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How many software engineers are employed in the USA today?
Hello! Thanks for your question about software engineers employed in the USA today. The short version is that according to the US Bureau of Labour statistics, the total number of software developers and programmers employed in the US was 1,604,570 in 2016. Below you will find a deep dive of my findings.
DEep-dive
While Data USA estimates that there are around 1.17 million software engineers in the US, Evans Data Corporation estimates that this number is around 4.4 million. Don’t Quit Your Day Job also corroborates the data provided by Evans Data by estimating that the number of software engineers working in the US is close to about 4.2 million.
According to the latest figures by Evans Data Corporation, almost 5.5 million developers are under the age of 30. According to Data USA, the projected growth rate of the software engineering jobs in the US in the next 7 years is 6.5 percent.
Finally, according to the US Bureau of Labour statistics in their May 2016 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
United States, the total number of software developers and programmers employed in the US are 1,604,570.
METHODOLOGY
First, we researched the figures from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. Then we corroborated these figures from various other sources like Data USA and the Evans Data Corporation.
CONCLUSION
To wrap it up, according to the US Bureau of Labour statistics, the total number of software developers and programmers employed in the US was 1,604,570 in 2016. Thanks for using Wonder! Please let us know if we can help with anything else!