'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.
25th Percentile $73,730. A software developerâs average salary, $99,530, is higher than most other occupations on our technology jobs list. For instance, a software developer made thousands more than computer systems analysts, who made an average salary of $87,320 in 2014, and computer programmers, who made about $82,690. However, software developers made about $36,750 less than IT managers, who brought home an average salary of $136,280 in 2014.