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 4255 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average Software Engineer salary lies between USD 141,000 and USD 237,100 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
- 4255
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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 | 5205 jobs Engineering | 5167 jobs Machine Learning | 4293 jobs Computer Science | 3728 jobs Architecture | 2845 jobs AWS | 2619 jobs Testing | 2376 jobs Java | 2304 jobs Security | 2226 jobs APIs | 2056 jobs Pipelines | 2041 jobs Kubernetes | 1792 jobs SQL | 1665 jobs Research | 1619 jobs Azure | 1580 jobs Agile | 1567 jobs CI/CD | 1506 jobs GCP | 1443 jobs Docker | 1404 jobs LLMs | 1391 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 | 4713 jobs Health care | 2756 jobs Equity / stock options | 2373 jobs Competitive pay | 1778 jobs Startup environment | 1737 jobs Flex hours | 1630 jobs Salary bonus | 1497 jobs Insurance | 1311 jobs Medical leave | 1267 jobs Flex vacation | 1263 jobs Parental leave | 1194 jobs Team events | 1069 jobs Wellness | 850 jobs 401(k) matching | 830 jobs Relocation support | 402 jobs Transparency | 316 jobs Fertility benefits | 292 jobs Home office stipend | 277 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 238 jobs Conferences | 193 jobsRelated salaries
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