This page contains key outcome data for the Computer Programming and Data Processing Major, estimated using US Census data. See the methodology here. For more on the College Majors Data Dashboard click here.
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Overall Major Information
- Field: STEM
- Average Income: $58,000 (Rank: 53 of 173)
- 25% Make Less Than: $30,000
- Unemployment Rate: 5.40% (Rank: 145 of 171)
- Percent Female: 21.6%
- Percent Who Get a Masters Degree: 15.9%
- Percent Who Get a Professional Degree: 1.3%
- Percent Who Get a PhD: 0.7%
- Major Popularity Ranking: 129 of 173
- Major Difficulty (1-5): NA
Careers Information
This list provides the 25 most common careers (occupations) among people in this major, and how much they earn within each occupation.
- Computer Programmers: 20.58% (Average Income: $67,000)
- Software Developers, Applications and Systems Software: 19.26% (Average Income: $81,000)
- Computer Scientists and Systems Analysts/Network systems Analysts/Web Developers: 7.39% (Average Income: $49,000)
- Unemployed, with No Work Experience in the Last 5 Years or Earlier or Never Worked: 3.94%
- Designers: 3.09% (Average Income: $40,000)
- Retail Salespersons: 2.41% (Average Income: $29,000)
- Managers in Marketing, Advertising, and Public Relations: 1.43% (Average Income: $52,000)
- Waiters and Waitresses: 1.43% (Average Income: $24,000)
- First-Line Supervisors of Sales Workers: 1.21% (Average Income: $56,000)
- Managers, (including Postmasters): 1.14% (Average Income: $91,000)
- Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers: 1.12% (Average Income: $45,000)
- Stock Clerks and Order Fillers: 1.06% (Average Income: $13,000)
- Military, Rank Not Specified: 1.00% (Average Income: $22,000)
- Customer Service Representatives: 0.99% (Average Income: $32,000)
- Computer Support Specialists: 0.97% (Average Income: $80,000)
- Other Business Operations and Management Specialists: 0.96% (Average Income: $104,000)
- Janitors and Building Cleaners: 0.83% (Average Income: $10,000)
- Public Relations Specialists: 0.79% (Average Income: $45,000)
- Office Clerks, General: 0.78% (Average Income: $20,000)
- Broadcast and Sound Engineering Technicians and Radio Operators, and media and communication equipment workers, all other: 0.78% (Average Income: $62,000)
- Accountants and Auditors: 0.75% (Average Income: $51,000)
- Engineers, : 0.73% (Average Income: $75,000)
- Nursing, Psychiatric, and Home Health Aides: 0.72% (Average Income: $27,000)
- Shipping, Receiving, and Traffic Clerks: 0.72% (Average Income: $24,000)
- Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand: 0.65% (Average Income: $33,000)
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