Survey the results of interviews with 30 different graduates from App Academy, revealing their earnings post-graduation. Get a glimpse into their financial success.
App Academy alumni leave our program and go on to live fulfilling careers as software engineers and web developers.
We create an annual survey* and allow graduates to — anonymously — share their salaries, bonus structures, and years on the job. This helps us paint a picture of how successful our alumni go on to be and provides data that informs larger industry-wide studies, like the average salary for a software engineer in every city.
We took 30 responses from that survey data to compile this list of App Academy graduate salaries:
*data taken from 2021 App Academy Alum Survey. Click here to see our outcomes information.
30 App Academy alumni and their salaries
Alumni 1
Base salary: $170,000
Bonuses: $3,000
Time as a software engineer: 4+ years
Alumni 2
Base salary: $97,000
Bonuses:- $0
Time as a software engineer: Under 1 year
Alumni 3
Base salary: $132,000
Bonuses: $0
Time as a software engineer: 1-2 years
Alumni 4
Base salary: $53,000
Bonuses: $8,000
Time as a software engineer: 1-2 years
Alumni 5
Base salary: $70,000
Bonuses: $0
Time as a software engineer: Under 1 year
Alumni 6
Base salary: $114,000
Bonuses: $10,000
Time as a software engineer: 2-3 years
Alumni 7
Base salary: $130,000
Bonuses: $0
Time as a software engineer: 1-2 years
Alumni 8
Base salary: $130,000
Bonuses: $14,000
Time as a software engineer: 3-4 years
Alumni 9
Base salary: $130,000
Bonuses: $195,000
Time as a software engineer: 2-3 years
Alumni 10
Base salary: $85,000
Bonuses: $0
Time as a software engineer: Under 1 year
Alumni 11
Base salary: $100,000
Bonuses: $1,000
Time as a software engineer: 1-2 years
Alumni 12
Base salary: $170,000
Bonuses: $25,000
Time as a software engineer: 4+ years
Alumni 13
Base salary: $99,840
Bonuses: $0
Time as a software engineer: Under 1 year
Alumni 14
Base salary: $145,000
Bonuses: $20,000
Time as a software engineer: 3-4 years
Alumni 15
Base salary: $92,000
Bonuses: $23,000
Time as a software engineer: 2-3 years
Alumni 16
Base salary: $144,000
Bonuses: $0
Time as a software engineer: 4+ years
Alumni 17
Base salary: $71,000
Bonuses: $5,000
Time as a software engineer: Less than 1 year
Alumni 18
Base salary: $192,000
Bonuses: $19,200
Time as a software engineer: 4+ years
Alumni 19
Base salary: $130,000
Bonuses: $0
Time as a software engineer: Less than 1 year
Alumni 20
Base salary: $165,000
Bonuses: $20,000
Time as a software engineer: 3-4 years
Alumni 21
Base salary: $80,000
Bonuses: $3,000
Time as a software engineer: Less than 1 year
Alumni 22
Base salary: $125,000
Bonuses: 0
Time as a software engineer: 2-3 years
Alumni 23
Base salary: $166,500
Bonuses: $16,000
Time as a software engineer: 4+ years
Alumni 24
Base salary: $121,818
Bonuses: $11,440
Time as a software engineer: 1-2 years
Alumni 25
Base salary: $200,000
Bonuses: $100,000
Time as a software engineer: 4+ years
Alumni 26
Base salary: $105,000
Bonuses: $0
Time as a software engineer: Under 1 year
Alumni 27
Base salary: $216,000
Bonuses: $50,000
Time as a software engineer: 3-4 years
Alumni 28
Base salary: $85,000
Bonuses: $0
Time as a software engineer: Less than 1 year
Alumni 29
Base salary: $140,000
Bonuses: $10,000
Time as a software engineer: 2-3 years
Alumni 30
Base salary: $180,000
Bonuses: $15,000
Time as a software engineer: 3-4 years
Become a software engineer through App Academy
Salaries like those above are not only attainable — they’re a reality for App Academy graduates around the world.
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