Software Developers Career

The role of Software Developers is to research, design, and develop computer and network software or specialized utility programs.

The average annual wage of the occupations is $138,110 and $66 per hour. 18 vocational programs could be taken for the Software Developers career. Based on BLS data, a total of 1,656,880 employees were employed in the Occupation.

The 2024 average tuition over the programs for preparing Software Developers is $16,529. The average length of the programs is 573 hours and the average completion time is 11.20 months.

Vocational Programs to Prepare Software Developers Career

2024 Average Tuition and Time for Preparing Software Developers
Program Name	Number of Schools	Tuition & Fees	Books & Supplies	Program Lengths	Avg. Completion Time
Artificial Intelligence	13	$17,995	$4,700	-	-
Information Technology	266	$25,509	$1,581	1,147 Hours	11.83 Months
Informatics	8	$35,445	-	-	-
Computer Programming/Programmer	315	$4,976	$955	340 Hours	5.50 Months
Computer Programming, Specific Applications	131	$16,995	-	520 Hours	5.00 Months
Computer Programming, Vendor/Product Certification	33	$5,547	-	-	-
Computer Game Programming	6	$26,311	-	-	-
Computer Programming, Specific Platforms	6	$16,200	$3,810	720 Hours	6.00 Months
Information Science/Studies	85	$27,838	-	1,080 Hours	10.50 Months
Computer Science	63	$33,606	-	92 Hours	18.00 Months
Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation	14	$34,467	-	-	-
Cloud Computing	32	$17,500	$2,250	68 Hours	17.00 Months
Computer Engineering	6	$33,374	-	1,152 Hours	18.00 Months
Computer Software Engineering	7	$31,127	-	-	-
Computer Software Technology/Technician	13	$25,925	-	37 Hours	9.00 Months
Mathematics and Computer Science	4	$41,678	-	-	-
Accounting and Computer Science	3	$24,372	-	-	-
Data Science, General	14	$37,974	-	-	-

Related Occupations to Software Developers Career

The following 18 occupations are related to Software Developers.

Related Occupations toSoftware Developers
Occupation	Total Employees	Annual Wages	Hourly Rate
Computer and Information Systems Managers	593K	$180,720	$87
Computer Systems Analysts	499K	$110,800	$53
Computer Network Support Specialists	159K	$78,640	$38
Computer User Support Specialists	690K	$63,640	$31
Computer Network Architects	174K	$133,930	$64
Database Administrators	76,140	$104,810	$50
Database Architects	59,920	$137,030	$66
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	323K	$100,580	$48
Computer Programmers	120K	$107,750	$52
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	203K	$108,460	$52
Web Developers	85,350	$95,570	$46
Web and Digital Interface Designers	111K	$108,820	$52
Computer Occupations, All Other	437K	$112,430	$54
Computer Hardware Engineers	82,660	$147,770	$71
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer	96,410	$124,190	$60
Engineers, All Other	151K	$118,350	$57
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians	97,420	$74,440	$36
Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians	38,930	$67,990	$33

Vocational Programs for Software Developers Career

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$138,110

Vocational Programs to Prepare Software Developers Career

Related Occupations to Software Developers Career