Computer Programmers Salary

Median Salary
$100,390
per year
Hourly Rate
$48.26
per hour
Employment
92,230
jobs in the U.S.

Salary Distribution

10th percentile
$57,710
25th percentile
$75,850
Median
$100,390
75th percentile
$130,680
90th percentile
$160,460

💰 Computer Programmers Salary by State

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$58K
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StateMedianvs. National
Connecticut$133,820+33.3%
Massachusetts$128,390+27.9%
Washington$125,620+25.1%
Maryland$125,570+25.1%
Virginia$121,610+21.1%
Hawaii$118,180+17.7%
California$116,760+16.3%
Arkansas$111,840+11.4%
Minnesota$107,250+6.8%
New Jersey$104,940+4.5%
Utah$104,890+4.5%
Colorado$104,610+4.2%
New York$103,980+3.6%
Maine$101,780+1.4%
Oklahoma$99,780-0.6%
South Carolina$99,740-0.6%
Oregon$99,540-0.8%
Texas$99,330-1.1%
Georgia$98,380-2.0%
Indiana$97,000-3.4%
Rhode Island$96,470-3.9%
Nebraska$95,150-5.2%
Kentucky$94,850-5.5%
Alabama$93,800-6.6%
Nevada$93,600-6.8%
Florida$93,180-7.2%
Kansas$92,960-7.4%
North Dakota$92,280-8.1%
Alaska$91,700-8.7%
Missouri$90,420-9.9%
Montana$89,920-10.4%
Vermont$89,560-10.8%
Pennsylvania$89,180-11.2%
Idaho$89,020-11.3%
Arizona$88,990-11.4%
Ohio$85,270-15.1%
Mississippi$85,120-15.2%
New Mexico$83,750-16.6%
Wyoming$81,640-18.7%
North Carolina$81,070-19.2%
Iowa$79,180-21.1%
New Hampshire$74,000-26.3%
Illinois$72,540-27.7%
Michigan$65,860-34.4%
West Virginia$65,320-34.9%
South Dakota$58,240-42.0%

