'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.
A software developer's average salary of $102,160, is higher than most other occupations on our technology jobs list. For instance, a software developer made thousands more than computer systems analysts, who earned an average salary of $90,180 in 2015, and computer programmers, who made $84,360. However, software developers made almost $39,000 less than IT managers, who brought home an average salary of $141,000 in 2015.