Software Development Engineer in test Salary in Maine

How much does a Software Development Engineer in test make in Maine?

As of May 01, 2026, the average salary for a Software Development Engineer in test in Maine is $80,833 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $39.

However, a Software Development Engineer in test's salary can vary significantly. Here’s a look at the typical salary range:

Top Earners (90th percentile): $92,552
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $74,194 to $86,967
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $68,151

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Software Development Engineer in test Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$86,967	$7,247	$1,672	$42
Average	$80,833	$6,736	$1,554	$39
25th Percentile	$74,194	$6,183	$1,427	$36

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Key Factors That Influence Software Development Engineer in test Salaries

A Software Development Engineer in test's salary isn't a fixed number. It's shaped by several important factors. Below, we'll explore how your years of experience, geographic location and company size can directly affect your earning potential.

How Experience Level Affects Software Development Engineer in test Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of a Software Development Engineer in test's salary. As you build your skills and take on more complex tasks, your compensation generally increases. Here's how the average salary grows at different career stages:

Entry-Level (less than 1 year): $80,382
Early Career (1-2 years): $103,441
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $126,683
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $146,571
Expert (over 8 years): $168,485

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Software ... Level Software Development Engineer in test	$80,382
Software ... Level Software Development Engineer in test	$103,441
Software ... Level Software Development Engineer in test	$126,683
Software ... Level Software Development Engineer in test	$146,571
Software ... Level Software Development Engineer in test	$168,485

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How Do Software Development Engineer in test Salaries Vary from State to State?

Your salary can change significantly depending on where you work. States with a higher cost of living and strong industrial sectors often pay more to attract Software Development Engineer in tests. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $91,793.
California: $91,445.
Massachusetts: $90,226.

District of Columbia $91,793 California $91,445 Massachusetts $90,226 Washington $89,894 New Jersey $89,861 Alaska $89,745 Connecticut $88,601 New York $88,137

Hawaii $86,653 Rhode Island $85,956 Maryland $85,484 Minnesota $84,837 Colorado $84,588 Illinois $84,506 Oregon $84,191 Delaware $83,958

New Hampshire $83,812 Virginia $83,486 Pennsylvania $82,532 Nevada $82,052 North Dakota $81,894 Michigan $81,645 Wisconsin $81,554 Vermont $81,372

Texas $80,866 Maine $80,833 Arizona $80,783 Ohio $80,725 Georgia $79,962 Indiana $79,581 Wyoming $79,506 Utah $79,390

Iowa $79,341 Kansas $78,943 Louisiana $78,827 North Carolina $78,785 Missouri $78,769 Florida $78,445 Montana $78,271 Nebraska $78,105

Kentucky $78,014 South Carolina $77,682 Tennessee $77,475 Idaho $77,392 New Mexico $76,787 Oklahoma $76,654 Alabama $76,165 South Dakota $75,345

Arkansas $74,897 West Virginia $74,656 Mississippi $73,935

Top Paying Cities for Software Development Engineer in tests

Salaries can also vary between different cities. Major metropolitan areas or cities with a high demand for technicians often offer more competitive pay. Here are a few examples of average annual salaries in different U.S. cities:

Freedom: $79,553
Harmony: $79,518
Hartland: $79,622

Freedom, ME $79,553 Harmony, ME $79,518 Hartland, ME $79,622 Hinckley, ME $79,697 Jackman, ME $79,312 Kingfield, ME $79,763 Liberty, ME $79,699 Madison, ME $79,870

Monroe, ME $79,438 Morrill, ME $79,575 Newport, ME $79,448 New Portland, ME $79,887 New Sharon, ME $79,790 New Vineyard, ME $79,839 Norridgewock, ME $79,840 North Anson, ME $79,888

North Vassalboro, ME $80,031 Oakland, ME $79,867 Oquossoc, ME $79,600 Palmyra, ME $79,499 Phillips, ME $79,632 Pittsfield, ME $79,628 Plymouth, ME $79,458 Rangeley, ME $79,651

Portland, ME $83,453 Falmouth, ME $83,264 South Portland, ME $83,453 Cape Elizabeth, ME $83,287 Peaks Island, ME $83,367 Cumberland Foreside, ME $83,182 Auburn, ME $81,687 Andover, ME $79,629

Bethel, ME $79,763 Bryant Pond, ME $80,060 Buckfield, ME $80,418 Canton, ME $79,913 Durham, ME $82,203 Danville, ME $81,933 Dixfield, ME $79,748 Dryden, ME $79,840

East Andover, ME $79,653 East Dixfield, ME $79,877 East Livermore, ME $80,349 East Poland, ME $81,784 Stoneham, ME $80,097 East Wilton, ME $80,026 Greene, ME $81,061 Hanover, ME $79,695

