How much do software engineers make an hour?

The national average salary for a Software Engineer is $104,463 in United States. Filter by location to see Software Engineer salaries in your area. Salary estimates are based on 264,186 salaries submitted anonymously to Glassdoor by Software Engineer employees. read more

As of 2016, the BLS reports that systems software engineers earned an average hourly wage of $53.17 and an average annual salary of $110,590. Half of all systems software engineers working in the United States earned between $40.03 and $64.41 per hour, with the highest-paid 10 percent earning $78.47 or more per hour. read more

For example the median expected hourly pay for a typical Software Engineer I in the United States is $32 an hour, so 50% of the people who perform the job of Software Engineer I in the United States are expected to make less than $32. read more