
Salary Report - C# - Developer - Boston, MA - 4 Years and 9 Months
Salary Report
Information Technology Job
Microsoft C#
Developer
United States Location
Boston - Worcester -
- Lawrence - Lowell - Brockton
MA - NH, USA Metropolitan Area
Competitive Position® Salary Report
Salary Average
$81,946
Experience Requirement
4 Years and 9 Months
Raise +1 Year
$4,011 at 4.89%
Salary and Number of Jobs

About Salary and Jobs
Salary Range :
At required Experience of 4 Years & 9 Months: $81,946 is Salary average; 50% of Jobs pay between $67,545 & $96,347; and, 5% of Jobs top $117,068.
Number of Jobs :
Most Jobs are available closest to the Salary Average.
Fewer Jobs are available at Lower and Higher Salaries.
Salary End Points :
$15,080 = minimum wage annual salary in the USA.
$187,699 = annual salary for the highest paying IT Job in the USA at the Top 2.5% Experience and Top 2.5% Salary.
Top Salaries
Top Percentile of Job market | Top Salary |
---|---|
2.5% | $123,798 |
5% | $117,068 |
10% | $109,310 |
25% | $96,347 |
33% | $91,143 |
50% | $81,946 |
Top Percentile of Job Market =
Number of Jobs Above the Top Salary
÷
Number of all Jobs at 4 Years and 9 Months Experience.
Salary Range and Jobs
Percentage of Jobs within Salary Lows and Highs
Percent of Job Market | Salary Range | |
---|---|---|
Low Salary | High Salary | |
10% | $79,263 | $84,629 |
25% | $75,143 | $88,749 |
33% | $72,749 | $91,143 |
50% | $67,545 | $96,347 |
67% | $61,290 | $102,602 |
95% | $40,094 | $123,798 |
Salary Average =
$81,946
Mid Point between each Low/High pair.
Percent of Job Market =
Number of Jobs with Salary between Low/High pair
÷
Number of all Jobs at 4 Years and 9 Months Experience.
Salary and Experience

Salary ±1 Year
Experience | Salary Average | Raise +1 Year |
---|---|---|
3 Years and 9 Months | $77,168 | $4,778 at 6.19% |
4 Years and 9 Months | $81,946 | $4,011 at 4.89% |
5 Years and 9 Months | $85,957 | $3,456 at 4.02% |
About Salary and Experience
Salary by Year :
Salary is lowest at entry level, increases rapidly with the first years of experience and approaches a ceiling as experience matures.
Salary and Experience Range :
Salary average rises with experience: $51,009 at the low experience of 8 Months; $81,210 at the average experience of 4 Years and 7 Months; and, $94,508 at the top experience of 8 Years and 6 Months.
Experience End Points :
0 = Entry Level.
11 Years and 1 Month = Top 2.5% Experience in the IT Job with the highest required experience in the USA.
Salary by Year
Experience | Salary Average | Raise +1 Year |
---|---|---|
1 Year | $55,556 | $10,125 at 18.22% |
2 Years | $65,681 | $7,190 at 10.95% |
3 Years | $72,871 | $5,579 at 7.66% |
4 Years | $78,450 | $4,561 at 5.81% |
5 Years | $83,011 | $3,856 at 4.65% |
6 Years | $86,867 | $3,341 at 3.85% |
7 Years | $90,208 | $2,947 at 3.27% |
8 Years | $93,155 | $2,637 at 2.83% |
Salary and Experience Range
95% of Jobs require Experience between the Low and Top
Experience | Salary Average | Raise +1 Year | |
---|---|---|---|
Low | 8 Months | $51,009 | $11,729 at 22.99% |
Average | 4 Years and 7 Months | $81,210 | $4,122 at 5.08% |
Top | 8 Years and 6 Months | $94,508 | $2,505 at 2.65% |
Qualifications
Description
This position involves application development for the Microsoft .Net platform often focusing on enterprise application software, web applications and/or database modeling for both commercial and custom projects.
Skills
The qualifications of this information technology Job:
- Microsoft C#;
-
- Developer,
- Analyst, Automate, Code, Customize, Database Developer, Design, Develop, Enhance, Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MSD), Modify, Programmer, Programmer Analyst, Revise, Software Developer, Software Engineer, Update or Write Code.
