Computer & Math

Web Developers

SOC 15-1254

Build and maintain the websites and web apps people use every day.

The job

Median pay

$93k

$64k to $126k typical range

Outlook, 2025 to 2035

Growing

+3.8% projected

Openings a year

BLS projection

Typical education

Associate's

Our model

AI displacement risk

Very high

How much of this job AI may do instead of the person

Works with AI

4/100

AI alongside the person rather than instead of them

AI exposure

99th pct

More exposed than 99% of occupations · modeled estimate · 97th pct in Microsoft's data

Future-proof

41/100

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Key skills

Critical Thinking
Reading Comprehension
Active Listening
Active Learning
Speaking
Writing

Pay and jobs by state

BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.

State	Jobs	Per 1,000	vs national	Median pay
California	7,320	0.4	0.9×	$120k
Texas	4,910	0.3	0.8×	$86k
Virginia	4,590	1.1	2.5×	$128k
Washington	4,430	1.2	2.8×	$130k
Illinois	4,310	0.7	1.6×	$85k
Florida	4,017	0.4	0.9×	$86k~
New York	3,990	0.4	0.9×	$99k
New Jersey	2,250	0.5	1.2×	$95k
North Carolina	2,030	0.4	0.9×	$97k
Maryland	1,960	0.7	1.6×	$113k

All 51 states

State	Jobs	Per 1,000	vs national	Median pay
Massachusetts	1,940	0.5	1.2×	$98k
Ohio	1,690	0.3	0.7×	$85k~
Colorado	1,680	0.6	1.3×	$86k
Pennsylvania	1,670	0.3	0.6×	$86k
Tennessee	1,620	0.5	1.1×	$75k
Michigan	1,580	0.4	0.8×	$98k
Georgia	1,500	0.3	0.7×	$90k
Utah	1,280	0.7	1.6×	$100k
Minnesota	1,200	0.4	0.9×	$101k
Wisconsin	1,180	0.4	0.9×	$91k
Missouri	1,160	0.4	0.9×	$104k
Oregon	1,140	0.6	1.3×	$64k
Arizona	1,010	0.3	0.7×	$76k
Alabama	930	0.4	1.0×	$85k~
Indiana	860	0.3	0.6×	$81k
Connecticut	750	0.4	1.0×	$86k
South Carolina	710	0.3	0.7×	$78k
Montana	550	1.1	2.4×	$62k
Kansas	500	0.3	0.8×	$74k
Louisiana	490	0.3	0.6×	$85k
New Hampshire	470	0.7	1.5×	$78k
Washington DC	430	0.6	1.4×	$115k
Iowa	420	0.3	0.6×	$64k
Oklahoma	410	0.2	0.5×	$79k
Arkansas	400	0.3	0.7×	$51k
West Virginia	400	0.6	1.3×	$78k
South Dakota	390	0.9	1.9×	$51k
Nevada	340	0.2	0.5×	$83k
Hawaii	310	0.5	1.1×	$84k~
Kentucky	270	0.1	0.3×	$83k
Nebraska	230	0.2	0.5×	$80k
Idaho	220	0.3	0.6×	$79k
Rhode Island	219	0.4	1.0×	$98k~
Delaware	193	0.4	0.9×	$76k~
Mississippi	190	0.2	0.4×	$64k~
Maine	170	0.3	0.6×	$77k~
New Mexico	130	0.1	0.3×	$68k
North Dakota	92	0.2	0.5×	$72k~
Alaska	73	0.2	0.5×	$78k~
Vermont	70	0.2	0.5×	$85k
Wyoming	50	0.2	0.4×	$68k

Top metro areas

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ4,200 jobs · $105k median
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV3,840 jobs · $134k median
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA3,470 jobs · $130k median
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN2,790 jobs · $97k median
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA2,310 jobs · $107k median
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX1,660 jobs · $97k median
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH1,450 jobs · $109k median
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA1,420 jobs · $152k median

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.