Hebron, ME $80,987 Jay, ME $79,894 Lewiston, ME $81,643 Lisbon, ME $81,902 Lisbon Falls, ME $81,775 Livermore, ME $80,217 Livermore Falls, ME $80,165 Greenwood, ME $80,166

Mechanic Falls, ME $81,540 Mexico, ME $79,826 Minot, ME $81,237 Monmouth, ME $80,803 New Gloucester, ME $82,258 Newry, ME $79,547 North Jay, ME $79,855 Leeds, ME $80,607

North Monmouth, ME $80,684 North Turner, ME $80,551 North Waterford, ME $80,468 Norway, ME $80,726 Oxford, ME $81,159 Paris, ME $80,886 Poland, ME $81,797 Roxbury, ME $79,574

Rumford, ME $79,779 Sabattus, ME $81,286 South Paris, ME $80,775 Turner, ME $80,777 Wayne, ME $80,410 Weld, ME $79,633 West Bethel, ME $79,700 Bowdoin, ME $81,275

West Minot, ME $81,120 West Paris, ME $80,453 Peru, ME $79,945 West Poland, ME $81,735 Sumner, ME $80,197 Wilton, ME $79,843 Augusta, ME $80,066 Coopers Mills, ME $80,175

Dresden, ME $80,834 East Winthrop, ME $80,315 Farmingdale, ME $80,536 Gardiner, ME $80,682 Randolph, ME $80,536 Hallowell, ME $80,435 Jefferson, ME $79,899 Kents Hill, ME $80,063

Litchfield, ME $80,921 Manchester, ME $80,221 Mount Vernon, ME $79,870 Whitefield, ME $80,220 Palermo, ME $79,767 Sebasco Estates, ME $82,125 Readfield, ME $80,199 Saint Albans, ME $79,560

South Bristol, ME $80,893 Squirrel Island, ME $81,161 Trevett, ME $81,218 Waldoboro, ME $79,884 Walpole, ME $80,763 Washington, ME $79,684 West Boothbay Harbor, ME $81,305 Southport, ME $81,486

Wiscasset, ME $81,075 Woolwich, ME $81,267 Ellsworth, ME $79,360 Addison, ME $79,263 Gouldsboro, ME $79,333 Bar Harbor, ME $79,483 Beals, ME $79,351 Bernard, ME $79,511

Birch Harbor, ME $79,409 Blue Hill, ME $79,444 Brooklin, ME $79,446 Brooksville, ME $79,444 Calais, ME $79,234 Cherryfield, ME $79,143 Columbia Falls, ME $79,139 Corea, ME $79,337

Cranberry Isles, ME $79,355 Cutler, ME $79,145 Deer Isle, ME $79,519 Dennysville, ME $79,070 East Blue Hill, ME $79,448 East Machias, ME $79,145 Eastport, ME $79,380 Franklin, ME $79,342

Frenchboro, ME $79,311 Grand Lake Stream, ME $79,022 Hancock, ME $79,460 Harborside, ME $79,430 Harrington, ME $79,316 Hulls Cove, ME $79,485 Isle Au Haut, ME $79,311 Islesford, ME $79,476

Jonesboro, ME $79,210 Jonesport, ME $79,282 Little Deer Isle, ME $79,509 Lubec, ME $79,184 Bass Harbor, ME $79,512 Machias, ME $79,224 Machiasport, ME $79,263 Meddybemps, ME $79,021

Milbridge, ME $79,347 Mount Desert, ME $79,423 Northeast Harbor, ME $79,476 Sullivan, ME $79,353 Pembroke, ME $79,144 Perry, ME $79,216 Princeton, ME $79,017 Prospect Harbor, ME $79,418

Robbinston, ME $79,127 Salsbury Cove, ME $79,494 Sargentville, ME $79,467 Seal Cove, ME $79,427 Seal Harbor, ME $79,453 Sedgwick, ME $79,458 Sorrento, ME $79,427 Southwest Harbor, ME $79,496

Steuben, ME $79,303 Stonington, ME $79,526 Sunset, ME $79,252 Surry, ME $79,443 Swans Island, ME $79,372 Wesley, ME $78,919 Whiting, ME $79,123 Winter Harbor, ME $79,349

Baileyville, ME $79,098 Houlton, ME $78,933 Ashland, ME $78,819 Benedicta, ME $78,645 Blaine, ME $78,914 Bridgewater, ME $78,727 Caribou, ME $79,076 Clayton Lake, ME $78,933

