Software Engineer Salary in United States during 2025
💰 The median Software Engineer Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 183,000
✏️ This salary info is based on 5519 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average Software Engineer salary lies between USD 141,000 and USD 237,000 in the United States. It represents the overall compensation/gross salary amount for the working year (before deductions like social security, taxes and other contributions), not including equity/stock options or similar benefits.
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- Software Engineer
- Experience
- all levels
- Region
- United States
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 5519
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Region represents the primary country of residence of an employee during the year (or residence for tax purposes). All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.
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Top 20 Job Tags for Software Engineer roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with Software Engineer job listings are Python, Engineering and Machine Learning. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:
Python | 6416 jobs Engineering | 6409 jobs Machine Learning | 5277 jobs Computer Science | 4554 jobs Architecture | 3544 jobs AWS | 3235 jobs Testing | 2974 jobs Java | 2811 jobs Security | 2755 jobs Pipelines | 2582 jobs APIs | 2558 jobs Kubernetes | 2235 jobs SQL | 2057 jobs Research | 1994 jobs Agile | 1977 jobs Azure | 1948 jobs CI/CD | 1897 jobs GCP | 1823 jobs LLMs | 1783 jobs Docker | 1775 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Software Engineer roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Software Engineer job listings are Career development, Health care and Equity / stock options. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:
Career development | 5834 jobs Health care | 3331 jobs Equity / stock options | 2881 jobs Competitive pay | 2152 jobs Startup environment | 2109 jobs Flex hours | 2021 jobs Salary bonus | 1839 jobs Insurance | 1603 jobs Flex vacation | 1562 jobs Medical leave | 1542 jobs Parental leave | 1465 jobs Team events | 1285 jobs 401(k) matching | 1038 jobs Wellness | 1020 jobs Relocation support | 486 jobs Transparency | 406 jobs Home office stipend | 353 jobs Fertility benefits | 343 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 296 jobs Conferences | 253 jobsRelated salaries
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