Characteristics
A+ Skills
Additional IT skills and US Cities requested in some job descriptions:
- Manager,
- 12% of job descriptions,
- Project Leader, Project Manager, Supervisor, Team Leader or Technical Lead;
- Graduate Degree,
- 5% of job descriptions,
- Master of Science in Computer Engineering, Master of Science in Computer Science, Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, MA/MS in Information Technology, MA/MS in Information Science, Master of Arts Degree, Master of Science Degree or Ph.D.;
- Microsoft SQL Server Business Intelligence Services,
- 7% of job descriptions,
- Microsoft SQLServer Analysis Services (SSAS) or Microsoft SQLServer Reporting Services (SSRS);
- Microsoft SharePoint,
- 7% of job descriptions;
- Microsoft Access Database,
- 6% of job descriptions;
- XML,
- 19% of job descriptions;
- Finance Industry,
- 18% of job descriptions,
-
Asset Management, Banking, Brokerage, Commodity Trading, Derivative Trading, Equity Trading, Financial, Insurance, Investment, Securities Trading, Stock Market or Wall Street
with
Business, Company, Corporation, Enterprise, Firm or Industry; - Financial Trading System,
- 5% of job descriptions,
- Bloomberg, MarketData, Trading Application, Trading Platform, Trading Software, Trading Solution or Trading System;
- Health Care Industry,
- 7% of job descriptions,
-
Health Care, Hospital or Medical
with
Business, Company, Corporation, Enterprise, Firm or Industry; - New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA,
- 14% of jobs;
- Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA,
- 10% of jobs;
- Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV,
- 9% of jobs.
Location
Boston - Worcester - Lawrence - Lowell - Brockton, MA - NH:
- Connecticut,
- Thompson;
- Massachusetts,
- Abington, Acton, Acushnet, Amesbury, Arlington, Ashburnham, Ashby, Ashland, Auburn, Avon, Ayer, Barre, Bedford, Bellingham, Belmont, Berkley, Berlin, Beverly, Billerica, Blackstone, Bolton, Boston, Boxborough, Boxford, Boylston, Braintree, Bridgewater, Brighton, Bristol, Brockton, Brookfield, Brookline, Burlington, Cambridge, Canton, Carlisle, Carver, Charlton, Chelmsford, Chelsea, Clinton, Cohasset, Concord, Danvers, Dartmouth, Dedham, Dighton, Douglas, Dover, Dracut, Dudley, Dunstable, Duxbury, East Bridgewater, East Brookfield, Easton, Essex, Everett, Fairhaven, Fitchburg, Foxboro, Foxborough, Framingham, Franklin, Freetown, Gardner, Georgetown, Gloucester, Grafton, Groton, Groveland, Halifax, Hamilton, Hanover, Hanson, Harvard, Haverhill, Hingham, Holbrook, Holden, Holland, Holliston, Hopedale, Hopkinton, Hudson, Hull, Ipswich, Kingston, Lakeville, Lancaster, Lawrence, Leicester, Leominster, Lexington, Lincoln, Littleton, Lowell, Lunenburg, Lynn, Lynnfield, Malden, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Mansfield, Marblehead, Marion, Marlboro, Marlborough, Marshfield, Mattapoisett, Maynard, Medfield, Medford, Medway, Melrose, Mendon, Merrimac, Methuen, Middleborough, Middlesex, Middleton, Milford, Millbury, Millis, Millville, Milton, Nahant, Natick, Needham, New Bedford, Newbury, Newburyport, Newton, Norfolk, North Andover, North Brookfield, North Reading, Northborough, Northbridge, Norton, Norwell, Norwood, Oakham, Oxford, Paxton, Peabody, Pembroke, Pepperell, Plainville, Plymouth, Plympton, Princeton, Quincy, Randolph, Raynham, Reading, Revere, Rochester, Rockland, Rockport, Rowley, Rutland, Salem, Salisbury, Saugus, Scituate, Sharon, Sherborn, Shirley, Shrewsbury, Somerville, Southborough, Southbridge, Spencer, Sterling, Stoneham, Stoughton, Stow, Sturbridge, Sudbury, Suffolk, Sutton, Swampscott, Taunton, Templeton, Tewksbury, Topsfield, Townsend, Tyngsborough, Upton, Uxbridge, Wakefield, Walpole, Waltham, Wareham, Watertown, Wayland, Webster, Wellesley, Wenham, West Boylston, West Bridgewater, West Brookfield, West Newbury, Westborough, Westford, Westminster, Weston, Westwood, Weymouth, Whitman, Wilmington, Winchendon, Winchester, Winthrop, Woburn, Worcester and Wrentham;
- Maine,
- Berwick, Eliot, Kittery, South Berwick and York;
- New Hampshire,
- Allenstown, Amherst, Atkinson, Auburn, Barrington, Bedford, Brentwood, Brookline, Candia, Chester, Danville, Derry, Dover, Durham, East Kingston, Epping, Exeter, Farmington, Fremont, Goffstown, Greenland, Greenville, Hampstead, Hampton Falls, Hampton, Hillsborough, Hollis, Hooksett, Hudson, Kensington, Kingston, Lee, Litchfield, Londonderry, Madbury, Manchester, Mason, Merrimack, Milford, Milton, Mont Vernon, Nashua, New Castle, New Ipswich, Newfields, Newington, Newmarket, Newton, North Hampton, Pelham, Plaistow, Portsmouth, Raymond, Rochester, Rockingham, Rollinsford, Rye, Salem, Sandown, Seabrook, Somersworth, South Hampton, Strafford, Stratham, Weare, Wilton and Windham.
These locations are all included in the Boston, MA metropolitan area as defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB).