Software Engineer Salaries in Illinois
Average base salary
$100,100
↘ 4% below national average
Average
$100,100Low $93,093
High $112,112
The average salary for Software Engineer jobs near Illinois is $111,393.*
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View AllJunior Software Engineer
Supernova Technology
Chicago, IL
BA/BS or MA/MS degree in Computer Science or a related technical field or equivalent practical experience. Contribute to release and deployment of the software…
$80,000 - $100,000 a year
Associate Software Engineer / Software Engineer
Applied Systems, Inc.
Chicago, IL
Participate in code reviews, receive feedback, and build technical skills while gaining experience with modern technologies and AI tools.
$60,000 - $125,000 a year
Graduate Software Engineer
IMC Financial Markets
Chicago, IL
Current university student graduating between September 2026 – July 2027 that is pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technology…
$200,000 a year
Software Engineer
Caterpillar
Chicago, IL
As a Software Engineer, you will develop, test, and deliver scalable, secure, and customer-focused cloud solutions while contributing to the team's technical…
$97,530 - $158,480 a year
Remote Machine Learning Engineer
Spotter
Lemont, IL
1+ year of experience in machine learning, software engineering, data science, or a related technical role or strong personal projects demonstrating ML skills.
Software Engineer
Capacity Systems
Chicago, IL
Contribute to technical design including conceptual design, service contracts and overall application architecture. MySQL Server or similar RDBMS.
Top Paying Cities for Software Engineer
- Click, TX
- $360,500
- avg per year
- Los Gatos, CA
- $328,664
- avg per year
- Sophia Antipolis, B8
- $283,600
- avg per year
- Stamford, NY
- $255,556
- avg per year
- Globe, AZ
- $254,611
- avg per year
- Sarnen, OW
- $250,000
- avg per year
- Meta, MO
- $240,213
- avg per year
- Ramblewood, NJ
- $240,000
- avg per year
- Margaretville, NY
- $215,000
- avg per year
- Bolling AFB, DC
- $214,167
- avg per year
- Gothenburg, NE
- $36,547
- avg per month
- Lane, SC
- $30,000
- avg per month
Top 9 Related Jobs and Salaries
- Staff Software Engineer
- $181,873
- increased by63.3%
- Principal Software Engineer
- $159,030
- increased by42.8%
- Senior Software Engineer
- $141,999
- increased by27.5%
- Full Stack Developer
- $131,805
- increased by18.3%
- Devops Engineer
- $127,265
- increased by14.2%
- Java Developer
- $113,214
- increased by1.6%
- Automation Engineer
- $103,656
- decreased by6.9%
- Software Test Engineer
- $102,635
- decreased by7.9%
- Developer
- $98,351
- decreased by11.7%
Highest paying cities for Software Engineer
- Chicago, IL728 jobs
- Schaumburg, IL37 jobs
- null, IL36 jobs
- Rolling Meadows, IL28 jobs
- Oak Brook, IL28 jobs
- Bloomington, IL27 jobs
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