Software Design Engineer Salary in Wisconsin

How much does a Software Design Engineer make in Wisconsin?

As of May 01, 2026, the average salary for a Software Design Engineer in Wisconsin is $127,805 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $61.

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

Top Earners (90th percentile): $147,359
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $116,744 to $138,041
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $106,672

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Software Design Engineer Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$138,041	$11,503	$2,655	$66
Average	$127,805	$10,650	$2,458	$61
25th Percentile	$116,744	$9,729	$2,245	$56

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Key Factors That Influence Software Design Engineer Salaries

A Software Design Engineer'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 Design Engineer Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of a Software Design Engineer'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): $81,581
Early Career (1-2 years): $104,985
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $128,573
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $148,758
Expert (over 8 years): $170,999

Levels	Salary
Software ... Level Software Design Engineer	$81,581
Software ... Level Software Design Engineer	$104,985
Software ... Level Software Design Engineer	$128,573
Software ... Level Software Design Engineer	$148,758
Software ... Level Software Design Engineer	$170,999

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How Do Software Design Engineer 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 Design Engineers. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $143,851.
California: $143,305.
Massachusetts: $141,395.

District of Columbia $143,851 California $143,305 Massachusetts $141,395 Washington $140,876 New Jersey $140,824 Alaska $140,642 Connecticut $138,849 New York $138,121

Hawaii $135,796 Rhode Island $134,704 Maryland $133,964 Minnesota $132,950 Colorado $132,560 Illinois $132,431 Oregon $131,937 Delaware $131,573

New Hampshire $131,344 Virginia $130,832 Pennsylvania $129,338 Nevada $128,585 North Dakota $128,338 Michigan $127,948 Wisconsin $127,805 Vermont $127,519

Texas $126,727 Maine $126,675 Arizona $126,597 Ohio $126,506 Georgia $125,311 Indiana $124,713 Wyoming $124,596 Utah $124,414

Iowa $124,336 Kansas $123,713 Louisiana $123,531 North Carolina $123,466 Missouri $123,440 Florida $122,933 Montana $122,660 Nebraska $122,400

Kentucky $122,258 South Carolina $121,738 Tennessee $121,413 Idaho $121,283 New Mexico $120,335 Oklahoma $120,127 Alabama $119,360 South Dakota $118,074

Arkansas $117,372 West Virginia $116,996 Mississippi $115,865

Top Paying Cities for Software Design Engineers

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:

Green Lake: $124,318
Greenville: $125,500
Hancock: $123,218

Green Lake, WI $124,318 Greenville, WI $125,500 Hancock, WI $123,218 Hortonville, WI $125,237 Iola, WI $123,765 King, WI $124,712 Larsen, WI $125,007 Leopolis, WI $123,611

Manawa, WI $124,225 Marion, WI $123,841 Menasha, WI $125,603 Neenah, WI $125,374 Neshkoro, WI $123,871 New London, WI $124,720 Ogdensburg, WI $123,945 Omro, WI $124,557

Pickett, WI $124,660 Pine River, WI $124,178 Plainfield, WI $123,446 Poy Sippi, WI $124,264 Princeton, WI $124,021 Readfield, WI $124,881 Redgranite, WI $124,297 Ripon, WI $124,536

Rosendale, WI $124,599 Saxeville, WI $124,041 Scandinavia, WI $123,863 Tilleda, WI $123,424 Van Dyne, WI $124,755 Waukau, WI $124,538 Waupaca, WI $124,204 Wautoma, WI $123,914

Weyauwega, WI $124,417 Wild Rose, WI $123,952 Winnebago, WI $125,040 Winneconne, WI $124,749 Wilson, WI $126,794 Boyd, WI $123,511 Cadott, WI $123,600 Chetek, WI $123,266

Chippewa Falls, WI $123,865 Colfax, WI $123,715 Conrath, WI $123,016 Cornell, WI $123,335 Dallas, WI $123,974 Downing, WI $126,201 Downsville, WI $125,285 Durand, WI $125,164

