Occupation group ATO 2023–24

Software and applications programmer: income by state

The median taxable income for Software and applications programmer in Australia was $127,109 in 2023–24, and the average was $139,606 (ATO Table 15B).

Among states, median taxable income was highest in NSW at $136,645 and lowest in SA at $105,059 (ATO Table 15D).

$127,109

median taxable income, ATO 2023–24

ATO Table 15B

$139,606

average taxable income, ATO 2023–24

ATO Table 15B

$125,617

median salary or wage income, ATO 2023–24

ATO Table 15B

151,272

individuals, ATO 2023–24

ATO Table 15B

Men and women

Median income by sex, Software and applications programmer, ATO 2023–24

Horizontal axis: Median income ($), ATO 2023–24. Bars are labelled Male and Female; the exact figures are in the table below.

ATO Table 15B

Men and women, Software and applications programmer, ATO 2023–24
Measure	Total	Male	Female
individuals	151,272	117,856	33,416
average taxable income	$139,606	$145,750	$117,937
median taxable income	$127,109	$132,027	$111,928
average salary or wage income	$129,376	$134,079	$112,805
median salary or wage income	$125,617	$130,026	$111,876
average total income	$143,213	$149,483	$121,099
median total income	$130,495	$135,501	$115,079

ATO Table 15B

Software and applications programmer by state

Median taxable income by state, Software and applications programmer, ATO 2023–24

Vertical axis: State. Horizontal axis: Median taxable income ($), ATO 2023–24.

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Median taxable income by state, Software and applications programmer, ATO 2023–24
State	median taxable income, ATO 2023–24
NSW	$136,645
ACT	$129,272
VIC	$124,912
WA	$121,659
QLD	$121,586
TAS	$107,700
NT	$106,417
SA	$105,059

ATO Table 15D

State figures are for this unit group. There is no separate page per state.

Software and applications programmer (unit group 2613) by state, ATO 2023–24
State	individuals	average taxable income	median taxable income	average salary or wage income	median salary or wage income
NSW	59,225	$152,384	$136,645	$137,926	$134,999
ACT	5,449	$146,796	$129,272	$137,085	$126,001
VIC	48,274	$133,487	$124,912	$127,146	$124,653
WA	9,024	$129,458	$121,659	$121,141	$119,006
QLD	19,816	$131,327	$121,586	$122,474	$119,999
TAS	1,087	$120,926	$107,700	$111,146	$103,239
NT	239	$122,757	$106,417	$111,782	$106,087
SA	7,284	$113,874	$105,059	$106,034	$103,096

ATO Table 15D

Occupations in Software and applications programmer

Occupations in Software and applications programmer, ranked by median salary or wage income, ATO 2023–24
Occupation	median salary or wage income
Cyber security engineer salary	$133,128
Computing professional - software engineer salary	$132,758
Computing professional - analyst programmer salary	$122,234
Applications programmer salary	$117,992
Devops engineer salary	$109,093
Computing professional - software tester salary	$106,142
Penetration tester salary	$99,239

ATO Table 15A

Rankings this occupation group appears in

Highest paid occupation groups in New South Wales (rank 16)
Highest paid occupation groups in Victoria (rank 25)
Highest paid occupation groups in Queensland (rank 28)
Highest paid occupation groups in Western Australia (rank 43)
Highest paid occupation groups in South Australia (rank 22)
Highest paid occupation groups in Tasmania (rank 6)
Highest paid occupation groups in the Australian Capital Territory (rank 9)

Method

Taxable income is the amount left after deductions on the return. Salary or wage income is employment income reported to the ATO. This page does not treat taxable income as salary or wage income.

State figures come from Table 15D for this unit group. Occupation is the occupation people reported on their tax return. Some cells in the ATO tables are not published.