System SW Engineers: Job, Salary, and School Information from The Riley Guide

System SW Engineers

Career and Education Info

Job Numbers and Growth

The number of jobs for system SW engineers in the US is about 350,000. Recent data shows that this occupation has a very low level of unemployment.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

Of those working as employees, 3% work fewer than 40 hours per week. Around 2% of system SW engineers are independent contractors.

Training and Education

A bachelor's degree is often required to work in this field. Survey data provided by the government shows that 85% of employees have a bachelor's degree or higher. 13% of system SW engineers attended college, but do not have a degree. 2% of workers were able to find a job with only a high school education. 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

On a per capita basis, there are more jobs for employees in San Jose (California), Framingham (Massachusetts), and Lowell (Massachusetts), and fewer jobs in Asheville (North Carolina), McAllen (Texas), and Gary (Indiana).

Compensation for system SW engineers is the most in San Jose (California), Rapid City (South Dakota), and San Francisco (California), and the lowest in Gainesville (Florida), Shreveport (Louisiana), and Port St. Lucie (Florida).

System SW Engineers: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area

The table below shows data for System SW Engineers, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for System SW Engineers 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 System SW Engineers are starred .

State	Area	Positions	Typical Pay	Popularity in Area
Alabama	Birmingham	1,010	$73,140	0.6
Alabama	Huntsville	3,190	$89,390	5
Alabama	Montgomery	140	$68,120	0.3
Alaska	Anchorage	180	$72,700	0.4
Arizona	Flagstaff	60	$80,030	0.4
Arizona	Phoenix	3,700	$81,070	0.6
Arizona	Tucson	2,880	$83,960	2.5
Arkansas	Fayetteville	540	$76,860	0.9
Arkansas	Little Rock	270	$68,220	0.3
California	Bakersfield	140	$100,140	0.2
California	Chico	40	$93,190	0.2
California	Fresno	120	$58,300	0.1
California	Modesto	50	$80,510	0.1
California	Oakland	4,380	$93,410	1.3
California	Oxnard	600	$91,020	0.7
California	Sacramento	2,700	$87,450	1
California	Salinas	110	$80,340	0.2
California	San Diego	4,290	$96,040	1
California	San Francisco	6,890	$113,650	2.2
California	San Jose	26,400	$115,730	9.1
California	San Luis Obispo	60	$76,510	0.2
California	Santa Ana	5,960	$94,720	1.2
California	Santa Barbara	950	$100,630	1.9
California	Santa Cruz	250	$100,510	1
California	Santa Rosa	600	$106,640	1.1
California	Stockton	120	$131,110	0.2
California	Vallejo	50	$101,010	0.1
California	Yuba City	30	$82,220	0.3
Colorado	Boulder	2,720	$110,130	5.6
Colorado	Colorado Springs	2,430	$91,630	3.2
Colorado	Denver	9,590	$93,550	2.4
Colorado	Greeley	70	$90,830	0.3
Connecticut	Bridgeport	1,670	$102,420	1.2
Connecticut	Danbury	110	$101,950	0.5
Connecticut	Hartford	1,430	$80,790	0.8
Connecticut	New Haven	300	$83,650	0.3
Delaware	Dover	40	$91,770	0.3
Delaware	Wilmington	790	$99,690	0.8
District of Columbia	Washington	24,040	$108,110	3.3
Florida	Cape Coral	100	$92,010	0.2