Eau Galle, WI $124,887 Eleva, WI $123,999 Elk Mound, WI $123,724 Elmwood, WI $126,088 Fairchild, WI $123,848 Fall Creek, WI $123,921 Gilmanton, WI $124,564 Holcombe, WI $123,123

Humbird, WI $123,710 Independence, WI $124,204 Jim Falls, WI $123,439 Knapp, WI $126,134 Maiden Rock, WI $126,288 Menomonie, WI $125,165 Merrillan, WI $123,539 Mondovi, WI $124,249

Nelson, WI $125,732 New Auburn, WI $123,216 Osseo, WI $124,288 Pepin, WI $126,722 Pigeon Falls, WI $124,565 Plum City, WI $126,118 Prairie Farm, WI $125,043 Ridgeland, WI $124,373

Rock Falls, WI $123,778 Sand Creek, WI $123,284 Sheldon, WI $122,963 Spring Valley, WI $126,880 Stanley, WI $123,544 Stockholm, WI $127,019 Strum, WI $124,206 Thorp, WI $123,485

Wheeler, WI $124,643 Whitehall, WI $124,044 Spooner, WI $122,925 Almena, WI $124,646 Ashland, WI $122,802 Balsam Lake, WI $126,679 Barron, WI $123,863 Barronett, WI $122,977

Bayfield, WI $122,805 Benoit, WI $122,625 Birchwood, WI $122,758 Brill, WI $123,272 Bruce, WI $122,898 Brule, WI $123,950 Cable, WI $122,374 Cameron, WI $123,302

Centuria, WI $127,374 Comstock, WI $124,985 Cornucopia, WI $122,968 Couderay, WI $122,437 Cumberland, WI $124,066 Danbury, WI $123,659 Drummond, WI $122,738 Edgewater, WI $122,686

Exeland, WI $122,528 Foxboro, WI $124,391 Frederic, WI $124,753 Gordon, WI $123,358 Grand View, WI $122,489 Grantsburg, WI $125,512 Haugen, WI $123,405 Hawthorne, WI $124,357

Hayward, WI $122,528 Herbster, WI $123,137 Hertel, WI $122,959 High Bridge, WI $122,619 Iron River, WI $123,500 Ladysmith, WI $122,908 Lake Nebagamon, WI $124,082 La Pointe, WI $122,595

Luck, WI $126,199 Maple, WI $124,374 Marengo, WI $122,568 Mason, WI $122,585 Mikana, WI $123,258 Milltown, WI $126,726 Minong, WI $123,303 Odanah, WI $123,081

Ojibwa, WI $122,316 Glidden, WI $122,361 Harshaw, WI $122,929 Hawkins, WI $122,695 Hazelhurst, WI $122,949 Heafford Junction, WI $123,053 Hurley, WI $122,702 Iron Belt, WI $122,473

Kennan, WI $122,715 Lac Du Flambeau, WI $122,916 Lake Tomahawk, WI $122,985 Land O Lakes, WI $122,820 Laona, WI $122,888 Long Lake, WI $122,551 Mc Naughton, WI $122,999 Manitowish Waters, WI $122,811

Mellen, WI $122,412 Mercer, WI $122,594 Minocqua, WI $123,045 Montreal, WI $122,734 Park Falls, WI $122,686 Phelps, WI $122,819 Phillips, WI $122,741 Prentice, WI $122,836

Presque Isle, WI $122,760 Saint Germain, WI $123,070 Saxon, WI $122,520 Sayner, WI $122,902 Star Lake, WI $122,582 Three Lakes, WI $122,925 Tony, WI $122,892 Tripoli, WI $122,628

Upson, WI $122,108 Wabeno, WI $122,898 Woodruff, WI $123,097 La Crosse, WI $122,232 Alma, WI $125,346 Alma Center, WI $123,693 Arcadia, WI $124,145 Arkdale, WI $123,225

