2017 Software Development Salary Survey

Introduction

THE RESULTS FROM O’REILLY’S SECOND ANNUAL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT SALARY SURVEY ARE IN. This anonymous online survey ran last fall and winter and attracted more than 6,800 programmers, tech leads, managers, and students—an increase of more than 1,000 respondents compared to 2016. The respondents were from 110 countries, including all 50 US states and the District of Columbia.

Use data from the report to compare yourself to others at similar companies and positions, and find out what roles, tools, work styles, organizational skills, and work environments correlate with the highest salaries.

If you are looking to change jobs, about to have your annual employee review, or moving to a new town, this report will help you benchmark your skills and salary expectations. You’ll learn where you fit and how you might leverage these potentially career-changing findings.

Note

When calculating salary values, we omitted responses from people who identified themselves as students (about 6.5% of respondents) to offset the negative skew on reported earnings from those trying to balance part-time or full-time work with their academic load. All salary numbers in this report exclude students, but student responses are used in some charts to compare skills and tools used by students versus professionals.