Florida	Deltona	80	$63,020	0.2
Florida	Fort Lauderdale	1,240	$81,110	0.5
Florida	Fort Walton Beach	420	$74,110	1.9
Florida	Gainesville	80	$50,940	0.2
Florida	Jacksonville	880	$87,750	0.5
Florida	Lakeland	50	$75,570	0.1
Florida	Miami	1,100	$86,450	0.4
Florida	Orlando	1,420	$77,810	0.4
Florida	Palm Bay	1,050	$94,540	1.8
Florida	Pensacola	130	$73,910	0.3
Florida	Port St Lucie	70	$40,990	0.2
Florida	Sarasota	120	$98,040	0.1
Florida	Tampa	3,340	$79,710	0.9
Florida	West Palm Beach	1,070	$94,890	0.6
Georgia	Atlanta	7,260	$90,160	1
Georgia	Augusta	170	$75,340	0.3
Georgia	Savannah	40	$70,690	0.1
Georgia	Warner Robins	370	$79,860	2.7
Hawaii	Honolulu	360	$86,500	0.3
Idaho	Boise	830	$83,600	1
Illinois	Bloomington	50	$84,260	0.3
Illinois	Champaign	180	$90,730	0.7
Illinois	Chicago	14,800	$91,370	1.2
Illinois	Rockford	40	$75,230	0.1
Illinois	Springfield	150	$82,950	0.5
Indiana	Elkhart	50	$64,280	0.1
Indiana	Evansville	70	$67,220	0.1
Indiana	Fort Wayne	570	$76,660	0.9
Indiana	Gary	40	$80,290	0
Indiana	Indianapolis	1,810	$78,750	0.6
Indiana	Lafayette	80	$69,460	0.4
Indiana	South Bend	50	$65,680	0.1
Iowa	Cedar Rapids	1,370	$75,910	3.4
Iowa	Davenport	330	$91,840	0.6
Iowa	Des Moines	610	$80,700	0.6
Iowa	Sioux City	90	$80,690	0.4
Kansas	Topeka	130	$71,780	0.4
Kansas	Wichita	550	$82,090	0.6
Kentucky	Elizabethtown	40	$73,440	0.3
Kentucky	Lexington	530	$86,140	0.7
Kentucky	Louisville	940	$75,180	0.5
Louisiana	Baton Rouge	260	$68,890	0.2
Louisiana	New Orleans	310	$74,800	0.2
Louisiana	Shreveport	80	$51,600	0.2
Maine	Portland	220	$79,680	0.4
Maryland	Baltimore	6,100	$100,130	1.5
Maryland	Bethesda	4,750	$96,030	2.6
Maryland	Hagerstown	90	$77,850	0.3
Massachusetts	Barnstable Town	80	$93,970	0.3
Massachusetts	Boston	17,900	$98,530	3.3
Massachusetts	Brockton	80	$61,750	0.3
Massachusetts	Framingham	3,960	$114,200	8.1
Massachusetts	Haverhill	220	$101,160	1
Massachusetts	Lawrence	140	$91,410	0.9
Massachusetts	Lowell	2,460	$103,010	6.9
Massachusetts	Springfield	410	$75,060	0.4
Massachusetts	Taunton	310	$107,130	2.5
Massachusetts	Worcester	920	$95,840	1.2
Michigan	Ann Arbor	680	$67,580	1.4
Michigan	Detroit	1,280	$82,250	0.6
Michigan	Flint	90	$82,470	0.2
Michigan	Grand Rapids	230	$79,210	0.2
Michigan	Holland	200	$73,320	0.7
Michigan	Saginaw	30	$87,620	0.1
Michigan	Warren	4,300	$83,900	1.2
Minnesota	Duluth	50	$61,820	0.1
Minnesota	Minneapolis	6,780	$93,210	1.2
Mississippi	Jackson	150	$71,920	0.2
Missouri	Jefferson City	100	$97,950	0.5
Missouri	Kansas City	3,800	$77,610	1.2
Missouri	Springfield	150	$63,650	0.3
Missouri	St Louis	2,480	$81,970	0.6
Nebraska	Lincoln	310	$62,690	0.6
Nebraska	Omaha	1,800	$76,490	1.2
Nevada	Las Vegas	760	$84,520	0.3
Nevada	Reno	600	$76,560	0.9
New Hampshire	Manchester	150	$87,550	0.5
New Hampshire	Nashua	1,240	$103,610	3
New Hampshire	Portsmouth	260	$87,250	1.7
New Jersey	Atlantic City	220	$92,550	0.5
New Jersey	Edison	4,530	$102,060	1.4
New Jersey	Newark	2,950	$101,640	0.9
New Jersey	Trenton	800	$95,170	1.2
New Mexico	Albuquerque	1,250	$99,870	1
New Mexico	Las Cruces	120	$86,560	0.7
New Mexico	Santa Fe	150	$80,270	0.8
New York	Albany	670	$77,920	0.5
New York	Buffalo	660	$80,650	0.4
New York	Ithaca	70	$99,390	0.6