Bangor, WI $122,499 Black River Falls, WI $123,292 Blair, WI $123,666 Camp Douglas, WI $123,406 Cashton, WI $122,632 Cataract, WI $122,828 Chaseburg, WI $122,433 Cochrane, WI $125,129

Coon Valley, WI $122,384 De Soto, WI $122,645 Dodge, WI $123,797 Eastman, WI $122,993 Ettrick, WI $122,880 Ferryville, WI $122,845 Fountain City, WI $124,588 Galesville, WI $123,254

Gays Mills, WI $123,229 Genoa, WI $122,524 Hillsboro, WI $123,669 Hixton, WI $123,692 Holmen, WI $122,516 Hustler, WI $123,857 Kendall, WI $123,516 La Farge, WI $123,327

Lynxville, WI $123,003 Mather, WI $123,258 Melrose, WI $122,856 Millston, WI $122,994 Mindoro, WI $122,603 Mount Sterling, WI $123,432 Necedah, WI $123,272 Norwalk, WI $122,777

Oakdale, WI $123,413 Onalaska, WI $122,325 Ontario, WI $123,315 Readstown, WI $123,186 Rockland, WI $122,476 Seneca, WI $123,553 Soldiers Grove, WI $123,322 Sparta, WI $122,730

Steuben, WI $123,215 Stoddard, WI $122,332 Taylor, WI $123,423 Tomah, WI $123,475 Trempealeau, WI $123,238 Palmyra, WI $126,024 Tunnel City, WI $123,415 Viola, WI $123,405

Viroqua, WI $122,634 Warrens, WI $123,222 Westby, WI $122,572 West Salem, WI $122,389 Wilton, WI $123,406 Eau Claire, WI $124,204 Altoona, WI $124,373 Arkansaw, WI $125,677

Augusta, WI $123,893 Bay City, WI $126,819 Bloomer, WI $123,467 Boyceville, WI $125,415 Glen Flora, WI $122,691 Wales, WI $127,748 Bagley, WI $123,014 Beetown, WI $123,137

Benton, WI $123,623 Bloomington, WI $123,159 Boscobel, WI $123,424 Cassville, WI $123,012 Cuba City, WI $123,403 Dickeyville, WI $123,507 Fennimore, WI $123,572 Glen Haven, WI $122,945

Hazel Green, WI $123,203 Kieler, WI $123,542 Lancaster, WI $123,290 Mount Hope, WI $123,140 Patch Grove, WI $123,584 Platteville, WI $123,815 Potosi, WI $123,046 Prairie Du Chien, WI $123,314

Sinsinawa, WI $123,154 Stitzer, WI $123,533 Wauzeka, WI $123,201 Woodman, WI $123,066 Portage, WI $125,776 Adams, WI $123,792 Arlington, WI $127,048 Baraboo, WI $125,786

Beaver Dam, WI $125,673 Brandon, WI $124,335 Briggsville, WI $124,994 Burnett, WI $124,825 Cambria, WI $125,600 Cazenovia, WI $123,893 Columbus, WI $126,663 Dalton, WI $124,885

Dellwood, WI $123,375 Doylestown, WI $126,466 Elroy, WI $123,552 Endeavor, WI $124,837 Fairwater, WI $124,578 Fall River, WI $126,305 Fox Lake, WI $125,053 Friendship, WI $123,419

Friesland, WI $125,439 Grand Marsh, WI $123,847 Hillpoint, WI $124,617 Kingston, WI $125,003 Lake Delton, WI $125,324 La Valle, WI $124,065 Lime Ridge, WI $124,529 Loganville, WI $124,904

Lyndon Station, WI $124,231 Markesan, WI $124,399 Marquette, WI $124,829 Mauston, WI $123,762 Montello, WI $124,396 New Lisbon, WI $123,420 North Freedom, WI $125,847 Oxford, WI $124,417

