Editing Software engineering demographics (section)

==== Software engineers vs. traditional engineers ====
The following two tables compare the number of software engineers (611,900 in 2002) versus the number of traditional engineers (1,157,020 in 2002).

There are another 1,500,000 people in [[system analysis]], [[System administrator|system administration]], and computer support, many of whom might be called software engineers. Many systems analysts manage software development teams, and as analysis is an important software engineering role, many of them may be considered software engineers in the near future. This means that the number of software engineers may actually be much higher.

It is important to note that the number of software engineers declined by 5 to 10 percent from 2000 to 2002.

{| class="wikitable"
! Code||Description||Number
(2002)
! colspan="2" |Hourly pay
(2002)
! colspan="2" |Annual salary
(2002)
!Number
(2021)
!Mean hourly pay
(2021)
!Mean annual salary
(2021)
|-
| 15-1031||Software eng., applications||356,760||$34.09||$35.48||$73,800||0.7 %
|
|
|
|-
| 15-1032||Software eng., systems software||255,040||$35.60||$36.46||$75,840||0.6 %
|
|
|
|-
| 17-2011||Aerospace engineers<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aerospace Engineers |url=https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes172011.htm |access-date=2022-12-15 |website=www.bls.gov |language=en-us}}</ref>||74,210||$34.97||$35.63||$74,110||1.1 %
|56,640
|$ 59.12
|$ 122,970
|-
| 17-2021||Agricultural engineers<ref>{{Cite web |title=Agricultural Engineers |url=https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes172021.htm |access-date=2022-12-15 |website=www.bls.gov |language=en-us}}</ref>||2,500||$24.38||$26.79||$55,730||2.9 %
|1,120
|$ 41.99
|$ 87,350
|-
| 17-2031||Biomedical engineers<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers |url=https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes172031.htm |access-date=2022-12-15 |website=www.bls.gov |language=en-us}}</ref>||7,130||$29.04||$30.97||$64,420||1.7 %
|17,190
|$ 48.57
|$ 101,020
|-
| 17-2041||Chemical engineers<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chemical Engineers |url=https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes172041.htm |access-date=2022-12-15 |website=www.bls.gov |language=en-us}}</ref>||32,110||$34.85||$36.06||$75,010||1.0 %
|24,180
|$ 58.58
|$ 121,840
|-
| 17-2051||Civil engineers<ref>{{Cite web |title=Civil Engineers |url=https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes172051.htm |access-date=2022-12-15 |website=www.bls.gov |language=en-us}}</ref>||207,480||$28.88||$30.29||$63,010||0.4 %
|304,310
|$ 45.91
|$ 95,490
|-
| 17-2061||Computer hardware engineers<ref>{{Cite web |title=Computer Hardware Engineers |url=https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes172061.htm |access-date=2022-12-15 |website=www.bls.gov |language=en-us}}</ref>||67,180||$34.69||$36.61||$76,150||1.1 %
|73,750
|$ 65.50
|$ 136,230
|-
| 17-2071||Electrical engineers<ref>{{Cite web |title=Electrical Engineers |url=https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes172071.htm |access-date=2022-12-15 |website=www.bls.gov |language=en-us}}</ref>||146,180||$32.78||$33.88||$70,480||0.4 %
|186,020
|$ 51.87
|$ 107,890
|-
| 17-2072||Electronics eng., exc. computer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Electronics Engineers, Except Computer |url=https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes172072.htm |access-date=2022-12-15 |website=www.bls.gov |language=en-us}}</ref>||126,020||$33.62||$34.43||$71,600||0.6 %
|107,170
|$ 55.53
|$ 115,490
|-
| 17-2081||Environmental engineers<ref>{{Cite web |title=Environmental Engineers |url=https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes172081.htm |access-date=2022-12-15 |website=www.bls.gov |language=en-us}}</ref>||45,720||$29.52||$30.50||$63,440||0.7 %
|42,660
|$ 48.18
|$ 100,220
|-
| 17-2111||Health and safety, exc. mining<ref>{{Cite web |title=Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors |url=https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes172111.htm |access-date=2022-12-15 |website=www.bls.gov |language=en-us}}</ref>||34,160||$27.89||$28.77||$59,830||0.7 %
|22,870
|$ 47.93
|$ 99,700
|-
| 17-2112||Industrial engineers<ref>{{Cite web |title=Industrial Engineers |url=https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes172112.htm |access-date=2022-12-15 |website=www.bls.gov |language=en-us}}</ref>||151,760||$29.88||$30.57||$63,590||0.3 %
|293,950
|$ 45.77
|$ 95,200
|-
| 17-2121||Marine eng., naval architects<ref>{{Cite web |title=Marine Engineers and Naval Architects |url=https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes172121.htm |access-date=2022-12-15 |website=www.bls.gov |language=en-us}}</ref>||4,810||$32.04||$32.83||$68,280||2.2 %
|7,380
|$ 47.03
|$ 97,820
|-
| 17-2131||Materials engineers<ref>{{Cite web |title=Materials Engineers |url=https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes172131.htm |access-date=2022-12-15 |website=www.bls.gov |language=en-us}}</ref>||22,780||$30.09||$30.92||$64,310||1.0 %
|21,530
|$ 49.02
|$ 101,950
|-
| 17-2141||Mechanical engineers<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mechanical Engineers |url=https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes172141.htm |access-date=2022-12-15 |website=www.bls.gov |language=en-us}}</ref>||203,620||$30.23||$31.33||$65,170||0.4 %
|278,240
|$ 46.64
|$ 97,000
|-
| 17-2151||Mining and geological eng.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers |url=https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes172151.htm |access-date=2022-12-15 |website=www.bls.gov |language=en-us}}</ref>||5,050||$29.70||$31.14||$64,770||2.4 %
|7,370
|$ 48.29
|$ 100,450
|-
| 17-2161||Nuclear engineers<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nuclear Engineers |url=https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes172161.htm |access-date=2022-12-15 |website=www.bls.gov |language=en-us}}</ref>||15,180||$39.11||$39.57||$82,300||1.3 %
|12,670
|$ 58.54
|$ 121,760
|-
| 17-2171||Petroleum engineers<ref>{{Cite web |title=Petroleum Engineers |url=https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes172171.htm |access-date=2022-12-15 |website=www.bls.gov |language=en-us}}</ref>||11,130||$40.08||$41.13||$85,540||1.4 %
|22,100
|$ 70.06
|$ 145,720
|}