Looking at job platforms we can find and see that the average salary of a software engineer is $122,260 per year in the United States and that a software engineer receives a cash bonus of $5,000 per year. These figures are current as of November 15, 2022, with around 26.2 thousand salaries reported.

Salaries by years of experience in the United States

• For software engineers with at least 1 year of experience, their median salary is $114,242 per year.
• If the experience of a software engineer is between 1 year and 2 years of experience, the average salary per year is $117,372.
• Between 3 and 5 years of experience for a software engineer, at the moment there is no estimated average salary figure.
• For software engineers with 6-9 years of experience, their median salary per year is estimated to be $134,250.
• And finally, if a software engineer has more than 10 years of experience, his salary per year is around $153,805.

Top companies for Software Engineers in United States

Tesla:

This company has a report of 5 salaries for software engineers, at this moment it is estimated that their average salary per year is $217.80.

Citi:

In this company we found a report of 21 reported salaries, with an average salary per year for software engineers of $198,457.

Apple:

We found in the Apple company a report of 324 reported salaries of software engineers, the average salary of engineers is $177,811 per year.

Walmart:

This company has a reported 42 software engineer salaries, the median salary per year is $169,745.

Meta:

This company has an average salary of $164,165 per year for software engineers, with a reported 69 salaries.

Macy’s:

We found a report of 41 reported salaries for software engineers at this company, the median salary per year is $157,055.

Hundred:

This company reports 8 software engineer salaries, with an average salary per year of $159,928.

Google:

In this company we found a report of 5 salaries with an average salary of $155,888 per year for software engineers.

Capital one:

This company shows a report of 107 software engineer salaries with an average salary of $154,816 per year.

Amazon.com:

With an average annual salary of $154,232, this company reports 171 software engineer salaries.

Visa:

Here at this company we find a report of 54 salaries with an average salary per year of $146,579 for software engineers.

Highest paying cities for Software Engineers in United States

In the following list we can find the average salary per year and the average salaries reported in different cities in the United States where you can find job offers for software engineers.

New York:

456 salaries reported

$144,760 per year

San Francisco:

247 salaries reported

$141,882 per year

San Diego:

335 salaries reported

$136,540 per year

Chicago:

631 salaries reported

$131,987 per year

Seattle:

210 salaries reported

$126,293 per year

Austin:

241 salaries reported 

$117,976 per year

Dallas:

239 salaries reported

$111,651 per year

Atlanta:

198 salaries reported

$107,102 per year

Houston:

199 salaries reported

$101,652 per year

Where do Software Engineers earn more in the US?

In states of the United States a software engineer can earn a higher percentage compared to the national average, in New York they can earn +12%, in Massachusetts +5%, in Maryland +6% and in California +22% being the place where the salary is higher.

States like Mississippi, Nevada, Idaho, Montana, South Dakota, Kentucky, West Virginia, Maine, and Rhode Island earn around 25% less compared to the national salary average for software engineers.