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Software Application Engineers

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Job Numbers and Growth

Government data shows about 507,000 for software application engineers. The unemployment rate for this occupation is relatively very low.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

3% of people working as employees are employed part-time. Software application engineers work for themselves about 2% of the time.

Training and Education

Education requirements for this career usually include a bachelor's degree. Approximately 85% of people working as employees have earned a degree. Among software application engineers about 13% went to college but did not get a degree. Among workers, 2% have a high school diploma, but no college education. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which, if any, could help you with this career.

Area Job Conditions

Jobs are relatively more common in Olympia (Washington), San Jose (California), and Lowell (Massachusetts), and less common in El Paso (Texas), Elkhart (Indiana), and Shreveport (Louisiana).

Average income is highest in San Jose (California), Salinas (California), and Lowell (Massachusetts) and lowest in Macon (Georgia), Redding (California), and Jonesboro (Arkansas).

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Software Application Engineers: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area

The table below shows data for Software Application Engineers, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for Software Application Engineers are in the area, compared to other US metro areas. A value of 1.0 means an average number of people in the position for area population. Lower numbers mean fewer of these positions in the metro area. The most popular areas for Software Application Engineers are starred .

StateAreaPositionsTypical PayPopularity in Area
AlabamaBirmingham720$71,6100.3
AlabamaDecatur40$56,6400.2
AlabamaFlorence40$44,3300.2
AlabamaHuntsville1,290$86,8801.5
AlabamaMobile270$64,4800.4
AlabamaMontgomery200$80,4300.3
AlaskaAnchorage190$81,0400.3
AlaskaFairbanks40$48,2600.3
ArizonaFlagstaff70$83,1600.3
ArizonaPhoenix6,150$73,7900.8
ArizonaPrescott40$83,1200.2
ArizonaTucson1,160$86,3600.8
ArkansasFayetteville340$67,5900.4
ArkansasFort Smith120$60,6500.3
ArkansasHot Springs50$54,5500.4
ArkansasJonesboro70$49,9300.4
ArkansasLittle Rock900$68,1500.6
CaliforniaBakersfield550$92,4800.5
CaliforniaChico50$92,0100.2
CaliforniaFresno340$80,0100.2
CaliforniaModesto140$94,9800.2
CaliforniaNapa40$96,5700.2
CaliforniaOakland7,530$102,3601.7
CaliforniaOxnard1,690$85,2201.4
CaliforniaRedding80$44,9600.3
CaliforniaRiverside1,270$79,8000.2
CaliforniaSacramento3,410$81,9500.9
CaliforniaSalinas230$123,1800.4
CaliforniaSan Diego6,220$86,5601.1
CaliforniaSan Francisco10,830$102,140 2.6
CaliforniaSan Jose17,990$108,170 4.6
CaliforniaSanta Ana6,850$102,3001.1
CaliforniaSanta Barbara600$86,6500.9
CaliforniaSanta Cruz260$80,7100.8
CaliforniaSanta Rosa620$97,3500.8
CaliforniaStockton150$80,9900.2
CaliforniaVallejo230$81,4400.5
CaliforniaVisalia80$86,3600.1
ColoradoBoulder2,790$98,500 4.3
ColoradoColorado Springs1,650$89,8301.6
ColoradoDenver10,680$90,960 2
ColoradoFort Collins400$87,1700.8
ColoradoGrand Junction60$96,4300.3
ColoradoGreeley120$82,6300.4
ConnecticutBridgeport2,380$95,5001.3
ConnecticutDanbury280$84,8701
ConnecticutHartford4,120$83,4401.7
ConnecticutNew Haven690$83,2500.6
ConnecticutNorwich690$94,5301.4
ConnecticutWaterbury110$84,9600.4
DelawareWilmington1,280$89,6700.9
District of ColumbiaWashington26,650$94,850 2.7
FloridaCape Coral230$89,4100.3
