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What computer engineers make
Median
$161,740
Bottom tenth
$92,940
Top tenth
$225,330
The national median is $161,740 a year, the bottom tenth earn $92,940 or less and the top tenth $225,330 or more (2025 federal wage survey). These figures are published for Computer Hardware Engineers, the closest survey title to this job. People who call themselves computer engineers but write software are counted under software developer instead, and that occupation pays less at the median: $135,980 in 2025.