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Earnings
Earnings for engineers vary significantly by specialty, industry, and education. Even so, as a group, engineers earn some of the highest average starting salaries among those holding bachelor's degrees.

Salary Data
The median annual wage for software developers was $107,510 in May 2019. The median wage is the wage at which half the workers in an occupation earned more than that amount and half earned less. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $64,240, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $164,590. In May 2019, the median annual wages for software developers in the top industries in which they worked were as follows:

Software publishers $122,110
Manufacturing 116,080
Management of companies and enterprises 107,640
Computer systems design and related services 103,670
Insurance carriers and related activities 100,980

The median annual wage for computer programmers was $86,550 in May 2019. The median wage is the wage at which half the workers in an occupation earned more than that amount and half earned less. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $50,150, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $140,250. In May 2019, the median annual wages for computer programmers in the top industries in which they worked were as follows:

Software publishers $98,230
Finance and insurance 89,920
Manufacturing 86,620
Computer systems design and related services 85,640




Note: Some resources in this section are provided by the US Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
 


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