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
Median annual
wages of wage-and-salary computer applications software
engineers were $85,430. The middle 50 percent earned between
$67,790 and $104,870. The lowest 10 percent earned less than
$53,720, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $128,870.
Median annual wages in the industries employing the largest
numbers of computer applications software engineers is follows:
|
Professional and
commercial equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers |
$93,740 |
|
Software
publishers |
$87,710 |
|
Management of
companies and enterprises |
$85,990 |
|
Computer systems
design and related services |
$84,610 |
|
Insurance
carriers |
$80,370 |
Median annual wages of
wage-and-salary computer systems software engineers were $92,430. The
middle 50 percent earned between $73,200 and $113,960. The lowest 10
percent earned less than $57,810, and the highest 10 percent earned more
than $135,780. Median annual wages in the industries employing the
largest numbers of computer systems software engineers is as follows:
|
Scientific
research and development services |
$102,090 |
|
Computer and
peripheral equipment manufacturing |
$101,270 |
|
Software
publishers |
$93,590 |
|
Navigational
measuring electromedical and control instruments
manufacturing |
$91,720 |
|
Computer systems
design and related services |
$91,610 |
Median annual wages of
wage-and-salary computer programmers were $69,620 in May 2008. The
middle 50 percent earned between $52,640 and $89,720 a year. The
lowest 10 percent earned less than $40,080, and the highest 10
percent earned more than $111,450. Median annual wages in the
industries employing the largest numbers of computer programmers is
shown below:
|
Software
publishers |
$81,780 |
|
Management of
companies and enterprises |
$71,040 |
|
Computer systems
design and related services |
$70,270 |
|
Employment
services |
$70,070 |
|
Insurance
carriers |
$69,790 |
Note: Some resources in this section are provided by the
US Department
of Labor,
Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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