Software Engineering salaries in Austria

executive (High quality data)

P25

€63,714

Median

€107,866

P75

€188,000

per month

€8,989

About €8,989 per month at the median.

Occupation: OEISCO-08 11 'Geschaeftsfuehrerinnen und Geschaeftsfuehrer, Vorstaende, leitende Verwaltungsbedienstete...', n=24,500. Basis authority: Statistik Austria table 'Bruttojahreseinkommen der unselbststaendig Erwerbstaetigen nach Berufsgruppen 2023', quartile header '... verdienen weniger als ... EUR'; payroll tax, social insurance and microcensus data, employees 15+ resident in Austria, apprentices excluded. Published Dec 2024. CTO/CIO roles sit partly in ISCO 13 (ICT services directors, band 52,682/76,171/100,150). Same-cell alternatives: Stepstone Gehaltsreport 2025 median for Management occupational group 72,750 (57,200 datasets, 2024 salary level, full-time, gross incl 13th and 14th salary); VSE 2022 private-sector managers full-time median 91,840.

lead (High quality data)

Median

€83,820

per month

€6,985

This level publishes a median only; no percentiles are available.

Curated directly by the reviewer from the Eurostat Structure of Earnings Survey 2022 (dataset earn_ses22_48, mean monthly gross earnings, EUR, enterprises with 10 or more employees, total sex, 2022 vintage). Archetype: Managers (ISCO major group 1), the all-management-ranks pool in information and communication (NACE J). MEDIAN-ONLY shape carrying a published MEAN: SES publishes no median here. The 2022 vintage predates current offers; Austrian pay has risen since, so treat as a floor. SES monthly earnings exclude the customary extra payments (13th month and similar), so a full local package runs higher.

senior (High quality data)

P25

€39,263

Median

€59,352

P75

€79,770

per month

€4,946

About €4,946 per month at the median.

Occupation: OEISCO-08 sub-major 25 'Akademische und vergleichbare Fachkraefte in der Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologie', n=99,300. Basis authority: Statistik Austria table 'Bruttojahreseinkommen der unselbststaendig Erwerbstaetigen nach Berufsgruppen 2023', quartile header '... verdienen weniger als ... EUR'; payroll tax, social insurance and microcensus data, employees 15+ resident in Austria, apprentices excluded. Published Dec 2024. Band spans all experience levels and includes part-time earners, so the senior zone is roughly p50 to p75. Same-cell alternatives: kununu Softwareentwickler (self-reported, n=8,569, updated 2026) average 57,200 and after 10 years 72,200 gross per year, span 41,000 to 86,000; VSE 2022 private-sector full-time median for all professionals 64,061.