Massachusetts · 2025 pay · 6 people
How much does a software engineer make in Massachusetts?
$100,901typical pay for a software engineer in 2025
$86,173 – $112,336what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year workers. Typical pay rose 2.5% from 2024.
✓ Official data from Office of the Comptroller (CTHRU) · Matches the agency's latest release · macomptroller.org ↗
Where software engineers work
Typical pay at each employer, 2025 (everyone paid).
Related jobs and the next step up
Same line of work at a different rank, by typical pay (full-year employees where we can tell).
- Software Engineer (this page)$100,901 (everyone)
- Senior Software Engineer$138,447 (everyone)
Highest-paid software engineers, 2025
- 1Alessandro RiganoSoftware Engineer · University of Massachusetts System$115,771
- 2Ajanta RathSoftware Engineer · University of Massachusetts System$114,544
- 3Daniel AlvesSoftware Engineer · University of Massachusetts System$105,711
- 4Joshua RumbutSoftware Engineer · University of Massachusetts System$96,090
- 5Jonathan FisherSoftware Engineer · University of Massachusetts System$82,867
Common questions
How much does a software engineer make in Massachusetts?
The typical software engineer was paid $100,901 in 2025; most earned between $86,173 and $112,336. This counts all 6 people paid, including part-year workers.
How much of the pay is overtime?
Overtime made up 0.0% of all pay for software engineers in 2025.
Which job titles are included?
Everyone whose payroll title is Software Engineer, at any level (for example "Software Engineer"). Part-time-schedule titles (such as "20 hours") are left out. Senior, supervising and trainee titles have their own pages.
Job titles are written out in full from the payroll's abbreviations (for example "SR CRRECTNL POLC OFCR" → "Senior Correctional Police Officer"). "Typical pay" is the median; "most earned" is the middle half. How we calculate this