Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2019

15-1257 Web Developers and Digital Interface Designers

This occupation includes the 2018 SOC occupations 15-1254 Web Developers and 15-1255 Web and Digital Interface Designers and the 2010 SOC occupation 15-1134 Web Developers.

National estimates for this occupation
Industry profile for this occupation
Geographic profile for this occupation

National estimates for this occupation: Top

Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for this occupation:

Employment (1)	Employment RSE (3)	Mean hourly wage	Mean annual wage (2)	Wage RSE (3)
148,340	1.4 %	$39.60	$82,370	3.3 %

Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:

Percentile	10%	25%	50% (Median)	75%	90%
Hourly Wage	$19.01	$25.73	$35.46	$49.47	$68.31
Annual Wage (2)	$39,550	$53,520	$73,760	$102,900	$142,080

Industry profile for this occupation: Top

Industries with the highest published employment and wages for this occupation are provided. For a list of all industries with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.

Industries with the highest levels of employment in this occupation:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Computer Systems Design and Related Services	29,690	1.37	$38.23	$79,520
Software Publishers	12,960	3.00	$63.59	$132,260
Other Information Services	8,970	2.76	$42.48	$88,350
Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services	8,250	0.55	$35.35	$73,540
Management of Companies and Enterprises	7,960	0.32	$40.72	$84,700

Industries with the highest concentration of employment in this occupation:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Software Publishers	12,960	3.00	$63.59	$132,260
Other Information Services	8,970	2.76	$42.48	$88,350
Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services	7,770	1.59	$35.64	$74,140
Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services	4,910	1.46	$40.15	$83,510
Computer Systems Design and Related Services	29,690	1.37	$38.23	$79,520

Top paying industries for this occupation:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Software Publishers	12,960	3.00	$63.59	$132,260
Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities	1,030	0.11	$49.13	$102,190
Scheduled Air Transportation	100	0.02	$47.54	$98,870
Monetary Authorities-Central Bank	130	0.66	$46.98	$97,710
Credit Intermediation and Related Activities (5221 And 5223 only)	2,140	0.10	$46.85	$97,450

Geographic profile for this occupation: Top

States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for this occupation are provided. For a list of all areas with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.

States with the highest employment level in this occupation:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
California	20,920	1.20	1.19	$43.38	$90,230
Washington	13,430	4.05	4.01	$64.57	$134,310
New York	13,000	1.36	1.35	$39.86	$82,910
Texas	9,510	0.76	0.76	$35.52	$73,890
Florida	7,200	0.82	0.81	$32.08	$66,720

States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in this occupation:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Washington	13,430	4.05	4.01	$64.57	$134,310
District of Columbia	1,380	1.90	1.88	$41.01	$85,290
Utah	2,700	1.80	1.78	$33.60	$69,880
Wisconsin	4,340	1.51	1.50	$30.26	$62,950
New York	13,000	1.36	1.35	$39.86	$82,910

Top paying States for this occupation:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Washington	13,430	4.05	4.01	$64.57	$134,310
California	20,920	1.20	1.19	$43.38	$90,230
Georgia	3,170	0.71	0.70	$42.21	$87,800
Virginia	5,030	1.30	1.28	$42.17	$87,710
Massachusetts	4,930	1.36	1.35	$41.85	$87,040

Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in this occupation:

Metropolitan area	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA	13,460	1.39	1.38	$42.84	$89,110
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	12,510	6.19	6.13	$66.64	$138,600
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	7,140	1.14	1.13	$38.98	$81,070
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA	6,160	2.49	2.47	$53.26	$110,790
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	5,760	1.81	1.79	$43.38	$90,230
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	4,830	1.03	1.02	$38.69	$80,480
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH	4,270	1.53	1.51	$43.27	$90,010
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	3,850	1.05	1.04	$36.15	$75,200
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	3,050	1.06	1.05	$35.92	$74,710
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	2,720	0.99	0.98	$42.84	$89,100