Crouseville, ME $78,984 Eagle Lake, ME $78,908 Easton, ME $78,996 Estcourt Station, ME $78,965 Fort Fairfield, ME $79,036 Fort Kent, ME $79,071 Fort Kent Mills, ME $79,004 Frenchville, ME $79,094

Grand Isle, ME $78,985 Island Falls, ME $78,653 Limestone, ME $79,014 Madawaska, ME $79,225 Mapleton, ME $78,890 Richmond, ME $80,966 South China, ME $79,847 South Gardiner, ME $80,780

Vienna, ME $79,726 Windsor, ME $79,802 Winthrop, ME $80,541 Bangor, ME $79,415 Abbot, ME $79,429 Aurora, ME $78,997 Bradford, ME $79,379 Bradley, ME $79,381

Brewer, ME $79,411 Brookton, ME $78,730 Brownville, ME $79,151 Brownville Junction, ME $79,639 Bucksport, ME $79,405 Burlington, ME $79,122 Greenbush, ME $79,304 Carmel, ME $79,418

Castine, ME $79,583 Charleston, ME $79,394 Danforth, ME $78,861 Dover Foxcroft, ME $79,439 Corinth, ME $79,408 Eddington, ME $79,389 Holden, ME $79,396 East Millinocket, ME $79,064

East Orland, ME $79,397 Etna, ME $79,435 Exeter, ME $79,422 Frankfort, ME $79,419 Greenville, ME $78,962 Greenville Junction, ME $79,220 Guilford, ME $79,408 Hampden, ME $79,416

Howland, ME $79,227 Hudson, ME $79,402 Kenduskeag, ME $79,410 Kingman, ME $78,778 Lagrange, ME $79,320 Lambert Lake, ME $78,871 Lee, ME $79,103 Levant, ME $79,414

Lincoln, ME $79,098 Mattawamkeag, ME $78,840 Medway, ME $78,861 Milford, ME $79,369 Millinocket, ME $78,742 Milo, ME $79,300 Monson, ME $79,421 Olamon, ME $79,326

Old Town, ME $79,381 Orono, ME $79,403 Orient, ME $78,785 Orland, ME $79,398 Orrington, ME $79,407 Passadumkeag, ME $79,281 Penobscot, ME $79,399 Rockwood, ME $79,084

Sangerville, ME $79,477 Sebec, ME $79,350 Shirley Mills, ME $79,372 Springfield, ME $78,896 Stetson, ME $79,427 Stillwater, ME $79,405 Topsfield, ME $78,798 Vanceboro, ME $78,866

Waite, ME $78,906 West Enfield, ME $79,262 Winn, ME $78,946 Winterport, ME $79,416 Wytopitlock, ME $78,667 Bath, ME $81,830 Alna, ME $80,527 Boothbay, ME $81,074

Boothbay Harbor, ME $81,257 Bristol, ME $80,584 Chamberlain, ME $80,722 Damariscotta, ME $80,534 East Boothbay, ME $81,133 Friendship, ME $80,067 Georgetown, ME $81,727 Isle Of Springs, ME $81,077

Bremen, ME $80,361 Newcastle, ME $80,567 New Harbor, ME $80,849 Nobleboro, ME $80,247 Edgecomb, ME $80,840 Pemaquid, ME $80,771 Phippsburg, ME $82,056 Cushing, ME $79,805

Round Pond, ME $80,569 Sandy Point, ME $79,414 Searsmont, ME $79,603 Searsport, ME $79,427 Shawmut, ME $79,943 Skowhegan, ME $79,768 Smithfield, ME $79,811 Solon, ME $79,768

Stockton Springs, ME $79,414 Stratton, ME $79,702 Strong, ME $79,771 Temple, ME $79,740 West Forks, ME $79,280 Thorndike, ME $79,496 Troy, ME $79,472 Unity, ME $79,572

Vassalboro, ME $79,816 West Farmington, ME $80,049 Berwick, ME $84,839 Cape Neddick, ME $85,486 Eliot, ME $86,618 Kittery, ME $86,869 Kittery Point, ME $86,216 North Berwick, ME $84,185

Ogunquit, ME $84,949 South Berwick, ME $85,694 York, ME $86,183 York Beach, ME $85,770 York Harbor, ME $86,205 Acton, ME $81,782 Alfred, ME $82,941 Bailey Island, ME $82,602

Bar Mills, ME $82,809 Biddeford, ME $82,836 Biddeford Pool, ME $82,837 Bowdoinham, ME $81,218 Bridgton, ME $81,079 Brownfield, ME $81,008 Brunswick, ME $82,177 Bustins Island, ME $82,757

Cape Porpoise, ME $83,207 Casco, ME $82,043 Center Lovell, ME $80,481 Chebeague Island, ME $82,939 Cliff Island, ME $83,119 Cornish, ME $81,941 Cumberland Center, ME $83,025 Denmark, ME $80,995

