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Burlington, VT Makes List of Highest Paying Cities for Software Engineers

There’s no question that software engineers are well-paid and in demand. The online publication The Tech Tribune recently published its list of the highest-paying cities for software engineers in 2022, and Burlington, Vermont is included.  

Burlington is listed 23 in a list of 27 cities, ahead of Baltimore, Cincinnati, Bentonville, Arkansas; and Kansas City.  The top three cities are Los Gatos, California; Kirkland, Washington; and New York City.

Here are their stats for Burlington:

Total Compensation:

  • Average: $138,915
  • Median: $120,000
  • 25th percentile: $107,000
  • 75th percentile: $170,750

Salary:

  • Average: $117,372
  • Median: $115,000
  • 25th percentile: $95,600
  • 75th percentile: $130,000

The Tech Tribune partnered with Blind, a website that collects pay information directly from professionals to create the list of the cities that offer the highest salary and total compensation in the United States for software developers. “To ensure greater representation/usefulness for readers from all over the country, we have chosen to provide only the highest paying city per each state listed.”

See Tech Tribune’s List.

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