Applications Software Developers Salary in Waco, Texas

The annual salary statistics of applications software developers in Waco, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage data of applications software developers in Waco 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 Waco, Texas

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$54,400
25th Percentile Wage
$72,940
50th Percentile Wage
$92,940
75th Percentile Wage
$126,700
90th Percentile Wage
$151,820

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for applications software developers in Waco, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $151,820. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $92,940. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $54,400.

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
$92,940
1.11% 29.38%
2017
$91,910
11.91% -
2016
$80,960
11.33% -
2015
$71,790
5.46% -
2014
$67,870
14.28% -
2013
$58,180
-12.81% -
2012
$65,630
- -

Table 2. Compare Applications Software Developers Salary in Waco with Other Texas Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $92,940 in Waco is in the middle of salary range for applications software developers in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of applications software developers in Waco is 16.3 percent (16.3%) lower than that in the highest paying Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington and 25.3 percent (25.3%) higher than that in the lowest paying San Angelo.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
$111,070
Dallas-Plano-Irving
$110,550
Sherman-Denison
$109,510
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown
$108,440
Wichita Falls
$107,810
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos
$106,760
Fort Worth-Arlington
$106,300
San Antonio-New Braunfels
$103,340
Longview
$102,050
Laredo
$98,230
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood
$97,970
El Paso
$97,880
Beaumont-Port Arthur
$97,760
Midland
$96,120
North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$94,130
Waco
$92,940
Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area
$91,430
Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$88,920
Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$86,200
Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$85,560
Corpus Christi
$84,660
Brownsville-Harlingen
$84,610
Tyler
$82,110
Amarillo
$80,930
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission
$79,830
Odessa
$78,620
Abilene
$75,320
College Station-Bryan
$74,420
Lubbock
$71,480
San Angelo
$69,390

See also: Top paying jobs in Waco, Texas.