New York	Nassau	1,680	$91,290	0.4
New York	New York	12,550	$102,990	0.8
New York	Rochester	1,550	$80,690	1
New York	Syracuse	320	$93,400	0.3
New York	Utica	160	$80,120	0.4
North Carolina	Asheville	40	$59,470	0.1
North Carolina	Charlotte	1,950	$94,770	0.7
North Carolina	Durham	4,860	$97,560	5.8
North Carolina	Fayetteville	50	$73,660	0.1
North Carolina	Greensboro	390	$88,600	0.3
North Carolina	Hickory	40	$84,110	0.1
North Carolina	Raleigh	2,610	$85,450	1.6
North Carolina	Rocky Mount	40	$78,420	0.2
North Carolina	Winston Salem	140	$91,580	0.2
Ohio	Akron	430	$73,480	0.4
Ohio	Canton	120	$78,770	0.2
Ohio	Cincinnati	1,470	$83,550	0.4
Ohio	Cleveland	1,310	$73,220	0.4
Ohio	Columbus	3,350	$81,450	1.1
Ohio	Dayton	1,980	$90,020	1.6
Ohio	Toledo	130	$72,940	0.1
Ohio	Youngstown	100	$74,660	0.1
Oklahoma	Oklahoma City	640	$79,350	0.4
Oklahoma	Tulsa	930	$75,660	0.7
Oregon	Corvallis	40	$83,670	0.5
Oregon	Eugene	120	$89,460	0.3
Oregon	Medford	30	$71,860	0.1
Oregon	Portland	2,450	$94,620	0.7
Pennsylvania	Allentown	450	$91,970	0.4
Pennsylvania	Erie	60	$73,180	0.2
Pennsylvania	Harrisburg	600	$77,810	0.6
Pennsylvania	Lancaster	130	$76,700	0.2
Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	4,470	$100,280	0.7
Pennsylvania	Pittsburgh	2,820	$78,820	0.8
Pennsylvania	Scranton	150	$73,880	0.2
Pennsylvania	State College	240	$76,920	1.5
Pennsylvania	York	70	$74,580	0.1
Rhode Island	Providence	1,260	$91,110	0.7
South Carolina	Charleston	650	$65,680	0.7
South Carolina	Columbia	590	$84,040	0.5
South Carolina	Greenville	460	$77,180	0.5
South Carolina	Spartanburg	120	$62,600	0.3
South Dakota	Rapid City	70	$102,240	0.4
South Dakota	Sioux Falls	220	$67,310	0.5
Tennessee	Chattanooga	230	$59,090	0.3
Tennessee	Clarksville	40	$70,540	0.2
Tennessee	Kingsport	40	$78,440	0.1
Tennessee	Knoxville	440	$94,080	0.4
Tennessee	Memphis	1,050	$74,140	0.5
Tennessee	Nashville	760	$76,280	0.3
Texas	Amarillo	40	$71,740	0.1
Texas	Austin	6,120	$93,850	2.6
Texas	College Station	210	$62,530	1
Texas	Corpus Christi	40	$79,540	0.1
Texas	Dallas	13,960	$90,990	2.1
Texas	Fort Worth	4,200	$96,280	1.5
Texas	Houston	5,870	$88,450	0.7
Texas	Killeen	320	$79,090	0.9
Texas	Lubbock	90	$91,360	0.3
Texas	Mcallen	40	$67,390	0.1
Texas	San Antonio	1,360	$76,070	0.5
Utah	Ogden	370	$72,580	0.6
Utah	Provo	430	$77,510	0.9
Utah	Salt Lake City	3,490	$82,130	1.8
Vermont	Burlington	390	$87,180	1.2
Virginia	Blacksburg	180	$75,590	1.1
Virginia	Charlottesville	260	$90,250	1
Virginia	Harrisonburg	70	$61,280	0.5
Virginia	Lynchburg	190	$82,880	0.7
Virginia	Richmond	2,590	$91,470	1.4
Virginia	Roanoke	160	$83,630	0.3
Virginia	Virginia Beach	1,820	$85,940	0.8
Washington	Bellingham	30	$68,510	0.1
Washington	Bremerton	70	$91,860	0.3
Washington	Kennewick	80	$88,670	0.3
Washington	Olympia	210	$89,440	0.8
Washington	Seattle	14,770	$99,740	3.2
West Virginia	Huntington	40	$61,780	0.1
Wisconsin	Appleton	110	$71,910	0.3
Wisconsin	Eau Claire	40	$70,600	0.2
Wisconsin	Green Bay	90	$79,550	0.2
Wisconsin	La Crosse	80	$66,100	0.4
Wisconsin	Madison	770	$77,480	0.7
Wisconsin	Milwaukee	1,350	$78,620	0.5
Wisconsin	Oshkosh	50	$73,670	0.2

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