🏙️ Computer Programmers Salary by Metro Area

Metro AreaMedianvs. National
Boulder, CO$155,030+54.4%
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$154,920+54.3%
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$141,920+41.4%
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$136,880+36.3%
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$134,130+33.6%
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$132,850+32.3%
Bend, OR$132,280+31.8%
Portland-South Portland, ME$131,960+31.4%
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$130,790+30.3%
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$130,730+30.2%
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$130,390+29.9%
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$128,900+28.4%
Kahului-Wailuku, HI$128,240+27.7%
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$126,750+26.3%
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$125,240+24.8%
Visalia, CA$121,710+21.2%
Naples-Marco Island, FL$119,330+18.9%
Worcester, MA$119,010+18.5%
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$118,000+17.5%
Colorado Springs, CO$117,020+16.6%
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$116,370+15.9%
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$114,110+13.7%
Corvallis, OR$113,950+13.5%
Iowa City, IA$113,590+13.1%
Lexington Park, MD$112,990+12.6%
Richmond, VA$112,690+12.3%
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$111,290+10.9%
Urban Honolulu, HI$111,170+10.7%
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$110,990+10.6%
Huntsville, AL$110,110+9.7%
Charlottesville, VA$109,770+9.3%
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$109,690+9.3%
Vallejo, CA$108,830+8.4%
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$108,740+8.3%
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$108,060+7.6%
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$107,850+7.4%
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$107,770+7.4%
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$107,400+7.0%
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$107,090+6.7%
Greenville, NC$106,770+6.4%
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$106,420+6.0%
New Haven, CT$105,790+5.4%
Savannah, GA$105,600+5.2%
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$105,160+4.8%
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$105,050+4.6%
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$104,610+4.2%
Bellingham, WA$104,240+3.8%
Reno, NV$104,200+3.8%
Birmingham, AL$103,750+3.3%
Eugene-Springfield, OR$103,600+3.2%
Modesto, CA$103,250+2.8%
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$103,070+2.7%
Salem, OR$103,040+2.6%
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$102,600+2.2%
Flagstaff, AZ$102,300+1.9%
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$102,240+1.8%
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$102,150+1.8%
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$102,070+1.7%
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$101,910+1.5%
Kansas City, MO-KS$101,830+1.4%
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$101,810+1.4%
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$101,640+1.2%
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$101,530+1.1%
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$101,420+1.0%
Macon-Bibb County, GA$101,190+0.8%
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$101,020+0.6%
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$100,700+0.3%
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$100,650+0.3%
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$100,450+0.1%
Merced, CA$100,410+0.0%
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$100,140-0.2%
Ogden, UT$100,120-0.3%
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$100,100-0.3%
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$100,070-0.3%
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$99,980-0.4%
Syracuse, NY$99,920-0.5%
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$99,750-0.6%
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$99,520-0.9%
Fresno, CA$99,370-1.0%
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$99,150-1.2%
Jacksonville, FL$99,050-1.3%
Reading, PA$98,690-1.7%
Columbia, SC$98,490-1.9%
Bangor, ME$98,260-2.1%
Montgomery, AL$97,710-2.7%
Evansville, IN$97,630-2.7%
Madison, WI$97,410-3.0%
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$97,300-3.1%
St. Louis, MO-IL$96,920-3.5%
Canton-Massillon, OH$96,750-3.6%
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$96,440-3.9%
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$96,350-4.0%
Omaha, NE-IA$95,150-5.2%
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$94,260-6.1%
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$93,600-6.8%
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$93,510-6.9%
Topeka, KS$92,960-7.4%
Wichita, KS$92,960-7.4%
Roanoke, VA$92,830-7.5%
Oklahoma City, OK$92,790-7.6%
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$92,600-7.8%
Lincoln, NE$92,510-7.8%
Fargo, ND-MN$92,280-8.1%
Boise City, ID$92,270-8.1%
York-Hanover, PA$91,760-8.6%
Santa Fe, NM$91,600-8.8%
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$91,180-9.2%
Anchorage, AK$91,130-9.2%
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$91,110-9.2%
Lexington-Fayette, KY$90,850-9.5%
Fairbanks-College, AK$90,730-9.6%
Medford, OR$90,570-9.8%
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$90,040-10.3%
Champaign-Urbana, IL$89,380-11.0%
Tucson, AZ$88,990-11.4%
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$88,220-12.1%
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$88,180-12.2%
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$87,860-12.5%
Fort Smith, AR-OK$87,640-12.7%
Fort Wayne, IN$87,630-12.7%
State College, PA$87,610-12.7%
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA$87,100-13.2%
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$86,970-13.4%
Waco, TX$86,900-13.4%
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$86,450-13.9%
Las Cruces, NM$86,420-13.9%
Tuscaloosa, AL$86,110-14.2%
Traverse City, MI$85,590-14.7%
Ann Arbor, MI$85,580-14.8%
Bloomington, IN$85,580-14.8%
Pittsburgh, PA$85,340-15.0%
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$85,280-15.1%
Kenosha, WI$85,020-15.3%
Lawrence, KS$84,950-15.4%
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$84,820-15.5%
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$84,720-15.6%
Mankato, MN$84,710-15.6%
Greensboro-High Point, NC$84,700-15.6%
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$84,400-15.9%
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$84,250-16.1%
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$84,140-16.2%
Lancaster, PA$83,990-16.3%
Winston-Salem, NC$83,760-16.6%
Albuquerque, NM$83,750-16.6%
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$83,690-16.6%
Port St. Lucie, FL$83,510-16.8%
Rochester, NY$83,420-16.9%
Bismarck, ND$83,160-17.2%
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$82,750-17.6%
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$82,560-17.8%
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$81,970-18.3%
Green Bay, WI$81,470-18.8%
Killeen-Temple, TX$81,230-19.1%
Jefferson City, MO$81,150-19.2%
Columbus, OH$80,910-19.4%
Springfield, MO$80,640-19.7%
College Station-Bryan, TX$80,620-19.7%
Binghamton, NY$80,510-19.8%
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$80,060-20.3%
Toledo, OH$79,770-20.5%
Mobile, AL$79,640-20.7%
Wilmington, NC$79,530-20.8%
Cleveland, OH$79,290-21.0%
Appleton, WI$79,270-21.0%
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$79,200-21.1%
Gainesville, FL$78,970-21.3%
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$78,880-21.4%
Utica-Rome, NY$78,770-21.5%
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$78,730-21.6%
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$78,250-22.1%
Akron, OH$78,070-22.2%
Erie, PA$78,060-22.2%
Chattanooga, TN-GA$77,880-22.4%
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$77,730-22.6%
Ames, IA$77,720-22.6%
St. Cloud, MN$77,640-22.7%
Amarillo, TX$77,570-22.7%
Asheville, NC$77,460-22.8%
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$77,220-23.1%
Cedar Rapids, IA$76,530-23.8%
Longview, TX$76,490-23.8%
Midland, TX$75,640-24.7%
Corpus Christi, TX$74,500-25.8%
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$74,110-26.2%
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA$74,090-26.2%
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$73,970-26.3%
Lafayette, LA$73,470-26.8%
Youngstown-Warren, OH$73,440-26.8%
Wausau, WI$73,250-27.0%
Tallahassee, FL$72,680-27.6%
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$72,430-27.9%
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$72,430-27.9%
Dover, DE$72,110-28.2%
Monroe, LA$71,780-28.5%
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA$71,590-28.7%
Lubbock, TX$70,260-30.0%
Jackson, MS$70,090-30.2%
Clarksville, TN-KY$68,790-31.5%
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$68,090-32.2%
Flint, MI$67,300-33.0%
Knoxville, TN$66,760-33.5%
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$65,530-34.7%
El Paso, TX$65,220-35.0%
Rochester, MN$65,070-35.2%
Manchester-Nashua, NH$62,810-37.4%
Springfield, IL$61,160-39.1%
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$51,460-48.7%
Puerto Rico$51,310-48.9%
Data Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). Data reflects the most recent annual survey.