Computer Programmers Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Computer Programmers positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$98,670

National average

Salary Range

$52,190 – $162,090

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Computer Programmers Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$167,970$104,300$235,740
Boulder, CO$162,530$73,490$193,790
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$159,250$86,170$214,990
Washington$158,820$89,040$235,740
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$133,560$66,380$173,900
Bend, OR$132,590$80,400$144,190
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$131,230$94,330$192,380
Bozeman, MT$129,040$128,630$129,040
Montana$128,630$66,060$129,040
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$128,440$55,200$128,440
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$128,270$62,550$216,790
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$127,220$71,860$151,200
Oregon$126,980$75,750$140,340
Colorado$124,880$70,720$193,790
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$122,580$77,620$215,120
Columbia, SC$122,030$65,290$141,490
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$122,000$71,930$196,770
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$120,870$84,160$138,780
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$119,900$82,420$193,440
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$119,900$66,610$167,590
Portland-South Portland, ME$119,240$70,620$185,870
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$117,410$60,540$149,080
California$116,220$65,510$176,990
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$115,770$72,640$128,180
Massachusetts$115,200$76,720$163,460
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$115,190$76,720$163,230
Oklahoma City, OK$114,890$69,880$164,420
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$113,720$72,840$148,890
New Haven, CT$112,140$66,690$140,670
Virginia$111,860$60,760$166,830
Worcester, MA$111,390$76,540$155,390
Visalia, CA$111,200$62,120$125,550
Colorado Springs, CO$110,160$69,320$160,130
Salem, OR$109,970$70,030$134,490
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$109,590$68,630$187,280
Wisconsin$109,580$60,910$145,950
Lynchburg, VA$108,760$61,830$162,060
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$108,730$59,120$149,610
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$108,650$67,440$173,880
Minnesota$108,450$64,120$129,500
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$108,330$80,060$166,520
Columbus, OH$108,230$58,310$137,760
Urban Honolulu, HI$108,040$83,380$147,550
Hawaii$108,040$84,980$147,550
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$107,780$63,080$151,200
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$106,880$63,270$143,330
Medford, OR$106,880$59,770$138,830
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$106,210$70,850$135,520
Lexington-Fayette, KY$105,800$65,740$143,550
Wyoming$105,420$54,400$121,360
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$105,150$59,230$148,150
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$105,030$62,640$174,530
Kentucky$104,840$62,080$157,280
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$104,750$62,210$182,530
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$104,410$57,590$150,310
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$103,860$58,560$224,020
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$103,580$65,120$166,450
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$103,430$66,450$165,850
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$103,390$55,730$165,880
Greenville, NC$103,380$64,090$125,390
Akron, OH$103,330$46,450$122,300
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$103,270$51,140$167,090
Maine$103,110$50,050$185,870
Maryland$103,000$57,200$164,700
New Jersey$102,770$63,610$183,340
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$102,560$59,090$161,780
Charlottesville, VA$102,350$53,540$142,710
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$101,930$62,610$158,960
Wichita, KS$101,910$61,450$187,260
Huntsville, AL$101,780$63,040$160,310
Vallejo, CA$101,760$57,280$130,700
Lexington Park, MD$101,570$74,560$171,390
Columbus, GA-AL$101,210$64,960$126,810
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$100,920$52,770$138,880
Oklahoma$100,910$65,990$164,420
Iowa City, IA$100,790$69,700$124,480
Delaware$100,700$66,140$146,620
Arkansas$100,670$61,650$162,090
South Carolina$100,620$58,000$141,480
Connecticut$100,510$76,970$165,530
Eugene-Springfield, OR$100,470$64,620$125,140
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$100,460$79,260$159,880
New York$100,410$63,390$172,320
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$100,330$69,820$123,050
Modesto, CA$100,200$64,820$155,640
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$99,970$64,150$154,400
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$99,780$44,560$143,070
Appleton, WI$99,720$59,030$150,380
Ohio$99,520$54,660$128,400
Springfield, MA$99,310$55,640$150,160
Tennessee$99,270$49,340$215,580
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$98,730$51,990$136,540
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$98,670$60,880$139,750
Florida$98,630$52,700$150,380
Jacksonville, FL$98,350$59,110$156,380
Tucson, AZ$98,260$61,920$136,490
Georgia$97,970$61,090$137,830
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$97,970$63,550$144,900
St. Louis, MO-IL$97,930$66,100$135,320
Billings, MT$97,620$60,990$158,320
Merced, CA$97,590$67,180$126,590
Youngstown-Warren, OH$97,590$57,400$106,610
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$97,350$51,570$126,780
Savannah, GA$97,260$63,130$125,480
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$97,140$56,560$135,010
Ogden, UT$97,090$55,660$134,890
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$97,050$64,670$144,240
Kansas City, MO-KS$97,020$52,410$127,280
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$96,990$58,320$131,760
West Montana nonmetropolitan area$96,850$62,450$116,380
Reno, NV$96,720$66,230$156,630
Kennewick-Richland, WA$96,670$65,890$149,470
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$96,570$62,520$140,180
