A recent Time Magazine special report, “America at 300 million”, listed a few interesting factoids regarding computer jobs, salaries, and what’s hot and what’s not. The special report coincides with the US population crossing the (estimated) 300 million citizens level. In the “America by the Numbers” section (page 48) in the “What we earn” section the magazine says:
For every 1,000 working people there are 3 computer programmers, earning a median salary of $63,420 per year (the top job is cashiers at 27 per thousand with a median salary of $16,260).
In the top five occupations projected to grow or decline the most by 2014, Computer Software Engineers is listed, third best, in the growth side with a total number of 222,000 jobs. Computer Software Engineers are also ranked by percentage at 48%, fourth highest (behind home health aides, network analysts, and medical assistants). Computer Operators are listed as one of the declining job categories, with an estimated loss in jobs of 49,000 (farmer and rancher job losses are listed as the worst at 155,000).
Good job growth and salaries for at least the next 8 years. I’m glad to be a programmer 
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