Employment
36,300
+1.11%up YoY
Software Developers
Occupation · SOC 15-1252 · Computer & Mathematical · BLS OEWS · Annual · Atlanta (Beta)
Employment · Atlanta May 2025
36,300
+1.11%up YoY
- Employment · ATL / U.S.
- 36,300 / 1,687,890
- Median Annual Pay · ATL / U.S.
- $132,960 / $135,980
- Atlanta left axis
- U.S. right axis
Employment · BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) · Atlanta May 2021 – May 2025 · U.S. May 2021 – May 2025
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Employment for Software Developers in Atlanta is 36,300 (May 2025), up 1.11% from a year earlier. Median annual pay is $132,960.
Source: BLS OEWS · May 2025
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Key Stats
Employment36,300May 2025
Employment Change+1.11%upYoY
Median Annual Pay$132,960May 2025
Median Annual Pay Change+1.63%upYoY
Mean Annual Pay$135,870May 2025
P10 Pay$83,400May 2025
P25 Pay$104,640May 2025
P75 Pay$164,200May 2025
P90 Pay$178,330May 2025
Jobs per 1,00012.56May 2025
Location Quotient1.16May 2025
SOC Code15-1252
Occupation FamilyComputer & Mathematical15-0000
Pay Distribution
- P10 $83,400
- P25 $104,640
- Median $132,960
- P75 $164,200
- P90 $178,330
Annual wage percentiles as published (BLS OEWS). Only the five published points are drawn; nothing between them is estimated.
Job Economy Report
Median Annual Pay
$132,960
+1.63%up YoY
Mean Annual Pay
$135,870
+3.78%up YoY
Employment Concentration
Jobs per 1,00012.56May 2025
Location Quotient1.16May 2025
Atlanta vs. U.S. matching OEWS measures
| Measure | Atlanta | U.S. | Atlanta vs U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment May 2025 | 36,300 +1.11%up | 1,687,890 +2.02%up | |
| Median Annual Pay May 2025 | $132,960 +1.63%up | $135,980 +2.18%up | −2.2% vs U.S. |
| Mean Annual Pay May 2025 | $135,870 +3.78%up | $148,100 +2.44%up | −8.3% vs U.S. |
| P25 Pay May 2025 | $104,640 +1.19%up | $105,210 +2.10%up | −0.5% vs U.S. |
| P75 Pay May 2025 | $164,200 +2.69%up | $171,980 +1.76%up | −4.5% vs U.S. |
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| Occupation | Employment | YoY | Median Pay |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Systems Analysts 15-1211 | 8,300 | −5.14%down | $119,090 |
| Information Security Analysts 15-1212 | 4,550 | −7.89%down | $131,490 |
| Network and Computer Systems Administrators 15-1244 | 6,140 | −0.81%down | $101,000 |
| Data Scientists 15-2051 | 6,820 | +14.8%up | $108,940 |
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Performance Overview
Employment · 1 Year
+1.11%up
May 2025
- Computer & Mathematical +0.40%up
- All occupations +0.62%up
Employment · 3 Year
−13.4%down
since 2022
Median Pay · 1 Year
+1.63%up
May 2025
- Computer & Mathematical +4.40%up
- All occupations +2.81%up
Median Pay · 3 Year
+7.11%up
since 2022
Data & Methodology
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