Packwaukee, WI $124,912 Pardeeville, WI $125,851 Poynette, WI $126,649 Randolph, WI $125,597 Reedsburg, WI $124,868 Rio, WI $126,514 Rock Springs, WI $125,033 Union Center, WI $124,110

Waupun, WI $124,595 Westfield, WI $123,819 Wisconsin Dells, WI $124,809 Wonewoc, WI $123,641 Wyocena, WI $126,134 Amery, WI $127,406 Baldwin, WI $128,172 Beldenville, WI $127,935

Clayton, WI $125,739 Clear Lake, WI $126,752 Cushing, WI $126,976 Deer Park, WI $127,662 Dresser, WI $128,522 East Ellsworth, WI $127,610 Ellsworth, WI $127,820 Glenwood City, WI $127,034

Hager City, WI $128,147 Hammond, WI $129,681 Hudson, WI $131,734 New Richmond, WI $129,994 Osceola, WI $130,330 Prescott, WI $130,688 River Falls, WI $130,525 Roberts, WI $130,488

Saint Croix Falls, WI $127,761 Somerset, WI $131,218 Star Prairie, WI $129,650 Pell Lake, WI $125,682 Pleasant Prairie, WI $125,799 Powers Lake, WI $125,897 Rochester, WI $126,403 Salem, WI $125,997

Silver Lake, WI $126,028 Somers, WI $125,645 South Milwaukee, WI $129,363 Springfield, WI $125,737 Sturtevant, WI $125,669 Sullivan, WI $126,319 Trevor, WI $126,056 Twin Lakes, WI $126,002

Union Grove, WI $125,942 Walworth, WI $125,472 Radisson, WI $122,472 Waterford, WI $127,070 Waukesha, WI $128,999 Whitewater, WI $125,306 Williams Bay, WI $125,351 Wilmot, WI $126,050

Woodworth, WI $125,897 Zenda, WI $125,345 Milwaukee, WI $130,066 Saint Francis, WI $130,009 Racine, WI $125,584 Afton, WI $125,218 Albany, WI $126,072 Arena, WI $126,115

Argyle, WI $125,368 Avalon, WI $125,237 Avoca, WI $124,517 Barneveld, WI $126,125 Belleville, WI $126,904 Belmont, WI $124,161 Beloit, WI $125,103 Black Earth, WI $126,910

Blanchardville, WI $125,698 Blue Mounds, WI $126,535 Blue River, WI $123,379 Brodhead, WI $125,212 Brooklyn, WI $126,965 Browntown, WI $124,384 Cambridge, WI $126,904 Gile, WI $123,112

Clinton, WI $125,309 Wausau, WI $123,520 Marshfield, WI $123,574 Abbotsford, WI $123,452 Amherst, WI $123,780 Amherst Junction, WI $123,641 Aniwa, WI $123,036 Antigo, WI $123,158

Arpin, WI $123,329 Athens, WI $123,168 Auburndale, WI $123,268 Babcock, WI $123,076 Birnamwood, WI $123,110 Blenker, WI $123,251 Bowler, WI $123,349 Brokaw, WI $123,355

Bryant, WI $122,892 Chili, WI $123,424 Colby, WI $123,385 Curtiss, WI $123,329 Custer, WI $123,467 Deerbrook, WI $122,884 Dorchester, WI $123,337 Edgar, WI $123,266

Eland, WI $123,250 Elcho, WI $122,944 Elderon, WI $123,324 Elton, WI $123,050 Galloway, WI $123,441 Gilman, WI $123,059 Jump River, WI $122,951 Gleason, WI $122,910

Granton, WI $123,418 Greenwood, WI $123,481 Hannibal, WI $123,038 Hatley, WI $123,202 Hewitt, WI $123,795 Irma, WI $122,966 Junction City, WI $123,203 Loyal, WI $123,470

