	0.9
Massachusetts	Haverhill	90	$64,200	0.4
Massachusetts	Lawrence	110	$70,500	0.7
Massachusetts	Lowell	350	$105,600	0.9
Massachusetts	Pittsfield	50	$55,980	0.5
Massachusetts	Springfield	300	$72,840	0.3
Massachusetts	Taunton	180	$62,690	1.4
Massachusetts	Worcester	480	$78,710	0.6
Michigan	Ann Arbor	1,140	$71,430	2.2
Michigan	Battle Creek	50	$73,750	0.4
Michigan	Bay City	40	$63,100	0.4
Michigan	Detroit	2,380	$72,130	1
Michigan	Flint	190	$63,990	0.4
Michigan	Grand Rapids	930	$57,940	0.7
Michigan	Holland	210	$59,360	0.7
Michigan	Kalamazoo	320	$51,960	0.8
Michigan	Lansing	380	$64,640	0.6
Michigan	Muskegon	110	$56,600	0.6
Michigan	Niles	50	$53,050	0.3
Michigan	Saginaw	160	$56,400	0.7
Michigan	Warren	5,480	$70,460	1.4
Minnesota	Duluth	100	$56,900	0.3
Minnesota	Minneapolis	4,520	$68,180	0.8
Minnesota	Rochester	480	$102,810	1.7
Minnesota	St Cloud	180	$59,970	0.6
Mississippi	Gulfport	100	$57,660	0.3
Mississippi	Hattiesburg	60	$55,840	0.4
Mississippi	Jackson	570	$51,610	0.7
Mississippi	Pascagoula	30	$60,110	0.2
Missouri	Columbia	470	$59,180	1.9
Missouri	Jefferson City	670	$49,680	3.3
Missouri	Kansas City	5,100	$73,220	1.5
Missouri	Springfield	360	$50,290	0.6
Missouri	St Louis	5,160	$68,390	1.1
Montana	Billings	140	$52,440	0.6
Montana	Great Falls	70	$35,470	0.7
Montana	Missoula	90	$51,910	0.6
Nebraska	Lincoln	620	$54,090	1.2
Nebraska	Omaha	1,940	$65,360	1.3
Nevada	Las Vegas	960	$64,870	0.3
Nevada	Reno	310	$72,140	0.5
New Hampshire	Manchester	360	$65,390	1.1
New Hampshire	Nashua	400	$60,180	0.9
New Hampshire	Portsmouth	210	$63,210	1.3
New Hampshire	Rochester	100	$60,060	0.6
New Jersey	Atlantic City	180	$73,040	0.4
New Jersey	Camden	1,730	$75,710	1
New Jersey	Edison	8,760	$79,380	2.6
New Jersey	Newark	2,990	$82,800	0.9
New Jersey	Trenton	1,300	$85,010	1.9
New Jersey	Vineland	30	$63,960	0.2
New Mexico	Albuquerque	1,130	$88,550	0.9
New York	Albany	4,410	$62,730	3.1
New York	Binghamton	340	$66,720	1
New York	Buffalo	1,790	$59,160	1
New York	Elmira	30	$66,140	0.3
New York	Glens Falls	40	$54,340	0.3
New York	Ithaca	440	$64,650	3.7
New York	Kingston	130	$51,350	0.7
New York	Nassau	4,290	$77,650	1
New York	New York	24,090	$78,650	1.4
New York	Poughkeepsie	930	$99,190	1.2
New York	Rochester	2,020	$66,190	1.2
New York	Syracuse	900	$61,920	0.9
New York	Utica	290	$58,590	0.7
North Carolina	Asheville	290		0.5
North Carolina	Burlington	70	$49,260	0.4
North Carolina	Charlotte	2,820	$82,510	1
North Carolina	Durham	2,060	$84,910	2.3
North Carolina	Fayetteville	220	$93,850	0.6
North Carolina	Greensboro	810	$73,710	0.7
North Carolina	Greenville	150	$64,770	0.7
North Carolina	Hickory	150	$64,060	0.3
North Carolina	Jacksonville	60	$73,390	0.5
North Carolina	Raleigh	2,840	$72,940	1.7
North Carolina	Rocky Mount	110	$58,860	0.6
North Carolina	Wilmington	190	$58,660	0.4
North Carolina	Winston Salem	640	$80,620	0.9
North Dakota	Bismarck	140	$43,360	0.9
North Dakota	Fargo	270	$52,070	0.8
North Dakota	Grand Forks	100	$49,960	0.7
Ohio	Akron	820	$67,230	0.7
Ohio	Canton	240	$53,770	0.4
Ohio	Cincinnati	2,890	$65,910	0.8
Ohio	Cleveland	2,430	$66,710	0.7
Ohio	Columbus	5,090	$71,140	1.6
Ohio	Dayton	1,030	$62,860	0.8
Ohio	Mansfield	80	$62,630	0.5
Ohio	Springfield	70	$69,370	0.5
Ohio	Toledo	430	$54,210	0.4
Ohio	Youngstown	210	$57,360	0.3
Oklahoma	Lawton	120	$45,820	1.2
Oklahoma	Oklahoma City	1,490	$66,470	0.8
Oklahoma	Tulsa	1,250	$57,910	0.9
Oregon	Bend	70	$63,100	0.3
Oregon	Corvallis	100	$73,570	1.2
Oregon	Eugene	350	$55,440	0.7
