Applications Software Developers Salary in Rochester, New York

The annual salary statistics of applications software developers in Rochester, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of applications software developers in Rochester is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Applications Software Developers in Rochester, New York

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$55,340
25th Percentile Wage
$69,550
50th Percentile Wage
$89,140
75th Percentile Wage
$109,140
90th Percentile Wage
$127,940

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for applications software developers in Rochester, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $127,940. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $89,140. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $55,340.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of applications software developers from 2012 to 2018.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth6-Year Growth
2018
$89,140
7.91% 13.00%
2017
$82,090
-0.54% -
2016
$82,530
2.19% -
2015
$80,720
-0.42% -
2014
$81,060
5.33% -
2013
$76,740
-1.06% -
2012
$77,550
- -

Table 2. Compare Applications Software Developers Salary in Rochester with Other New York Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $89,140 in Rochester is in the middle of salary range for applications software developers in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of applications software developers in Rochester is 20.4 percent (20.4%) lower than that in the highest paying New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island and 26.0 percent (26.0%) higher than that in the lowest paying Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island
$111,960
New York-White Plains-Wayne
$106,710
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area
$98,380
Nassau-Suffolk
$97,950
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area
$96,020
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown
$91,290
Glens Falls
$90,340
Ithaca
$89,900
Buffalo-Niagara Falls
$89,480
Rochester
$89,140
Albany-Schenectady-Troy
$88,420
East Central New York nonmetropolitan area
$88,250
Binghamton
$88,120
Syracuse
$87,030
Utica-Rome
$79,470
Central New York nonmetropolitan area
$77,200
Kingston
$72,310
Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area
$65,930

See also: Top paying jobs in Rochester, New York.