'Dear Abby' advice columnist dies at age 94. MINNEAPOLIS â Pauline Friedman Phillips, who under the name of Abigail Van Buren, wrote the long-running Dear Abby advice column that was followed by millions of newspaper readers throughout the world, has died. She was 94.
Software Programmer Salary. The average pay for a Software Programmer is $58,001 per year. People in this job generally don't have more than 20 years' experience. $38,667 - $91,999.
In 2011, the average salaries for applications software engineers were $92,080 yearly, or $44.27 per hour. The lowest-paid earned less than $54,980, or $26.43, and the best-paid made over $136,490, or $65.62. Computer systems design had the highest employment and average wages of $92,050, or $44.25.