Programmer I Salary in District of Columbia

How much does a Programmer I make in DC?

As of March 01, 2025, the average annual salary for a Programmer I in District of Columbia is $86,868. Salary.com reports that pay typically ranges from $77,831 to $97,432, with most professionals earning between $69,603 and $107,051.

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Location	Avg. Salary	Date Updated
Location Naval Anacost Annex, DC	Avg. Salary $86,868	Date Updated March 01, 2025
Location Parcel Return Service, DC	Avg. Salary $86,868	Date Updated March 01, 2025
Location Washington, DC	Avg. Salary $86,868	Date Updated March 01, 2025
Location Washington Navy Yard, DC	Avg. Salary $86,868	Date Updated March 01, 2025

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Prepares block diagrams, detailed flowcharts, and related documentation describing operations to be performed by computers.

February 24, 2023

Develop new and maintain existing SAS programs to analyze healthcare claims to support ad hoc data requests, including data processing, data cleansing and exploratory data analysis (EDA).

March 18, 2023

Participate in designing, coding, testing, debugging, configuring, and documenting proprietary applications and software.

March 21, 2023

Designs information systems that require innovative and/or diversified approaches to the resolution of problems in the areas of data collection, data reduction and coding, systems controls, auditing, processing cycles, and inquiry and reporting.

March 22, 2023

Understands when, where, and why to use different programming languages used by their development team.

April 15, 2023

Assists in creation of marketing material to include internal communications coordination with other contributors as necessary, ghost writing, editing, design and distribution.

April 16, 2023

Supporting clients in the energy, government and education sectors, Darby helps growing organizations to maximize the value from their IT projects by integrating experienced and specialized IT project professionals, success-based methodology and cloud-based project management tools at affordable rates for growing organizations.

April 21, 2023

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About District of Columbia

Washington, D.C. is located in the mid-Atlantic region of the U.S. East Coast. Due to the District of Columbia retrocession, the city has a total area of 68.34 square miles (177.0 km2), of which 61.05 square miles (158.1 km2) is land and 7.29 square miles (18.9 km2) (10.67%) is water. The District is bordered by Montgomery County, Maryland to the northwest; Prince George's County, Maryland to the east; Arlington County, Virginia to the south; and Alexandria, Virginia to the west. The south bank of the Potomac River forms the District's border with Virginia and has two major tributaries: the An...

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