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Software development tools

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Software development tools is a software tool tracked in the Development environment software category of O*NET's Technology Skills file. It appears in the technology profile of 27 occupations that together employ about 5,129,410 workers, with a median wage of $103,790.

Across the occupations that use it, the work is 87th percentile for AI task-exposure (High) — how much of what those jobs do overlaps with what today's AI can attempt. That measures the exposure of the work, not the value of the tool or any sign it is being replaced. See where every tool category sits →

Occupations that use this tool

Occupations whose O*NET technology profile lists Software development tools, ranked by employment. Wage and employment are BLS OEWS (national, cross-industry, May 2024) and describe the occupation, not an individual or the tool's own market.

Occupation Workers Median pay
Software Developers 1,654,440 $133,080
Regulatory Affairs Managers 630,980 $136,550
Health Informatics Specialists 497,800 $103,790
Geographic Information Systems Technologists and Technicians 439,380 $108,970
Penetration Testers 439,380 $108,970
Web Administrators 439,380 $108,970
Robotics Engineers 150,750 $117,750
Solar Energy Systems Engineers 150,750 $117,750
Wind Energy Engineers 150,750 $117,750
Media Technical Directors/Managers 145,270 $83,480
Bioinformatics Scientists 59,710 $93,330
Biologists 59,710 $93,330
Chemical Technicians 55,640 $57,790
Urban and Regional Planners 43,040 $83,720
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary 36,240 $96,690
Biostatisticians 29,800 $103,300
Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers 21,860 $106,950
Physicists 21,340 $166,290
Avionics Technicians 20,900 $81,390
Petroleum Engineers 18,970 $141,280
Nuclear Engineers 14,740 $127,520
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists 12,790 $78,380
Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary 11,480 $101,390
Atmospheric and Space Scientists 8,780 $97,450
Anthropologists and Archeologists 8,070 $64,910
Statistical Assistants 5,900 $51,440
Astronomers 1,560 $132,170
Exposure quadrant: AI task-overlap percentile vs Median pay AI task-overlap (horizontal) versus median pay (vertical), each as a percentile across all scored occupations, for 27 occupations in occupations that use Software development tools. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Avionics Technicians Chemical Technicians Anthropologists and Archeologists Media Technical Directors/Managers Robotics Engineers Biologists Regulatory Affairs Managers Cartographers and Photogrammetrists Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary Physicists Statistical Assistants AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that use Software development tools, by AI task-overlap and median pay

Related tools

Other software in the Development environment software category.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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Singulariki. "Software development tools." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/software/software-development-tools

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Singulariki. (2026). Software development tools. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/software/software-development-tools

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  title  = {Software development tools},
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  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/software/software-development-tools}
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