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Computer Programmer in the United States

45 postings read · sampled 2026-09-01 · source ats

What employers actually ask for

Credentials named in the 45 postings we read, ranked by how many mentioned each one.

None. Across 45 postings, no certification or licence was named often enough to call it a requirement. For this role in this market, employers are hiring on demonstrated work rather than credentials — which means money spent on a certificate here is unlikely to be what gets you the interview.

Lower signal for this role

Credentials that barely appeared in this sample. That is not a claim they are worthless — plenty are valuable for a different job, a different city, or a promotion later. It is a claim that employers here mostly did not ask.

What the official taxonomy says

O*NET surveys people already doing this job. That describes who got hired over a long window, not what employers are asking for now — where it disagrees with the counts above, the counts are the more current answer.

Education reported by people doing this job
88%reported bachelor’s degree
  • Bachelor’s degree88%
  • Associate’s degree or other 2-year degree9%
  • Some college, no degree3%

Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed. Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.

O*NET 15-1251.00 · pulled 2026-09-01 · percentages are of surveyed workers, each rounded separately, so they need not total 100

What it pays

BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. A different survey from the postings above, so the two do not share a sample.

$57,710
10th percentile
$100,390
median
$160,460
90th percentile

Who was hiring

Employers with at least one matching posting in this sample.

Idealforce LLC · vTech Solution · Ask IT Consulting · Infojini Inc · Truven Health Analytics (IBM) · Fivetran · Stem Xpert · 360 IT Professionals · APR Consulting Inc · Artech Information System · California Creative Solutions Inc · City of New York · Deegit Inc · Integrated Resources Inc · PSI CRO · System Canada Technologies · USM

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