The statistic shows the average salaries earned by software developers worldwide, by region and percentile, as of early 2017. According to the survey, developers who fell within the 95th percentile in North America earned 155,000 U.S. dollars or more, whereas the floor of the 95th percentile in the United Kingdom and Ireland was 97,500 dollars.
Average salaries of software developers by region and percentile, worldwide, as of early 2017
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