3. United States
Annual average income: $76,000
It should come as no surprise that the United States is included this list, as Silicon Valley is home to a number of software companies’ headquarters. In addition, software engineers also earn as much as $20,000 more than the average American worker. Not bad for those once-bullied techies in grade school huh?
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