FloridaDeltona150$63,3900.2
FloridaFort Lauderdale2,310$77,2900.7
FloridaFort Walton Beach300$75,3701
FloridaGainesville160$88,6900.4
FloridaJacksonville1,920$86,3100.8
FloridaLakeland170$71,4900.2
FloridaMiami1,370$68,7500.3
FloridaNaples120$82,9700.3
FloridaOcala60$95,9500.2
FloridaOrlando3,220$74,7500.7
FloridaPalm Bay1,620$87,620 2
FloridaPanama City50$54,9000.2
FloridaPensacola160$63,5600.3
FloridaSarasota300$67,4300.3
FloridaTallahassee390$95,3700.6
FloridaTampa4,730$79,9500.9
FloridaWest Palm Beach980$85,7200.4
GeorgiaAthens80 0.3
GeorgiaAtlanta10,070$93,1601
GeorgiaAugusta250$69,0100.3
GeorgiaColumbus390$77,9800.9
GeorgiaDalton170$100,7000.6
GeorgiaMacon60$54,0400.2
GeorgiaWarner Robins190$76,3601
HawaiiHonolulu670$73,5800.4
IdahoCoeur Dalene100$84,4500.5
IllinoisChampaign180$74,5200.5
IllinoisChicago14,140$88,3300.9
IllinoisPeoria130$78,6200.2
IndianaBloomington120$75,1100.5
IndianaColumbus290$70,1801.9
IndianaElkhart30$59,6000.1
IndianaEvansville390$46,8700.6
IndianaFort Wayne830$83,2101
IndianaGary240$74,1400.2
IndianaIndianapolis2,830$73,2100.7
IndianaLafayette100$61,0300.3
IndianaMichigan City70$64,4500.5
IndianaMuncie130$59,3500.8
IndianaSouth Bend340$65,2900.6
IowaCedar Rapids1,630$74,530 3
IowaDavenport180$74,9200.2
IowaDes Moines1,280$76,5900.9
IowaDubuque40$61,6400.2
IowaIowa City450$64,4801.6
IowaSioux City110$85,7300.4
IowaWaterloo60$50,4400.2
KansasTopeka230$78,1900.5
KansasWichita620$59,7800.5
KentuckyBowling Green50$56,5500.2
KentuckyLexington820$80,4200.8
KentuckyLouisville2,350$69,5300.9
LouisianaBaton Rouge390$68,2800.3
LouisianaLafayette80$53,1800.1
LouisianaMonroe180$52,6000.6
LouisianaNew Orleans440$80,8300.2
LouisianaShreveport30$63,9600
MaineBangor60$63,5300.2
MaineLewiston30$63,2400.2
MainePortland660$64,2100.8
MarylandBaltimore4,860$94,8700.9
MarylandBethesda4,400$99,1001.8
MarylandHagerstown140$75,2400.4
MassachusettsBarnstable Town60$125,6500.2
MassachusettsBoston16,370$100,240 2.2
MassachusettsBrockton30$63,6400.1
MassachusettsFramingham2,290$103,470 3.5
MassachusettsHaverhill240$104,7600.8
MassachusettsLawrence190$93,2400.9
MassachusettsLeominster50$84,6500.3
MassachusettsLowell2,150$105,840 4.5
MassachusettsNew Bedford40$76,2900.2
MassachusettsPittsfield80$75,1600.7
MassachusettsSpringfield880$78,0400.7
MassachusettsWorcester840$85,4800.8
MichiganAnn Arbor580$76,0400.9
MichiganBay City50$63,1300.4
MichiganDetroit2,570$88,4200.9
MichiganFlint40$69,5900.1
MichiganGrand Rapids460$68,3400.3
MichiganJackson110$72,4800.6
MichiganKalamazoo190$72,3000.3
MichiganLansing390$63,9300.5
MichiganSaginaw60$75,3000.2
MichiganWarren3,850$80,5600.8
MinnesotaDuluth200$69,3200.4
MinnesotaMinneapolis13,410$88,2601.8
MinnesotaRochester880$85,620 2.4
MinnesotaSt Cloud230$67,9500.6
MississippiGulfport180$61,2400.4
MississippiHattiesburg50$71,5500.2
MississippiJackson640$63,6000.6
MississippiPascagoula70$53,2200.4
MissouriColumbia40$57,2300.1
MissouriJefferson City490$63,0501.9
MissouriKansas City3,510$75,6500.8
MissouriSpringfield580$52,3500.7
MissouriSt Louis5,880$82,0201
NebraskaLincoln930$60,5501.4
NebraskaOmaha2,990$78,8101.5
NevadaLas Vegas890$77,2300.2
NevadaReno300$77,2400.4
New HampshireManchester810$83,7402
New HampshireNashua2,410$91,130 4.3
New HampshirePortsmouth630$88,530 3
New HampshireRochester130$77,2600.6
New JerseyAtlantic City430$73,9300.7
New JerseyCamden2,120$80,9701
New JerseyEdison10,270$89,930 2.3
New JerseyNewark5,050$90,3601.2
New JerseyTrenton2,900$91,130 3.3
New JerseyVineland40$81,6900.2
New MexicoAlbuquerque960$80,9100.6
New MexicoLas Cruces180$74,8900.8
New YorkAlbany1,560$74,5000.8
New YorkBinghamton410$84,1501
