Philadelphia, PA · 2025 pay · 5 people
How much does a software engineer make in Philadelphia, PA?
$88,275typical pay for a software engineer in 2025
$58,852 – $102,174what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year workers. Typical pay rose 175.8% from 2024.
✓ Official data from City of Philadelphia · Matches the agency's latest release · phila.gov ↗
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).
- Associate Software Engineer$66,466 (everyone)
- Software Engineer (this page)$88,275 (everyone)
- Senior Software Engineer$99,697
Highest-paid software engineers, 2025
- 1Charletta KiddSoftware Engineer · City of Philadelphia$114,374
- 2Kristine CuevasSoftware Engineer · City of Philadelphia$102,174
- 3Timothy BendikSoftware Engineer · City of Philadelphia$88,275
- 4Matthew JacksonSoftware Engineer · City of Philadelphia$58,852
- 5Alexander VaysburdSoftware Engineer · City of Philadelphia$41,387
Common questions
How much does a software engineer make in Philadelphia, PA?
The typical software engineer was paid $88,275 in 2025; most earned between $58,852 and $102,174. This counts all 5 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