Oregon	Medford	100	$58,680	0.4
Oregon	Portland	2,240	$77,850	0.7
Oregon	Salem	140	$61,670	0.3
Pennsylvania	Allentown	690	$71,330	0.6
Pennsylvania	Altoona	90	$46,970	0.5
Pennsylvania	Erie	290	$52,060	0.7
Pennsylvania	Harrisburg	1,320	$68,560	1.3
Pennsylvania	Johnstown	100	$46,960	0.6
Pennsylvania	Lancaster	450	$60,480	0.6
Pennsylvania	Lebanon	100	$59,640	0.8
Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	9,810	$87,590	1.6
Pennsylvania	Pittsburgh	4,510	$65,580	1.2
Pennsylvania	Reading	270	$63,700	0.5
Pennsylvania	Scranton	370	$53,980	0.4
Pennsylvania	State College	140	$56,930	0.9
Pennsylvania	Williamsport	60	$57,670	0.4
Pennsylvania	York	230	$61,510	0.4
Rhode Island	Providence	1,480	$68,330	0.8
South Carolina	Anderson	80	$49,330	0.5
South Carolina	Charleston	1,290	$55,620	1.4
South Carolina	Columbia	1,200	$63,270	1
South Carolina	Florence	160	$57,880	0.6
South Carolina	Greenville	1,070	$65,400	1.1
South Carolina	Myrtle Beach	110	$59,170	0.3
South Carolina	Spartanburg	400	$73,360	1
South Dakota	Sioux Falls	300	$50,180	0.7
Tennessee	Chattanooga	850	$57,500	1.1
Tennessee	Clarksville	50	$43,290	0.2
Tennessee	Cleveland	40	$40,680	0.4
Tennessee	Johnson City	70	$45,940	0.3
Tennessee	Kingsport	110	$47,350	0.3
Tennessee	Knoxville	670	$60,000	0.6
Tennessee	Memphis	1,720	$69,910	0.8
Tennessee	Morristown	40	$52,990	0.3
Tennessee	Nashville	2,380	$62,920	0.9
Texas	Abilene	130	$49,490	0.7
Texas	Amarillo	270	$75,520	0.9
Texas	Austin	5,560	$81,800	2.2
Texas	Beaumont	280	$59,060	0.6
Texas	Brownsville	60	$42,910	0.2
Texas	College Station	210	$52,960	0.9
Texas	Corpus Christi	170	$55,470	0.3
Texas	Dallas	12,950	$80,400	1.9
Texas	El Paso	440	$45,640	0.5
Texas	Fort Worth	2,180	$74,600	0.8
Texas	Houston	9,020	$80,830	1
Texas	Killeen	260	$67,860	0.7
Texas	Laredo	50	$56,410	0.2
Texas	Longview	140	$47,960	0.5
Texas	Lubbock	230	$48,110	0.6
Texas	Mcallen	130	$51,750	0.2
Texas	Midland	90	$68,090	0.5
Texas	Odessa	30	$53,950	0.2
Texas	San Antonio	1,740	$70,300	0.6
Texas	Tyler	120	$64,040	0.4
Texas	Waco	180	$66,650	0.6
Texas	Wichita Falls	40	$61,190	0.2
Utah	Logan	140	$50,320	1.1
Utah	Ogden	620	$63,060	1
Utah	Provo	1,270	$59,510	2.4
Utah	Salt Lake City	4,270	$76,410	2.1
Utah	St George	150	$54,900	1.1
Vermont	Burlington	400	$81,210	1.2
Virginia	Blacksburg	190	$60,950	1.1
Virginia	Charlottesville	280	$69,470	1
Virginia	Harrisonburg	130	$48,630	0.8
Virginia	Lynchburg	180	$56,510	0.6
Virginia	Richmond	1,680	$78,780	0.9
Virginia	Roanoke	140	$58,420	0.3
Virginia	Virginia Beach	1,460	$63,300	0.6
Washington	Bellingham	50	$71,310	0.2
Washington	Bremerton	140	$74,050	0.6
Washington	Kennewick	70	$47,120	0.3
Washington	Mount Vernon	30	$58,920	0.2
Washington	Olympia	80	$80,770	0.3
Washington	Seattle	8,840	$89,380	1.9
Washington	Spokane	440	$57,360	0.7
Washington	Tacoma	570	$78,880	0.7
West Virginia	Charleston	530	$48,460	1.2
West Virginia	Huntington	120	$41,830	0.3
West Virginia	Morgantown	80	$51,590	0.6
West Virginia	Parkersburg	40	$56,150	0.2
West Virginia	Weirton	40	$63,060	0.3
West Virginia	Wheeling	80	$57,040	0.4
Wisconsin	Appleton	290	$66,790	0.8
Wisconsin	Eau Claire	200	$73,620	0.9
Wisconsin	Fond	70	$72,450	0.6
Wisconsin	Green Bay	360	$68,450	0.7
Wisconsin	Janesville	50	$54,340	0.3
Wisconsin	La Crosse	210	$61,500	1
Wisconsin	Madison	1,260	$64,860	1.2
Wisconsin	Milwaukee	2,730	$64,720	1
Wisconsin	Oshkosh	170	$66,070	0.7
Wisconsin	Racine	140	$57,190	0.6
Wisconsin	Wausau	190	$53,820	1

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