The Google Trend graph chart of a Software Developer shows that since December 2009, the lowest search interest as well as the job market has been on a steady incline. As you can see with the dotted lines, the projected forecast for a Software Developer is going to dip slightly in December 2015, but recover in the new year, 2016.

What’s interesting is that the United States isn’t the main interest for a Software Developer, it’s India. As a matter of fact, the United States comes in a number 8. The top regions interested is within India, Pakistan, South Africa, Canada, Philippines, Ireland, Singapore, United States, United Arab Emirates and United Kingdom.

Software developers are the professionals that make computer programs, build mobile apps, do web development & much more. While some develop the applications that allow people to do certain tasks and commands on a computer, or other devices like your smart phone or tablet. Others develop the underlying systems that run the devices or control networks.  This is a very busy career as work includes researching, designing, implementing, and testing software.

Bureau of Labor Statistics information for the median salary in 2012 for a Software Developer shows the the wage was $93,350 per year which is about $44.88 if you were paid an hour. To become a Software Developer you will need at least a Bachelor’s degree to receive this type of salary in an Entry Level type of position. The total number of jobs that were reported for Software Developers by the BLS in 2012 were 1,018,000 positions. The job outlook for Software Developers is expected to increase by 22% from 2012 to 2022. This increase is much faster than average compared to most careers and will add nearly 222,600 jobs to the Software Developers job market over the next 10 year time period.

Below you will find a detailed salary by state data table of Software Developers. You can navigate through to find the highest paying salaries and even the lowest for a Software Developer by searching the data.

The top 5 Software Developers salaries in 2015 can be found in the following states: Washington D.C. comes in at #1 with paying $119,000 per year to a Software Developer and is 25% higher than the other states. New York is placed at #2 and pays $115,000 per year. American Samoa and Massachusetts tie #3 at $114,000 a year salary. Connecticut ranks #4 with $110,000 a year and #5 goes to the state of Georgia with $108,000 per year salary.

The information below is specific to Software Developer job salaries that you can expect to receive in that state area. Our state by state breakdown allows you to see which state is best to get a job as a Software Developer. The salary information provided below is off of real-world job listings for Software Developer and the pay offered for those jobs. We source Indeed, Simply Hired, PayScale and GlassDoor.com. The information provided by Indeed about their process for collecting salary averages is as follows: “Indeed Salary Search is based on an index of salary information extracted from over 50 million job postings from thousands of unique sources over the last 12 months. Many job descriptions don’t contain salary information, but there are enough that do to produce statistically significant median salaries for millions of keyword, job title and location combinations – in fact, most job searches you are likely to think of. As new jobs are added each day, the Indeed Salary Search index is automatically updated with fresh salary data, so the salary results are as up-to-date as they could possibly be.”

Software Developer Salary Information For 2015