Lublin, WI $123,163 Marathon, WI $123,244 Mattoon, WI $123,489 Medford, WI $123,205 Merrill, WI $123,163 Milladore, WI $123,248 Mosinee, WI $123,328 Neillsville, WI $123,588

Nekoosa, WI $123,371 Nelsonville, WI $123,910 Ogema, WI $122,872 Owen, WI $123,355 Pearson, WI $122,842 Pelican Lake, WI $122,850 Phlox, WI $123,398 Woodville, WI $127,465

Houlton, WI $132,058 Abrams, WI $123,524 Amberg, WI $122,777 Armstrong Creek, WI $122,808 Athelstane, WI $122,856 Black Creek, WI $124,862 Bonduel, WI $123,867 Brillion, WI $124,751

Cecil, WI $123,676 Coleman, WI $123,418 Combined Locks, WI $125,691 Crivitz, WI $123,196 De Pere, WI $123,789 Dunbar, WI $122,727 Fence, WI $122,598 Florence, WI $122,779

Forest Junction, WI $125,107 Gillett, WI $123,587 Goodman, WI $122,803 Greenleaf, WI $124,264 Green Valley, WI $123,620 Gresham, WI $123,542 Hilbert, WI $125,060 Kaukauna, WI $125,537

Freedom, WI $125,381 Keshena, WI $123,675 Kimberly, WI $125,699 Krakow, WI $123,622 Lakewood, WI $123,006 Lena, WI $123,502 Little Chute, WI $125,694 Little Suamico, WI $123,493

Marinette, WI $123,572 Mountain, WI $123,077 Neopit, WI $123,372 Niagara, WI $122,912 Nichols, WI $124,310 Oconto, WI $123,491 Oconto Falls, WI $123,558 Oneida, WI $123,633

Pembine, WI $122,833 Peshtigo, WI $123,468 Porterfield, WI $123,146 Potter, WI $124,817 Pound, WI $123,284 Pulaski, WI $123,667 Pickerel, WI $122,958 Pittsville, WI $123,238

Plover, WI $123,653 Port Edwards, WI $123,718 Rib Lake, WI $123,041 Ringle, WI $123,163 Rosholt, WI $123,416 Rothschild, WI $123,635 Rudolph, WI $123,288 Schofield, WI $123,533

Spencer, WI $123,446 Stetsonville, WI $123,261 Stevens Point, WI $123,598 Stratford, WI $123,342 Summit Lake, WI $122,980 Tigerton, WI $123,540 Tomahawk, WI $123,057 Unity, WI $123,349

Vesper, WI $123,306 Westboro, WI $122,881 White Lake, WI $122,944 Willard, WI $123,454 Wisconsin Rapids, WI $123,526 Withee, WI $123,281 Wittenberg, WI $123,390 Rhinelander, WI $123,125

Argonne, WI $122,730 Boulder Junction, WI $122,807 Brantwood, WI $122,693 Butternut, WI $122,493 Catawba, WI $122,732 Clam Lake, WI $122,068 Conover, WI $122,871 Crandon, WI $123,062

Eagle River, WI $123,054 Fifield, WI $122,654 Poplar, WI $124,555 Port Wing, WI $123,531 Seymour, WI $124,161 Oak Creek, WI $128,489 Adell, WI $125,979 Allenton, WI $126,438

Ashippun, WI $126,845 Belgium, WI $127,214 Brookfield, WI $129,779 Brownsville, WI $124,722 Butler, WI $129,854 Campbellsport, WI $125,338 Cascade, WI $125,234 Cedarburg, WI $128,673

Cedar Grove, WI $126,629 Chilton, WI $124,822 Cleveland, WI $124,322 Clyman, WI $125,851 Colgate, WI $128,468 Delafield, WI $127,697 Eden, WI $124,683 Elkhart Lake, WI $124,674

