How Much Do Computer Software Engineers Make in 2025

By Caner Öncü - March, 17th 2025

Software engineering is undeniably a lucrative job, still in 2025, even if AI is knocking on the door and people are telling horror stories on how software development jobs will be eradicated in a couple of years. So how much do computer software engineers make in 2025? In order to understand this, let’s review the surveys.

According to the prominent job platforms, an average software developer makes 6 figures (in US dollars) per year. While how much computer software engineers depends on the location, the software language, and the experience of the developer.

Here are the results:

United States

The average salary for a computer software engineer is between $120k and $155k as of March 2025.

United Kingdom

For the UK, the average salary is between £50k and £85k

Canada

In Canada, it averages between $100k and $140k

Germany

Between, €70k and €80k

I have created a chart to view the data easily. (I’ve converted the currencies to US dollar)

These figures are compiled from various sources, such as Glassdoor, Indeed, ZipRecruiter, Wikipedia, and Twitter surveys. They are highly dependent on where you live, as well as your expertise and experience. However, they should provide a ballpark range to help you understand the range.

Also, since remote work is very possible in 2025, it might help you to transition your career to international companies that let people work remotely. It is very much possible to make X (maybe x2, maybe x5, who knows) times more by doing the same work but working for an international company. After Covid hit, in 2020, it changed the rules of the game.

I hope this concludes the curiosity of all of my friends’ who ask, “How much do computer software engineers make?” with intrigue, haha.

Do you want me to add another country?

If you want me to add more countries. Please drop a comment and say so and I will check out all the sources to compile a summary. I love doing research on tech related stuff and it would be nice to expand.

Here’s a video about the subject if you don’t want to read a lot:

Cheers!