Software Engineering salaries in United States
The median executive Software Engineering salary in United States is $175,140 per year, with the market band from $138,060 to $220,730 (api.bls.gov, 2026-08-30).
By seniority
executive (High quality data)
- P25
- $138,060
- Median
- $175,140
- P75
- $220,730
- per month
- $14,595
About $14,595 per month at the median.
SOC 11-3021 Computer and Information Systems Managers, BLS OEWS national May 2025. Executive row reports the management occupation P25/P50/P75 directly.
lead (High quality data)
- P25
- $135,980
- Median
- $171,980
- P75
- $214,670
- per month
- $14,332
About $14,332 per month at the median.
SOC 15-1252 Software Developers, BLS OEWS national May 2025. Lead band is P50 to P75 of the occupation; row p25 is the occupation P50, p50 is P75, p75 is P90.
senior (High quality data)
- P25
- $105,210
- Median
- $135,980
- P75
- $171,980
- per month
- $11,332
About $11,332 per month at the median.
SOC 15-1252 Software Developers, BLS OEWS national May 2025 annual wage percentiles (retrieved via BLS public API time series). Senior band is P25 to P50 of the occupation; row reports P25/P50/P75.
Sources for these numbers
- https://api.bls.gov/publicAPI/v2/timeseries/data/OEUN000000000000011302112
- https://api.bls.gov/publicAPI/v2/timeseries/data/OEUN000000000000011302113
- https://api.bls.gov/publicAPI/v2/timeseries/data/OEUN000000000000011302114
- https://www.bls.gov/oes/tables.htm
- https://api.bls.gov/publicAPI/v2/timeseries/data/OEUN000000000000015125213
- https://api.bls.gov/publicAPI/v2/timeseries/data/OEUN000000000000015125214
- https://api.bls.gov/publicAPI/v2/timeseries/data/OEUN000000000000015125215
- https://api.bls.gov/publicAPI/v2/timeseries/data/OEUN000000000000015125212
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