Rochester, NY$96,420$67,440$137,410
Birmingham, AL$96,190$62,190$140,070
Salinas, CA$95,920$57,030$158,960
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$95,850$57,260$149,780
North Carolina$95,770$44,550$139,110
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$95,390$43,160$135,810
Flagstaff, AZ$95,280$61,650$111,740
Fayetteville, NC$95,200$67,000$131,280
Duluth, MN-WI$95,110$58,520$135,760
Syracuse, NY$94,870$61,270$120,190
Canton-Massillon, OH$94,840$39,760$100,230
Rhode Island$94,560$64,650$143,860
Cleveland, OH$94,520$54,880$137,280
Gainesville, FL$94,520$53,040$125,690
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA$94,250$87,740$136,890
Tulsa, OK$94,230$65,320$148,180
Port St. Lucie, FL$94,110$58,830$127,720
Tuscaloosa, AL$94,080$63,230$137,660
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area$94,070$62,730$144,630
Montgomery, AL$93,930$54,280$122,840
York-Hanover, PA$93,780$46,850$116,360
Nebraska$93,620$58,370$149,080
Topeka, KS$93,600$69,330$140,130
Missouri$93,550$54,280$131,990
Omaha, NE-IA$93,480$59,920$142,800
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$93,300$54,660$125,660
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$93,060$59,240$128,190
Nevada$92,650$54,060$147,150
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$92,600$71,930$120,820
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$92,260$53,310$130,120
Reading, PA$91,840$52,730$127,010
Kansas$91,600$57,170$136,580
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$91,590$62,710$136,010
Chico, CA$90,850$62,810$147,950
Richmond, VA$90,530$51,240$136,300
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$90,470$53,000$150,930
Anchorage, AK$90,260$55,800$131,660
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$90,260$62,280N/A
Roanoke, VA$90,220$59,440$131,260
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$89,830$53,860$127,130
Chattanooga, TN-GA$89,830$48,860$134,610
Springfield, MO$89,820$56,160$115,280
Binghamton, NY$89,380$69,750$112,550
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$89,220$54,450$127,160
Alaska$88,930$54,500$131,660
North Dakota$88,910$62,090$131,380
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$88,790$52,010$134,630
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$88,620$44,540$106,820
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$88,410$59,860$136,220
Utah$88,410$59,860$136,050
Macon-Bibb County, GA$88,350$55,960$115,490
Logan, UT-ID$88,200$61,400$129,790
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$88,100$58,110$147,980
Charleston, WV$87,910$60,320$128,060
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$87,660$48,730$153,610
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$87,360$62,340$135,000
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$87,360$69,020$150,020
Alaska nonmetropolitan area$87,330$50,230$131,880
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$87,260$46,660$143,220
Alabama$87,230$49,950$134,330
Evansville, IN$87,180$35,670$131,470
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$86,640$55,510$127,520
Champaign-Urbana, IL$86,540$48,980$129,100
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$86,320$64,360$117,290
Fresno, CA$86,270$44,470$126,360
Raleigh-Cary, NC$86,220$25,430$137,040
Toledo, OH$86,190$43,700$117,070
Pittsburgh, PA$86,120$46,850$130,830
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$86,080$59,290$113,170
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$85,510$58,390$128,220
Lancaster, PA$85,420$48,690$131,840
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area$85,360$43,960$112,430
Fargo, ND-MN$85,220$61,800$128,150
Missoula, MT$84,960$60,150$118,960
Ames, IA$84,930$53,800$124,860
Dalton, GA$84,860$61,050$125,410
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$84,810$51,520$123,400
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$84,770$51,370$129,970
Pennsylvania$84,770$52,080$131,840
Iowa$84,730$55,230$128,190
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA$84,330$51,990$173,520
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$84,260$61,280$110,240
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$84,250$55,850$122,490
Waco, TX$84,140$62,350$129,280
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$84,140$53,970$146,080
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$84,140$57,160$145,950
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$84,120$62,680$128,360
Louisiana$83,980$50,770N/A
New Mexico$83,680$65,510$134,170
Las Cruces, NM$83,680$65,780$123,570
Indiana$83,670$52,610$131,040
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$83,630$63,100$109,500
Stockton-Lodi, CA$83,480$45,220$152,310
Illinois$83,460$53,000$137,880
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$83,370$45,450$123,020
Greensboro-High Point, NC$83,010$50,660$137,040
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$82,990$62,430$135,060
Alexandria, LA$82,860$49,050$104,030
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$82,760$60,750$131,540
Green Bay, WI$82,740$58,480$148,000
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$82,680$60,620$135,000
Lincoln, NE$82,680$57,880$126,240
Winston-Salem, NC$82,680$62,650$132,650
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$82,670$48,230$135,810
District of Columbia$82,580$81,680$145,650
Columbus, IN$82,510$65,310$126,580
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$82,410$45,610$120,940
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$82,390$59,330$121,660
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$82,320$61,220$145,950
Lawrence, KS$82,250$66,850$114,280
Manchester-Nashua, NH$82,250$52,410$124,340
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$82,240$60,480$126,600
Albuquerque, NM$82,210$66,410$134,170
Fort Wayne, IN$82,210$36,330$131,040
Wilmington, NC$82,070$42,670$145,960
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area$81,850$51,930$119,010
Bloomington, IN$81,820$66,310$107,320
Bangor, ME$81,610$47,330$119,410
State College, PA$81,490$54,200$114,200
Amarillo, TX$81,470$51,600$128,180
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$81,420$60,430$135,890
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area$81,400$59,700$123,360
