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Computer Programmers in United States
$100,390median, a year
$105,170mean (average), a year
92,230people employed in this job here
$57,710
median $100,390
$160,460
The bar runs from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the darker part is the middle half of earners.
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The spread
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How pay for this job is spread here: higher means more people earn around that amount, and the darker middle is the middle half of earners. The dots are BLS's published 10th, 25th, median, 75th and 90th percentiles; the curve between them is our smooth estimate. Hover or tap a dot for its figure.
Where this job pays most
Median a year by state, from lower to higher pay as in the key below. Hover or tap a state for its figure. Living costs differ too, so a higher wage is not always more to spend.
- AL, Alabama, median $93,800
- AK, Alaska, median $91,700
- AZ, Arizona, median $88,990
- AR, Arkansas, median $111,840
- CA, California, median $116,760
- CO, Colorado, median $104,610
- CT, Connecticut, median $133,820
- DE, Delaware, not published
- DC, District of Columbia, not published
- FL, Florida, median $93,180
- GA, Georgia, median $98,380
- HI, Hawaii, median $118,180
- ID, Idaho, median $89,020
- IL, Illinois, median $72,540
- IN, Indiana, median $97,000
- IA, Iowa, median $79,180
- KS, Kansas, median $92,960
- KY, Kentucky, median $94,850
- LA, Louisiana, not published
- ME, Maine, median $101,780
- MD, Maryland, median $125,570
- MA, Massachusetts, median $128,390
- MI, Michigan, median $65,860
- MN, Minnesota, median $107,250
- MS, Mississippi, median $85,120
- MO, Missouri, median $90,420
- MT, Montana, median $89,920
- NE, Nebraska, median $95,150
- NV, Nevada, median $93,600
- NH, New Hampshire, median $74,000
- NJ, New Jersey, median $104,940
- NM, New Mexico, median $83,750
- NY, New York, median $103,980
- NC, North Carolina, median $81,070
- ND, North Dakota, median $92,280
- OH, Ohio, median $85,270
- OK, Oklahoma, median $99,780
- OR, Oregon, median $99,540
- PA, Pennsylvania, median $89,180
- RI, Rhode Island, median $96,470
- SC, South Carolina, median $99,740
- SD, South Dakota, median $58,240
- TN, Tennessee, not published
- TX, Texas, median $99,330
- UT, Utah, median $104,890
- VT, Vermont, median $89,560
- VA, Virginia, median $121,610
- WA, Washington, median $125,620
- WV, West Virginia, median $65,320
- WI, Wisconsin, not published
- WY, Wyoming, median $81,640
- PR, Puerto Rico, median $51,310
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