Software Developer Salaries & Job Market in the United States (2026)
The average Software Developer pay in the United States is USD 156,581-USD 208,751 per year, based on 40 disclosed salaries.
Average salary by pay period
- Annual: USD 156,581-USD 208,751 per year (26 listings)
- Hourly: USD 10-USD 12 per hour (14 listings)
Best cities for Software Developer jobs
- San Francisco — 107 jobs
- San Jose — 42 jobs
- Boston — 27 jobs
- New York City — 25 jobs
- Los Angeles — 23 jobs
- Foster City — 11 jobs
- Oakland — 7 jobs
- Seattle — 5 jobs
Work mode
17% remote, 1% hybrid, 82% on-site across 378 listings.
Top hiring employers
- Roblox (55 open roles)
- Stripe (38 open roles)
- Waymo (35 open roles)
- Riot Games (24 open roles)
- Klaviyo (19 open roles)
- Zoox (13 open roles)
Current openings
- Senior Software Engineer, Cluster Scalability — MongoDB Canada (British Columbia; Ontario)
- Senior Software Engineer, Cluster Scalability — MongoDB (British Columbia; Ontario)
- Software Engineer, Billing Platform — Stripe Canada (San Francisco, New York City, Seattle, Chicago, US-Remote)
- Front End Software Engineer, Consumer Engineering — Reddit Canada (Remote - United States)
- Senior Backend Engineer, Platform Enablement — GitLab Canada (Remote, United States)
- Staff Software Developer, Operations Research — Kinaxis (Remote - US)
- Senior Frontend Engineer, Home Experience — Reddit Canada (Remote - United States)
- Senior Frontend Engineer, Ads Creative — Reddit Canada (Remote - United States)
- Front End Software Engineer, Media Player — Reddit Canada (Remote - United States)
- Frontend Engineer, Ads — Reddit Canada (Remote - United States)
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