East Baldwin, ME $82,150 Lebanon, ME $83,518 East Parsonsfield, ME $81,509 Sebago, ME $81,940 East Waterboro, ME $82,565 Freeport, ME $82,606 Fryeburg, ME $80,589 Gorham, ME $82,952

Gray, ME $82,447 Harrison, ME $80,635 Hiram, ME $81,687 Hollis Center, ME $82,668 Kennebunk, ME $83,269 Kennebunkport, ME $82,954 Parsonsfield, ME $81,507 Limerick, ME $82,262

Limington, ME $82,241 Long Island, ME $83,260 Lovell, ME $80,365 Moody, ME $84,293 Naples, ME $81,703 Newfield, ME $82,128 North Bridgton, ME $81,121 North Waterboro, ME $82,421

Windham, ME $82,869 Ocean Park, ME $82,901 Old Orchard Beach, ME $82,956 Orrs Island, ME $82,532 Porter, ME $81,232 Pownal, ME $82,478 Scarborough, ME $83,235 Raymond, ME $82,303

Saco, ME $82,906 Sanford, ME $83,327 Sebago Lake, ME $82,240 Shapleigh, ME $82,555 South Casco, ME $82,351 South Freeport, ME $82,565 Harpswell, ME $82,516 South Windham, ME $83,023

Springvale, ME $82,842 Standish, ME $82,584 Steep Falls, ME $82,406 Topsham, ME $81,895 Waterboro, ME $82,718 Waterford, ME $80,547 Wells, ME $84,129 West Baldwin, ME $82,004

Westbrook, ME $83,258 Buxton, ME $82,813 West Kennebunk, ME $83,226 West Newfield, ME $81,725 Yarmouth, ME $82,948 North Yarmouth, ME $82,775 Mars Hill, ME $78,992 Monticello, ME $78,832

New Limerick, ME $78,884 New Sweden, ME $78,990 Oakfield, ME $78,802 Oxbow, ME $78,481 Patten, ME $78,531 Perham, ME $78,935 Portage, ME $78,894 Presque Isle, ME $79,095

Saint Agatha, ME $79,056 Saint David, ME $79,040 Saint Francis, ME $78,933 Sheridan, ME $78,841 Sherman, ME $78,723 Stacyville, ME $78,625 Sinclair, ME $78,909 Smyrna Mills, ME $78,673

Wallagrass, ME $78,997 Stockholm, ME $78,920 Van Buren, ME $79,018 Washburn, ME $78,987 Westfield, ME $78,879 Rockland, ME $79,761 Camden, ME $79,753 Glen Cove, ME $79,727

Hope, ME $79,724 Islesboro, ME $79,519 Lincolnville, ME $79,584 Lincolnville Center, ME $79,587 Matinicus, ME $79,452 Monhegan, ME $80,301 North Haven, ME $79,507 Owls Head, ME $79,615

Port Clyde, ME $80,061 Rockport, ME $79,734 South Thomaston, ME $79,617 Spruce Head, ME $79,663 Tenants Harbor, ME $79,894 Thomaston, ME $79,674 Union, ME $79,719 Vinalhaven, ME $79,507

Warren, ME $79,636 West Rockport, ME $79,743 Waterville, ME $79,919 Albion, ME $79,792 Anson, ME $79,847 Athens, ME $79,625 Belfast, ME $79,585 Belgrade, ME $79,768

Belgrade Lakes, ME $79,685 Bingham, ME $79,617 Brooks, ME $79,454 Burnham, ME $79,533 Cambridge, ME $79,515 Canaan, ME $79,647 Caratunk, ME $79,467 China Village, ME $80,010

Clinton, ME $79,674 Corinna, ME $79,454 Detroit, ME $79,481 Dexter, ME $79,559 Dixmont, ME $79,443 East Newport, ME $79,452 East Vassalboro, ME $79,864 Eustis, ME $79,380

Fairfield, ME $79,809 Farmington, ME $79,874 Garland, ME $79,413 Farmington Falls, ME $80,003

Software Development Engineer in test Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how a Software Development Engineer in test's annual salary breaks down can help with budgeting. Below, you can see the average hourly rate, weekly pay, and monthly pay for this role. Use the buttons to switch between different pay periods.

Last Updated on May 01, 2026

$74,194

Average $80,833/year

$86,967

$6,183

Average $6,736/month

$7,247

$1,427

Average $1,554/week

$1,672

$36

Average $39/hour

$42

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$86,967	$7,247	$1,672	$42
Average	$80,833	$6,736	$1,554	$39
25th Percentile	$74,194	$6,183	$1,427	$36

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