Bowling Green, KY$81,330$62,080$155,720
Sheboygan, WI$81,260$59,680$94,990
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$81,180$36,370$134,030
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area$81,040$58,270$110,700
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$81,000$57,040$138,870
Boise City, ID$80,900$52,680$173,880
New Hampshire$80,880$52,920$122,710
Madison, WI$80,830$61,560$128,230
Texas$80,820$41,700$145,670
Bismarck, ND$80,570$58,200$131,380
Ann Arbor, MI$80,560$38,630$129,170
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$80,500$52,090$119,570
Idaho$80,390$52,680$150,510
Killeen-Temple, TX$80,340$54,640$125,590
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$80,290$52,490$96,060
Kingston, NY$80,060$55,690$107,530
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area$79,870$53,550$108,420
Midland, TX$79,760$61,150$129,450
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$79,680$62,890$150,290
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$79,320$57,660$146,710
Asheville, NC$79,250$53,030$151,030
Gainesville, GA$79,220$59,900$135,420
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$79,060$45,530$117,690
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$78,450$18,310$129,900
Vermont$78,230$52,310$117,640
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$78,160$54,010$154,970
Cedar Rapids, IA$78,120$53,000$125,590
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$78,090$56,950$107,650
Longview, TX$77,960$40,920$116,880
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$77,880$52,000$138,560
Kenosha, WI$77,520$54,150$137,480
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$77,480$50,090$118,930
Lafayette, LA$76,980$33,430$104,900
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$76,980$53,850$130,210
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area$76,940$18,310$134,090
Utica-Rome, NY$76,910$49,460$116,420
Fort Smith, AR-OK$76,870$59,020$131,620
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$76,810$49,440$129,010
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$76,740$58,040$124,990
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area$76,740$60,820$129,030
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$76,550$51,390$144,880
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$76,520$55,850$139,970
Saginaw, MI$76,460$53,630$142,830
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)$76,410$53,900$123,090
St. Cloud, MN$76,210$54,080$115,700
Peoria, IL$76,160$48,690$99,990
College Station-Bryan, TX$75,820$41,990$128,010
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$75,570$52,310$103,000
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$75,220$36,620$133,390
Traverse City, MI$75,110$47,610$105,050
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$75,100$53,470$119,310
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA$74,810$49,060$118,000
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$74,780$47,180$120,480
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$74,340$52,090$121,260
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$74,300$35,780$128,200
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$74,150$52,130$131,760
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$73,940$45,900$117,950
Jefferson City, MO$73,860$59,530$122,440
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$73,810$47,500$123,160
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$73,600$50,170$115,930
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$73,270$59,880$115,290
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$72,700$39,990$125,140
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA$72,640$33,520$110,400
Jackson, MI$72,520$34,990$127,140
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$72,470$52,410$100,590
Knoxville, TN$72,120$52,690$112,750
Arizona$71,930$37,270$125,050
Erie, PA$71,830$32,630$110,420
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area$71,630$45,690$121,510
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$71,560$50,390$134,530
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area$71,490$46,010$113,740
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$70,870$45,690$127,960
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$70,740$49,940$126,050
Dover, DE$70,700$49,360$117,740
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$70,680$46,540$92,190
Monroe, LA$70,260$32,420$94,970
Lubbock, TX$69,780$50,400$104,000
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$69,150$51,620$194,150
Michigan$68,790$34,490$116,240
Jackson, MS$67,640$52,670$102,780
Mobile, AL$67,290$61,540$123,820
El Paso, TX$66,520$36,090$114,230
Tallahassee, FL$65,810$47,800$92,790
Elmira, NY$65,630$41,600$103,340
West Virginia$65,140$26,940$115,740
Mississippi$65,120$45,410$100,890
Eau Claire, WI$64,600$46,520$127,760
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$64,430$18,310$136,830
Athens-Clarke County, GA$63,700$55,170$109,550
Flint, MI$61,250$46,800$91,960
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$60,300$40,660$94,650
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$57,900$37,230$118,740
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$56,550$45,400$91,050
South Dakota$56,520$55,420$112,900
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area$50,230$44,760$71,510
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$44,840$29,980$79,390
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$43,350$43,350$129,150
Puerto Rico$43,010$28,900$79,230
Yuba City, CA$37,110$37,110$102,560
Ponce, PR$32,970$26,290$55,390

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The median annual salary for a Computer Programmers is $98,670, with a typical range of $52,190 – $162,090 depending on experience, location, and employer.

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Entry-level Computer Programmers positions typically start around $52,190 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

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Computer Programmerss tend to earn the highest salaries in major metropolitan areas. Use the salary by city table above to compare compensation across different locations.