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Technology

Software Developer in the United States

400 postings read · sampled 2026-10-01 · source ats · 172 employers · largest 1% of it

What employers actually ask for

Credentials named in the 400 postings we read, ranked by how many mentioned each one.

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
85%reported bachelor’s degree
  • Bachelor’s degree85%
  • Associate’s degree or other 2-year degree5%
  • Master’s degree5%

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

O*NET 15-1252.00 · pulled 2026-10-01 · 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.

$82,460
10th percentile
$135,980
median
$214,670
90th percentile

Who was hiring

Employers with at least one matching posting in this sample.

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