Software developer

Applications and systems software developers earn median wages of $44.59 per hour, according to EMSI and CareerBuilder. The companies' recent study, which uses data from over 90 national and state employment resources, determines the occupations with the strongest growth since 2010 and best outlooks for 2013. Software development in the past two years created 70,872 jobs. Click here to view the positions' wage curve.

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