Systems Software Developers Salary in Waco, Texas

The annual salary statistics of systems software developers in Waco, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage data of systems 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 Systems Software Developers in Waco, Texas

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$78,940
25th Percentile Wage
$93,710
50th Percentile Wage
$116,760
75th Percentile Wage
$149,700
90th Percentile Wage
$183,540

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for systems 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 $183,540. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $116,760. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $78,940.

Median salary trend

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

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth6-Year Growth
2018
$116,760
6.31% 29.73%
2017
$109,390
3.96% -
2015
$105,060
1.89% -
2014
$103,070
16.20% -
2013
$86,370
5.00% -
2012
$82,050
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Table 2. Compare Systems Software Developers Salary in Waco with Other Texas Cities

From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $116,760, Waco is the second highest paying city for systems software developers in state of Texas, following the highest paying city Amarillo (median annual salary of $122,140). Compared with Amarillo, the median annual salary of systems software developers in Waco is 4.4 percent (4.4%) lower.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Amarillo
$122,140
Waco
$116,760
Fort Worth-Arlington
$115,400
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos
$111,520
San Antonio-New Braunfels
$111,270
Brownsville-Harlingen
$110,290
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
$110,180
Beaumont-Port Arthur
$109,860
North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$108,050
Dallas-Plano-Irving
$107,270
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown
$102,480
Odessa
$101,410
Longview
$98,430
Tyler
$97,710
Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area
$97,620
Sherman-Denison
$96,820
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood
$93,850
Corpus Christi
$93,310
Southern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$92,830
Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$92,140
Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$92,100
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission
$86,980
El Paso
$85,010
Abilene
$83,880
Midland
$82,150
Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$79,250
Lubbock
$69,530
College Station-Bryan
$67,590

See also: Top paying jobs in Waco, Texas.