--- title: Computer Programmer Salary – How Much Do Coders Make? description: Coding is one of the most popular and in-demand careers. A computer programmer's salary will generally be lower than someone with a few years of industry... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/computer-programmer-salary-how-much-do-coders-make--1bfosvggg twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Computer Programmer Salary – How Much Do Coders Make? | daily.dev og:description: Coding is one of the most popular and in-demand careers. A computer programmer's salary will generally be lower than someone with a few years of industry... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/computer-programmer-salary-how-much-do-coders-make--1bfosvggg og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/1bfoSvGgG.png og:image:alt: Computer Programmer Salary – How Much Do Coders Make? og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Computer Programmer Salary – How Much Do Coders Make? **[freeCodeCamp](https://daily.dev/sources/freecodecamp)** · 9 min read · 31 upvotes · 6 comments ## Summary Coding is one of the most popular and in-demand careers. A computer programmer's salary will generally be lower than someone with a few years of industry experience under their belt. Another option is to learn to code on your own using either free or paid resources such as books, video tutorials, and interactive courses. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@legendaryemoji** · 1 upvotes > Scroll down to the end for the main content. **@aeolian** · 0 upvotes > Finally... I have been waiting for so long for them to tell how they have done this magnificent prism using threejs. **@\_edgeworks31493163015809162437271722** · 0 upvotes > #inspiring **@luancomputacao** · 0 upvotes > Those salary are outdated! 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There is a lot of companies that pay much more than the values described","datePublished":"2022-10-26T02:02:54.565Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/1bfoSvGgG#c-oaBEaNRrv","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Luan Roger Santos Santana","url":"https://daily.dev/luancomputacao","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6576768?v=4"}}]} ```