Application developer

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4/5

Key facts

+4.2%jobs, 2025 to 2035

United States

Employment in this job is holding up or growing in the United States, but it is highly exposed to AI. AI exposure: high according to the ILO, very high according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: +4.2% (BLS). Working well with AI is becoming an asset.

The job

Applications programmers (ISCO 2514). Applications programmers write and maintain programmable code outlined in technical instructions and specifications for software applications and operating systems.

Page built from official classifications (ILO, ESCO); figures cover all the jobs grouped here.

44 job titles linked to this page

Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.

app coder
app configurator
app developer
app programmer
app software developer
application configurators
application designer
application developer
application software configurator
application software developers
application software engineer
embedded software developerl embedded systems engineer
embedded software programmer
embedded system software developer
embedded system software programmer
embedded systems designer
embedded systems software developer
embedded systems software developers
handheld programmer
handheld software developer
ICT application configurator
ICT application developer
industrial mobile devices software coder
industrial mobile devices software developer
industrial mobile devices software programmer
mobile app developer
mobile app specialist
mobile application developer
mobile application developers
numerical process control set up operator
numerical process control operator
numerical process control programmer
numerical process control supervisor
numerical process control tool setting operator
numerical tool and process control programmer
numerical tool l programme setter
numerical tool machine operator
numerical tool machine set up operator
numerical tool maker
numerical tool programmer
numerical tool setter
numerical tool setting operator
software application configurator
software programmer

Training

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Gauges

Risk 4/5 · High

AI exposureVery highBLS AI exposure category "very high" (2026), higher than the ILO 2025 index (high)

Employment outlookGrowthBLS, 2025-2035 projections (Software developers; Computer numerically controlled tool operators; Computer numerically controlled tool programmers)

Hiring difficultyNot availableNo US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job

PayVery highBLS, 2025 median annual wage: $97,692

EntryMediumBLS, typical education needed for entry

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Sources

AI exposure categories and employment projections, 2025-2035 (XLSX file)Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States · August 2026 · official statistics
Generative AI and Jobs: a refined global index of occupational exposureInternational Labour Organization and NASK · May 2025 · large survey
ESCO, European classification of skills, competences, qualifications and occupations (job titles and O*NET crosswalk)European Commission · version 1.2 · official statistics
Jobs in 2030: projections by occupational family (summary table)Dares and France Stratégie · March 2022 · official statistics
Labour needs survey (BMO) 2026France Travail · 2026 · large survey
EURES report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annexEuropean Labour Authority · June 2026 · official statistics

Checked on 27 October 2026.