Software Engineering Salaries for 2027
What 10 software and computing jobs pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ May 2025 wage survey. Each report gives the national percentiles and pay in every state and large metro BLS publishes, plus pay by industry.
Salaries
Building software
Highest median pay first.
- Software Engineer Salary Pay by percentile, state, metro and industry for software developers. $135,980 median · $82,460 to $214,670, 10th to 90th percentile
- Database Administrator Salary Pay by percentile, state, metro and industry for database administrators. $104,620 median · $60,230 to $163,320, 10th to 90th percentile
- QA Engineer Salary Pay by percentile, state, metro and industry for software quality assurance analysts and testers. $104,300 median · $61,440 to $167,010, 10th to 90th percentile
- Computer Programmer Salary Pay by percentile, state, metro and industry for computer programmers. $100,390 median · $57,710 to $160,460, 10th to 90th percentile
- Web Developer Salary Pay by percentile, state, metro and industry for web developers. $92,650 median · $48,100 to $162,290, 10th to 90th percentile
Salaries
Beyond development
Highest median pay first.
- IT Manager Salary Pay by percentile, state, metro and industry for computer and information systems managers. $175,140 median · $107,550 to $297,510, 10th to 90th percentile
- Computer Research Scientist Salary Pay by percentile, state, metro and industry for computer and information research scientists. $140,300 median · $82,200 to $230,630, 10th to 90th percentile
- Information Security Analyst Salary Pay by percentile, state, metro and industry for information security analysts. $129,180 median · $75,090 to $199,850, 10th to 90th percentile
- Data Scientist Salary Pay by percentile, state, metro and industry for data scientists. $120,230 median · $67,240 to $199,130, 10th to 90th percentile
- Computer Systems Analyst Salary Pay by percentile, state, metro and industry for computer systems analysts. $105,850 median · $67,340 to $167,710, 10th to 90th percentile