Average salary per year for Application Developer: $75,000
Lawyer: $64,000
Doctor: $57,000
Taxi Driver: $31,000
Graphic Designer: $51,000
Teacher: $43,000
Scientist: $70,000
Average Salary: $45,250
Profile of an Application Developer:
Age
61% Aged 30+
40% 25-34 years old
33 Years old is the average age
Gender
94% are male
Experience
52% have 2+ years
30% have 4+ years
Nationality
54% come from North America
Education
71% have college degrees and half of those have done some graduate work or hold graduate degrees.
The future of the application market
Today
– As of 2011, market has reached 5 billion dollars.
– Annual App downloads at iOS and Android App Store since launched 2008 reached 40 billion downloads as of mid-2012.
Tomorrow
– By 2016, it is estimated that mobile application revenue will reach $46 billion.
– Annual app downloads forecast on phones
2013 – 39 billion
2014 – 47 billion
2015 – 56 billion
– Annual app downloads forecast on phones
2013 – 9 billion
2014 – 13 billion
2015 – 18 billion
