SOC 15-1252 · Computer and Mathematical Occupations · May 2025

How much do Software Developers make in San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Software Developers in San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR is $79,380. The 10th percentile is $49,500 and the 90th percentile is $105,420. Employment is 1,440.

Median annual wage

$79,380

10th percentile
$49,500
25th percentile
$63,700
Median
$79,380
75th percentile
$92,610
90th percentile
$105,420
Mean
$78,480

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Software Developers, the published 10th percentile is $49,500 and the 90th percentile is $105,420. The difference is $55,920, which is 70.4% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $63,700 to the 75th at $92,610, covers $28,910.

The mean annual wage is $78,480, which sits below the median of $79,380. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR median is 41.6% lower than the national median of $135,980 for Software Developers.

It is about the same as the Puerto Rico median of $79,380.

Price-adjusted pay

The Bureau of Economic Analysis has not published a 2024 all-items regional price parity for San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR, so this page does not show a price-adjusted wage.

Nearby metros

One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Software Developers. San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR ranks 1st of 2 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

  • Aguadilla, PR is 70 miles away, with a median of $77,840 and employment of 270. That median is 1.9% lower than the median here.

Employment share

Software Developers accounts for 0.21% of wage-and-salary employment in San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR (1,440 of 690,810). Nationally the occupation is 1.1% of employment (1,687,890 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.19 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.

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Questions this page answers

How much do Software Developers make in San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Software Developers in San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR is $79,380. The 10th percentile is $49,500 and the 90th percentile is $105,420. Employment is 1,440.

How does that compare with the national median for Software Developers?

The local median is 41.6% lower than the national median of $135,980.

How does San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR compare with nearby metros for Software Developers?

Aguadilla, PR is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 70 miles away, at $77,840. San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR ranks 1st of 2 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.