San Francisco-based employment firm Hired has published a new report detailing average software engineer salaries in cities across the U.S. It also used a standard-of-living calculator to determine what developers would need to make in San Francisco in order to maintain the same standard of living. Here’s it’s summary of average software engineer pay:
- San Francisco: $132,000
- Seattle: $125,000 (SF equivalent: $164,000)
- L.A.: $122,000 (SF equivalent: $152,000)
- Chicago, $108,000 (SF equivalent: $155,000)
- Atlanta: $110,000 (SF equivalent: $163,000)
- Washington, D.C.: $115,000 (SF equivalent: $136,000)
- New York: $125,000 (SF equivalent: $123,000)