The highest-paying states for systems software developers (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of systems software developers in those states are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with an annual salary of $127,670, California is the highest paying state for systems software developers. It is followed by New Hampshire (average annual salary $127,470). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of systems software developers in a specific state, use the links in the table.
| Rank | State | Average Salary i | Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | $127,670 |
$81,120 | 88,910 |
| 2 | New Hampshire | $127,470 |
$82,120 | 1,510 |
| 3 | New Jersey | $121,680 |
$75,190 | 8,960 |
| 4 | Washington | $121,470 |
$67,830 | 16,130 |
| 5 | Delaware | $119,640 |
$83,480 | 680 |
| 6 | Maryland | $118,300 |
$66,270 | 15,430 |
| 7 | Virginia | $117,400 |
$71,230 | 27,800 |
| 8 | Colorado | $117,350 |
$78,250 | 11,170 |
| 9 | Massachusetts | $115,580 |
$73,130 | 25,540 |
| 10 | District of Columbia | $115,500 |
$70,830 | 2,690 |
| 11 | New York | $111,320 |
$63,800 | 19,690 |
| 12 | Texas | $108,570 |
$64,430 | 28,720 |
| 13 | Vermont | $107,650 |
$56,500 | 900 |
| 14 | Illinois | $107,390 |
$66,690 | 17,130 |
| 15 | Minnesota | $106,290 |
$70,290 | 6,460 |
| 16 | Oregon | $105,870 |
$59,490 | 2,560 |
| 17 | North Carolina | $104,710 |
$69,100 | 7,070 |
| 18 | Georgia | $104,640 |
$66,970 | 12,910 |
| 19 | Utah | $102,640 |
$63,680 | 5,690 |
| 20 | Arizona | $101,490 |
$64,460 | 11,500 |
| 21 | Rhode Island | $101,110 |
$70,420 | 710 |
| 22 | Alabama | $99,700 |
$64,950 | 4,360 |
| 23 | Maine | $99,170 |
$72,460 | 380 |
| 24 | Florida | $99,050 |
$59,010 | 17,270 |
| 25 | Ohio | $98,830 |
$65,640 | 5,400 |
| 26 | Connecticut | $98,550 |
$62,840 | 3,560 |
| 27 | Pennsylvania | $98,440 |
$65,890 | 8,810 |
| 28 | Idaho | $96,840 |
$46,200 | 910 |
| 29 | Alaska | $94,540 |
$66,050 | 170 |
| 30 | Nebraska | $94,260 |
$62,270 | 2,880 |
| 31 | Missouri | $93,870 |
$52,970 | 6,440 |
| 32 | New Mexico | $93,300 |
$56,700 | 1,690 |
| 33 | Tennessee | $92,210 |
$58,200 | 4,940 |
| 34 | Iowa | $92,060 |
$54,500 | 2,650 |
| 35 | Hawaii | $91,240 |
$49,200 | 1,030 |
| 36 | Nevada | $90,960 |
$48,030 | 1,050 |
| 37 | West Virginia | $89,960 |
$52,630 | 420 |
| 38 | Kansas | $89,260 |
$61,440 | 1,870 |
| 39 | Michigan | $88,800 |
$48,810 | 10,320 |
| 40 | Wyoming | $88,580 |
$49,210 | 90 |
| 41 | Wisconsin | $88,260 |
$58,180 | 3,790 |
| 42 | Oklahoma | $87,650 |
$57,470 | 1,700 |
| 43 | South Dakota | $86,980 |
$56,240 | 660 |
| 44 | Indiana | $86,650 |
$53,020 | 3,610 |
| 45 | Arkansas | $84,570 |
$55,690 | 1,190 |
| 46 | Kentucky | $80,100 |
$50,730 | 2,300 |
| 47 | South Carolina | $77,750 |
$45,140 | 2,280 |
| 48 | Mississippi | $77,710 |
$54,440 | 950 |
| 49 | Montana | $74,920 |
$47,700 | 690 |
| 50 | Louisiana | $73,560 |
$48,360 | 1,300 |
| 51 | Virgin Islands | $72,690 |
$46,180 | 30 |
| 52 | North Dakota | $65,000 |
$52,330 | 460 |
| 53 | Puerto Rico | $58,640 |
$37,540 | 820 |