Software Engineering Job Outlook
The Job Outlook for Software Engineers according to Money Magazine, Salary.com, Forbes, CareerCast and Glassdoor.
Money Magazine and Salary.com ranks that Software Engineering as the #1 Best Jobs in America with an annual 44,800 jobs openings per year. From an educational perspective, Forbes states that the Software Engineering is ranked fourth (4th) among the desirable Engineering jobs with a mid-career median pay of $87,800. CareerCast has ranked Software Engineering as seventh (8th) best career job with the third best Median Salary of $100,690. The Glassdoor Team on December 22, 2017 revealed 25 of the best paying cities for software engineer in the United State and 4 of the cities are in Texas. Furthermore, the average entry level base pay is $85,629 per year. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2015 the annual median salary for a software engineer was approximately $102,000, and the job outlook between 2016-2026 is forecasted to increase by 24%.
References
- From an educational perspective, Forbes states that the Software Engineering is ranked fourth (4th) among the desirable Engineering jobs with a mid-career median pay of $87,800. CareerCast rank Software Engineering as seventh (7th) best career job. The Glassdoor Team on July 6, 2015 listed 25 of the best paying cities for software engineer. The state of Texas has 4 cities in the list.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2016 the annual median salary for a software engineer was approximately $102,000, and the job outlook between 2016-2026 is forecasted to increase by 24%.
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