--- title: Personal Finance for Software Engineers: Things I've Learned description: The average entry-level salary for a software engineer in the United States is $77,000 a year. Financial aid is definitely something to consider, and... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/personal-finance-for-software-engineers-things-i-ve-learned-e5ymcupos twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Personal Finance for Software Engineers: Things I've Learned | daily.dev og:description: The average entry-level salary for a software engineer in the United States is $77,000 a year. Financial aid is definitely something to consider, and... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/personal-finance-for-software-engineers-things-i-ve-learned-e5ymcupos og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/E5YmcupoS.png og:image:alt: Personal Finance for Software Engineers: Things I've Learned 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. # Personal Finance for Software Engineers: Things I've Learned **[Hacker Noon](https://daily.dev/sources/hackernoon)** · 10 min read · 10 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The average entry-level salary for a software engineer in the United States is $77,000 a year. Financial aid is definitely something to consider, and discipline is also important. A salary of $80,000 in Austin, Texas puts you in a better position than a $120,000-a-year in Palo Alto. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#tech-news](https://daily.dev/tags/tech-news), [#startup](https://daily.dev/tags/startup) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/personal-finance-for-software-engineers-things-i-ve-learned-e5ymcupos) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Personal Finance for Software Engineers: Things I've Learned","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/personal-finance-for-software-engineers-things-i-ve-learned-e5ymcupos","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/personal-finance-for-software-engineers-things-i-ve-learned-e5ymcupos"},"datePublished":"2021-11-16T17:31:23.017Z","dateModified":"2021-11-16T17:31:23.018Z","description":"The average entry-level salary for a software engineer in the United States is $77,000 a year. Financial aid is definitely something to consider, and...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/e9b8091a3e78ba643b731d4e0fa63d94","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/e9b8091a3e78ba643b731d4e0fa63d94","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Hacker Noon","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Hacker Noon","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/hackernoon","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/hackernoon"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/personal-finance-for-software-engineers-things-i-ve-learned-e5ymcupos","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":10},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"tech-news,startup","timeRequired":"PT10M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Hacker Noon","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/hackernoon"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Personal Finance for Software Engineers: Things I've Learned"}]} ```