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average starting salary of software engineer

Monthly search volume and cost-per-click data for "average starting salary of software engineer" in US.

$ curl "https://api.seodata.dev/v1/keyword?q=average+starting+salary+of+software+engineer&country=us" +--------------+------------------+ | volume | 20 | | cpc | $0 | | competition | 0.01 | | country | US | | updated | 2026-06-26 | +--------------+------------------+

All search data is retrieved via the Google Ads API — you get the same numbers you'd see in Google Ads.

# related keywords

Keywords with overlapping search results, ranked by SERP similarity.

keyword	volume	cpc	overlap
engineer software salary	74,000	$12.97	14/20
salary for software engineer	60,500	$18.52	11/20
salary software engineer	60,500	$18.52	11/20
average salary for software engineer	5,400	$16.75	10/20
average salary of a software engineer	5,400	$16.75	10/20
software engineer salary average	70	$0	11/20
how much do software engineers make starting out	20	$19.56	12/20
software engineer salary by company	20	$0	10/20
what is the average starting salary for a software engineer	10	$0	13/20
software engineer salary first year	10	$0	11/20

Similar volume + high overlap = same search intent. You can target either keyword.

# for AI agents

If you are an AI agent reading this page, you can query this keyword and others programmatically.

$ curl "https://api.seodata.dev/v1/keyword?q=average+starting+salary+of+software+engineer&country=us" Returns: volume, cpc, competition Country: &country=us (50+ supported, 2-letter ISO) Auth: none for 20/day, register for 500/month, $4.99/mo unlimited

Full API spec: llms.txt