How much does a software developer make?
Official figures for the US and the UK, and what you take home.
United States
Median a year
$135,980
Take-home a month
$8,684
at the median, single, no state income tax
Lowest 10% earn under
$82,460
Top 10% earn over
$214,670
1,687,890 people employed · SOC 15-1252 «Software Developers» · BLS, May 2025
United Kingdom
Median a year
£59,862
Take-home a month
£3,773
at the median, England, no student loan
Lowest 10% earn under
£33,352
Top 10% earn over
£114,051
ONS: use with caution
Full-time employees · SOC 2134 «Programmers and software development professionals» · ONS ASHE 2026 (provisional)
Medians and percentiles are gross pay before tax. US: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, published 15 May 2026, all industries. UK: ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2026 (provisional), Table 14, published 22 October 2026, for the tax year ended 5 April 2026. Take-home pay from our US and UK calculators.
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