Fredonia, WI $127,182 Germantown, WI $129,002 Glenbeulah, WI $124,613 Grafton, WI $128,697 Greenbush, WI $124,609 Hartford, WI $127,335 Hartland, WI $128,086 Hingham, WI $125,778

Horicon, WI $125,486 Hubertus, WI $128,296 Hustisford, WI $125,989 Iron Ridge, WI $126,176 Ixonia, WI $126,568 Jackson, WI $128,307 Johnson Creek, WI $126,179 Juneau, WI $125,485

Kewaskum, WI $126,492 Kiel, WI $124,456 Kohler, WI $124,992 Lannon, WI $129,181 Lebanon, WI $126,111 Lomira, WI $125,307 Malone, WI $124,716 Mayville, WI $125,348

Menomonee Falls, WI $129,375 Merton, WI $128,296 Mount Calvary, WI $124,821 Nashotah, WI $127,669 Neosho, WI $126,614 Newburg, WI $127,697 New Holstein, WI $124,646 Newton, WI $124,204

North Lake, WI $128,742 Oakfield, WI $124,491 Oconomowoc, WI $127,167 Okauchee, WI $127,530 Oostburg, WI $126,007 Pewaukee, WI $128,641 Plymouth, WI $124,843 Port Washington, WI $127,917

Random Lake, WI $126,577 Richfield, WI $128,365 Rubicon, WI $126,833 Saint Cloud, WI $124,809 Saukville, WI $128,075 Sheboygan, WI $125,351 Sheboygan Falls, WI $124,929 Slinger, WI $127,735

Stockbridge, WI $125,102 Sussex, WI $128,739 West Bend, WI $127,071 Theresa, WI $126,056 Thiensville, WI $129,623 Waldo, WI $125,665 Watertown, WI $126,020 Mequon, WI $129,290

Woodland, WI $126,289 Bassett, WI $126,003 Benet Lake, WI $125,885 Big Bend, WI $127,968 Bristol, WI $125,901 Burlington, WI $126,137 Caledonia, WI $126,609 Camp Lake, WI $126,041

Cudahy, WI $129,907 Darien, WI $125,446 Delavan, WI $125,393 Dousman, WI $126,823 Eagle, WI $126,590 Cobb, WI $124,586 Cottage Grove, WI $127,631 Cross Plains, WI $127,312

Dane, WI $127,304 Darlington, WI $124,516 Deerfield, WI $127,280 De Forest, WI $127,447 Dodgeville, WI $125,144 Edgerton, WI $126,626 Edmund, WI $124,859 Evansville, WI $126,279

Footville, WI $125,489 Fort Atkinson, WI $126,082 Gotham, WI $125,141 Gratiot, WI $123,958 Hanover, WI $125,463 Highland, WI $124,418 Hollandale, WI $125,898 Janesville, WI $125,561

Shawano, WI $123,746 Sherwood, WI $125,428 Shiocton, WI $124,545 Sobieski, WI $123,514 Suamico, WI $123,480 Suring, WI $123,326 Townsend, WI $123,062 Wausaukee, WI $122,989

Wrightstown, WI $125,057 Zachow, WI $123,715 Algoma, WI $123,488 Baileys Harbor, WI $123,149 Brussels, WI $123,475 Casco, WI $123,500 Collins, WI $124,468 Denmark, WI $123,646

Egg Harbor, WI $123,246 Ellison Bay, WI $123,036 Ephraim, WI $123,245 Fish Creek, WI $123,163 Forestville, WI $123,478 Francis Creek, WI $123,789 Kellnersville, WI $123,871 Kewaunee, WI $123,558

Luxemburg, WI $123,502 Manitowoc, WI $124,022 Maplewood, WI $123,455 Maribel, WI $123,793 Mishicot, WI $123,689 New Franken, WI $123,484 Reedsville, WI $124,123 Saint Nazianz, WI $124,367

