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Software Engineer salaries in Transportation and Warehousing
Explore Software Engineer pay at 15 employers in Transportation and Warehousing. 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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Public annual pay cohorts at employers in this industry
An industry-wide average is not calculated from these employer medians. Each row keeps its sample denominator and available component breakdown. Unknown components stay undisclosed.
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Selected supported source cohorts for Software Engineer salaries in Transportation and Warehousing. These are individual benchmarks, not an average across employers or levels.
Software Engineer · J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc. · All reported locations
For Software Engineer at J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc. in All reported locations, the median offered annual base wage is USD $126,150. The sample denominator is 122 offered-wage filings. Measurement period: FY 2026 filings. Benchmark year: 2026.
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Software Engineer · Federal Express Corporation · All reported locations
For Software Engineer at Federal Express Corporation in All reported locations, the median offered annual base wage is USD $119,061.50. The sample denominator is 88 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 · BNSF Railway Company · All reported locations
For Software Engineer at BNSF Railway Company in All reported locations, the median offered annual base wage is USD $165,000. The sample denominator is 49 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.
Coverage refreshed . Refresh dates can differ from when compensation was earned or wages were offered.
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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JB J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc.Software EngineerAll reported locations | Not disclosedUSD · Median | $126,150 | — | — | Offered base wage · filing cohort122 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026 | |
FE Federal Express CorporationSoftware EngineerAll reported locations | Not disclosedUSD · Median | $119,062 | — | — | Offered base wage · filing cohort88 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026 | |
BR BNSF Railway CompanySoftware EngineerAll reported locations | Not disclosedUSD · Median | $165,000 | — | — | Offered base wage · filing cohort49 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026 | |
FF FedEx Freight, Inc.Software EngineerAll reported locations | Not disclosedUSD · Median | $125,844 | — | — | Offered base wage · filing cohort47 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026 | |
NS NetJets Services Inc.Software EngineerAll reported locations | Not disclosedUSD · Median | $138,784 | — | — | Offered base wage · filing cohort17 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026 | |
SA Southwest Airlines Co.Software EngineerAll reported locations | Not disclosedUSD · Median | $156,998 | — | — | Offered base wage · filing cohort12 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026 | |
CT CSX Transportation, Inc.Software EngineerAll reported locations | Not disclosedUSD · Median | $150,800 | — | — | Offered base wage · filing cohort10 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026 | |
TI Thumbtack, Inc.Software EngineerAll reported locations | Not disclosedUSD · Median | $190,000 | — | — | Offered base wage · filing cohort10 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026 | |
UF Uber Freight US LLCSoftware EngineerAll reported locations | Not disclosedUSD · Median | $157,003 | — | — | Offered base wage · filing cohort10 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026 | |
NR National Railroad Passenger CorporationSoftware EngineerAll reported locations | Not disclosedUSD · Median | $133,344 | — | — | Offered base wage · filing cohort8 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026 | |
UP United Parcel Service General Services, Co. Software EngineerAll reported locations | Not disclosedUSD · Median | $185,115 | — | — | Offered base wage · filing cohort6 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026 | |
AA Alaska Airlines, Inc.Software EngineerAll reported locations | Not disclosedUSD · Median | $139,298 | — | — | Offered base wage · filing cohort5 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026 | |
CC Carnival CorporationSoftware EngineerAll reported locations | Not disclosedUSD · Median | $110,947 | — | — | Offered base wage · filing cohort5 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 13, 2026 | |
JA JetBlue AirwaysSoftware EngineerAll reported locations | Not disclosedUSD · Median | $160,805 | — | — | Offered base wage · filing cohort5 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026 | |
MN Matson Navigation CompanySoftware EngineerAll reported locations | Not disclosedUSD · Median | $157,934 | — | — | Offered base wage · filing cohort5 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026 |
Questions about this pay market.
What are Software Engineer salaries in Transportation and Warehousing?
The available evidence includes 15 supported public pay cohorts across 15 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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