Different roles, companies, and types of software require knowing and understanding different programming languages-and it’s often beneficial to know multiple languages. Not all programming jobs are the same, however.
What’s more, the median annual pay for a software programmer is about $106,000, which nearly three times the median pay for all U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects 21 percent growth for programming jobs from 2018 to 2028, which is more than four times the average for all occupations.
There’s no question that software programming is a hot career right now.