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Software Engineer salaries in Educational Services
Explore Software Engineer pay at 14 employers in Educational Services. Employer industry and career are separate: this page focuses on the employers assigned to this sector, while the career can also appear elsewhere.
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Selected supported source cohorts for Software Engineer salaries in Educational Services. These are individual benchmarks, not an average across employers or levels.
Software Engineer · Western Governors University · All reported locations
For Software Engineer at Western Governors University in All reported locations, the median offered annual base wage is USD $156,500. The sample denominator is 20 offered-wage filings. Measurement period: FY 2026 filings. Benchmark year: 2026.
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Software Engineer · WGU Corporation · All reported locations
For Software Engineer at WGU Corporation in All reported locations, the median offered annual base wage is USD $187,550. The sample denominator is 16 offered-wage filings. Measurement period: FY 2026 filings. Benchmark year: 2026.
Wages.fyi calculates this median from available regulatory wage filings. Filings describe offered base wages, not realized employee earnings or total compensation. Bonus and equity are not inferred.
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Software Engineer · The Leland Stanford, Jr University · All reported locations
For Software Engineer at The Leland Stanford, Jr University in All reported locations, the median offered annual base wage is USD $154,791. The sample denominator is 13 offered-wage filings. Measurement period: FY 2026 filings. Benchmark year: 2026.
Wages.fyi calculates this median from available regulatory wage filings. Filings describe offered base wages, not realized employee earnings or total compensation. Bonus and equity are not inferred.
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Only public source benchmarks with at least five samples and a disclosed median appear here. Samples can overlap and are never added into an employee total. Source sampling methods apply; published sample counts are not guaranteed to represent unique employees. Missing pay components stay undisclosed. Methodology.
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| EMPLOYER / ROLE | TOTAL COMP | BASE SALARY | STOCK / YEAR | CASH BONUS | CONTEXT | |
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WG Western Governors UniversitySoftware EngineerAll reported locations | Not disclosedUSD · Median | $156,500 | — | — | Offered base wage · filing cohort20 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026 | |
WC WGU CorporationSoftware EngineerAll reported locations | Not disclosedUSD · Median | $187,550 | — | — | Offered base wage · filing cohort16 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026 | |
TL The Leland Stanford, Jr UniversitySoftware EngineerAll reported locations | Not disclosedUSD · Median | $154,791 | — | — | Offered base wage · filing cohort13 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026 | |
AE Access Education Services, LLCSoftware EngineerAll reported locations | Not disclosedUSD · Median | $177,500 | — | — | Offered base wage · filing cohort10 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026 | |
MH McGraw Hill LLCSoftware EngineerAll reported locations | Not disclosedUSD · Median | $157,186 | — | — | Offered base wage · filing cohort10 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026 | |
JH Johns Hopkins UniversitySoftware EngineerAll reported locations | Not disclosedUSD · Median | $172,500 | — | — | Offered base wage · filing cohort8 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026 | |
SL Savvas Learning Company LLCSoftware EngineerAll reported locations | Not disclosedUSD · Median | $158,500 | — | — | Offered base wage · filing cohort8 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026 | |
UO University of MichiganSoftware EngineerAll reported locations | Not disclosedUSD · Median | $91,796 | — | — | Offered base wage · filing cohort7 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026 | |
UL UWorld, LLCSoftware EngineerAll reported locations | Not disclosedUSD · Median | $91,980 | — | — | Offered base wage · filing cohort7 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026 | |
CI Coursera Inc.Software EngineerAll reported locations | Not disclosedUSD · Median | $192,068 | — | — | Offered base wage · filing cohort6 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026 | |
UO University of IllinoisSoftware EngineerAll reported locations | Not disclosedUSD · Median | $90,190 | — | — | Offered base wage · filing cohort6 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026 | |
AL Ascend Learning LLC.Software EngineerAll reported locations | Not disclosedUSD · Median | $139,152 | — | — | Offered base wage · filing cohort5 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026 | |
IU Indiana University IndianapolisSoftware EngineerAll reported locations | Not disclosedUSD · Median | $70,533 | — | — | Offered base wage · filing cohort5 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026 | |
IS Iowa State University of Science and TechnologySoftware EngineerAll reported locations | Not disclosedUSD · Median | $100,783 | — | — | Offered base wage · filing cohort5 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026 |
Questions about this pay market.
What are Software Engineer salaries in Educational Services?
The available evidence includes 14 supported public pay cohorts across 14 employers. The tables show individual employer benchmarks and their measurement definitions. We do not average employer medians into a single industry salary.
Does this page show base salary or total compensation?
Base-pay coverage is available. Government wage filings describe offered base pay. Missing stock, bonus and benefits are not inferred from those wages.
Can Software Engineer work in other industries?
A career and an employer sector answer different questions. This page uses the assigned employer industry; the broader Software Engineer career page includes supported employers in other sectors. Filings may cover only part of an employer’s workforce.
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