Texas is the best place for software developers
According to this blog post, Texas is the best place to work for software developers. On average, software developers in Austin are paid $84,460 a year, ranking #9 in major US cities. Adjusted for cost-of-living, it goes up to $93,844 a year, ranking #2 among US cities. In fact, after adjusted for cost of living, 6 out of the 10 highest paying cities are in Texas.
Top 10 Cities for Salary Adjusted for Cost of Living (Software Developers)
1 Houston $ 102,908 2 Austin $ 93,844 3 Fort Worth $ 91,614 4 Arlington $ 91,614 5 El Paso $ 85,741 6 Charlotte $ 85,477 7 Dallas $ 84,489 8 Jacksonville $ 81,928 9 Colorado Springs $ 81,850 10 Atlanta $ 80,565
Top 10 Cities for Raw Average Salary (Software Developers)
1 San Jose $ 99,250 2 San Francisco $ 92,570 3 Oakland $ 92,570 4 Houston $ 89,530 5 New York $ 89,370 6 Boston $ 87,540 7 Balitimore $ 86,110 8 San Diego $ 85,280 9 Austin $ 84,460 10 Fresno $ 83,840
Speaking of cost of living, can we now compare cities in India and China? 
March 22nd, 2007 at 9:09 am
In China, I’m only paid $8,000 a year:(
March 22nd, 2007 at 12:43 pm
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March 22nd, 2007 at 1:25 pm
Xing,
You may make $8,000 a year, but you have guaranteed health care and everything costs a lot less.
March 22nd, 2007 at 4:50 pm
If you factor in quality of life, though, Minneapolis is #1. No, I don’t have any factual basis for this, except for the fact that Minneapolis RULES!
April 4th, 2007 at 10:25 am
Wow those salaries are _really_ high compared to what we get in Sweden. We’re a lot higher than $8000 though
April 9th, 2007 at 1:49 am
i’m in malaysia with 7 years IT experience and earning a paltry USD 12000 a year - doing Struts
:(
April 16th, 2007 at 12:03 pm
It is not the 12.000 bucks but… Struts? My god I am so sorry.
May 2nd, 2007 at 5:47 pm
so money is THE MEASURE these days? oh thats soooo sad!
August 25th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
As a software developer in San Jose earning the average I must say that the cost of living here is extremely high (impossible to get in the market to buy a house). I’d much rather be in Sweden enjoying my six week vacation right now
Although I am grateful as there are definitely worse places to be stuck in.