Sister Bay, WI $123,172 Sturgeon Bay, WI $123,498 Tisch Mills, WI $123,633 Two Rivers, WI $123,679 Valders, WI $124,309 Washington Island, WI $122,964 Whitelaw, WI $123,876 Green Bay, WI $123,466

East Troy, WI $126,590 Elkhorn, WI $125,719 Elm Grove, WI $129,854 Fontana, WI $125,422 Franksville, WI $126,526 Genesee Depot, WI $127,500 Genoa City, WI $125,780 Greendale, WI $129,761

Hales Corners, WI $129,538 Franklin, WI $128,791 Helenville, WI $125,880 Honey Creek, WI $126,194 Kansasville, WI $126,150 Kenosha, WI $125,615 New Berlin, WI $129,133 Lake Geneva, WI $125,354

Lyons, WI $126,028 Mukwonago, WI $127,364 Muskego, WI $128,170 New Munster, WI $126,042 North Prairie, WI $127,295 Fremont, WI $124,649 Rice Lake, WI $123,159 Sarona, WI $122,858

Shell Lake, WI $122,963 Siren, WI $124,206 Solon Springs, WI $123,509 South Range, WI $124,674 Springbrook, WI $122,621 Stone Lake, WI $122,667 Superior, WI $124,807 Trego, WI $122,753

Turtle Lake, WI $125,533 Wascott, WI $123,384 Washburn, WI $122,911 Webster, WI $123,060 Weyerhaeuser, WI $122,860 Winter, WI $122,274 Oshkosh, WI $124,977 Almond, WI $123,626

Appleton, WI $125,701 Bancroft, WI $123,240 Bear Creek, WI $124,345 Berlin, WI $124,431 Big Falls, WI $124,058 Butte Des Morts, WI $124,912 Caroline, WI $123,723 Clintonville, WI $124,043

Coloma, WI $123,301 Dale, WI $125,139 Eldorado, WI $124,681 Embarrass, WI $124,001 Eureka, WI $124,465 Fond Du Lac, WI $125,287 Jefferson, WI $125,977 Juda, WI $125,056

Lake Mills, WI $126,580 Linden, WI $124,729 Livingston, WI $124,088 Lodi, WI $126,897 Lone Rock, WI $124,764 Lowell, WI $126,089 Mc Farland, WI $127,773 Marshall, WI $127,144

Mazomanie, WI $126,845 Merrimac, WI $126,345 Middleton, WI $127,681 Milton, WI $125,616 Mineral Point, WI $124,783 Monroe, WI $124,979 Montfort, WI $124,141 Monticello, WI $125,928

Morrisonville, WI $127,315 Mount Horeb, WI $126,717 Muscoda, WI $123,931 New Glarus, WI $126,444 Oregon, WI $127,560 Orfordville, WI $125,345 Plain, WI $125,143 Prairie Du Sac, WI $126,411

Reeseville, WI $126,345 Rewey, WI $124,228 Richland Center, WI $123,806 Ridgeway, WI $126,042 Sauk City, WI $126,448 Sextonville, WI $124,944 Sharon, WI $125,416 Shullsburg, WI $123,720

South Wayne, WI $124,222 Spring Green, WI $125,625 Stoughton, WI $127,318 Sun Prairie, WI $127,447 Verona, WI $127,412 Waterloo, WI $126,752 Waunakee, WI $127,731 Windsor, WI $127,651

Woodford, WI $124,959 Madison, WI $128,000

Software Design Engineer Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

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Last Updated on May 01, 2026

$116,744

Average $127,805/year

$138,041

$9,729

Average $10,650/month

$11,503

$2,245

Average $2,458/week

$2,655

$56

Average $61/hour

$66

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$138,041	$11,503	$2,655	$66
Average	$127,805	$10,650	$2,458	$61
25th Percentile	$116,744	$9,729	$2,245	$56

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