New YorkBuffalo1,260$72,1400.6
New YorkIthaca340$74,430 2.2
New YorkNassau2,130$93,5900.4
New YorkNew York26,410$95,5701.2
New YorkPoughkeepsie490$96,1200.5
New YorkRochester2,190$84,6701
New YorkSyracuse680$82,2400.5
New YorkUtica270$75,9400.5
North CarolinaAsheville160$54,5200.2
North CarolinaBurlington230$71,3101
North CarolinaCharlotte2,640$91,3800.7
North CarolinaDurham3,140$94,160 2.8
North CarolinaGreensboro740$85,8900.5
North CarolinaHickory90$67,3100.1
North CarolinaRaleigh4,390$85,760 2
North CarolinaRocky Mount40$84,4600.2
North CarolinaWilmington210 0.4
North CarolinaWinston Salem520$96,5400.6
North DakotaBismarck210$52,7101
North DakotaFargo380$66,9700.8
OhioAkron1,020$78,7400.7
OhioCanton250$77,7600.4
OhioCincinnati4,320$79,4001
OhioCleveland4,610$78,4301
OhioColumbus7,000$81,3201.8
OhioDayton2,320$78,2301.4
OhioLima30$61,2200.2
OhioMansfield50$90,4900.3
OhioSandusky40$55,8600.3
OhioSpringfield40$82,2300.2
OhioToledo320$68,7200.2
OklahomaOklahoma City1,160$67,0400.5
OklahomaTulsa950$67,9800.5
OregonBend130$77,4100.5
OregonCorvallis140$82,4401.3
OregonMedford130$65,3400.4
OregonPortland7,290$90,4701.7
OregonSalem90$66,5800.1
PennsylvaniaAllentown450$87,6900.3
PennsylvaniaAltoona50$74,9100.2
PennsylvaniaErie120$73,8200.2
PennsylvaniaHarrisburg1,920$72,3501.5
PennsylvaniaLancaster260$75,5000.3
PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia5,850$91,5500.7
PennsylvaniaPittsburgh3,240$79,2500.7
PennsylvaniaReading90$87,6700.1
PennsylvaniaScranton230$69,8900.2
PennsylvaniaState College240$83,8901.1
PennsylvaniaWilliamsport40$63,4300.2
PennsylvaniaYork80$57,3800.1
Rhode IslandProvidence1,080$85,7100.5
South CarolinaCharleston310$73,0600.3
South CarolinaColumbia510$74,6900.3
South CarolinaFlorence40$71,8700.1
South CarolinaGreenville580$75,0600.5
South CarolinaSpartanburg110$65,5500.2
South DakotaRapid City100$75,0100.4
South DakotaSioux Falls370$68,5600.7
TennesseeChattanooga120$69,1800.1
TennesseeClarksville60$62,0600.2
TennesseeJohnson City60 0.2
TennesseeKingsport80$55,6100.2
TennesseeKnoxville510$71,3200.4
TennesseeMemphis450$72,4400.2
TennesseeNashville1,990$73,3100.6
TexasAmarillo70$75,8900.2
TexasAustin6,660$93,240 2.1
TexasCollege Station120$83,7100.4
TexasCorpus Christi60$73,5100.1
TexasDallas12,550$91,8001.4
TexasEl Paso70$71,5100.1
TexasFort Worth1,620$87,6600.4
TexasHouston8,490$89,2700.8
TexasKilleen120$89,2000.3
TexasLubbock80$79,2600.2
TexasMidland70$91,9200.3
TexasSan Antonio2,690$74,5300.8
TexasWaco70$73,0100.2
UtahLogan80$52,7200.5
UtahOgden310$72,8700.4
UtahProvo1,190$81,3401.8
UtahSalt Lake City2,890$78,2101.1
VermontBurlington490$80,0201.1
VirginiaBlacksburg290$55,3201.3
VirginiaCharlottesville660$79,0301.8
VirginiaHarrisonburg110$86,2600.6
VirginiaLynchburg170$82,1400.4
VirginiaRichmond3,790$88,5201.5
VirginiaRoanoke270$72,2200.4
VirginiaVirginia Beach3,150$77,6901
VirginiaWinchester50$83,3500.3
WashingtonBellingham140$72,6100.5
WashingtonBremerton160$84,7100.5
WashingtonKennewick160$89,6800.5
WashingtonOlympia2,520$72,290 6.9
WashingtonSeattle21,250$93,510 3.5
WashingtonSpokane490$69,4900.6
WashingtonTacoma390$75,3200.4
West VirginiaCharleston110$71,8800.2
West VirginiaMorgantown50$72,3300.3
West VirginiaWeirton50$67,2800.3
West VirginiaWheeling60$64,0600.3
WisconsinAppleton270$68,6600.6
WisconsinEau Claire170$66,8300.6
WisconsinGreen Bay630$71,4300.9
WisconsinLa Crosse140$70,3000.5
WisconsinMadison2,130$78,3301.5
WisconsinMilwaukee4,320$74,1001.2
WisconsinOshkosh160$67,5900.5
WisconsinRacine190$74,7700.6
WisconsinSheboygan80$66,8600.4
WisconsinWausau250$70,2201
WyomingCheyenne120$57,8800.8
 

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