Software Developers, Systems Software (15-1133)

Occupation description:  Research, design, develop, and test operating systems-level software, compilers, and network distribution software for medical, industrial, military, communications, aerospace, business, scientific, and general computing applications. Set operational specifications and formulate and analyze software requirements. May design embedded systems software. Apply principles and techniques of computer science, engineering, and mathematical analysis.

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Job outlook

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Wages

Wage data is not available.

Labor Force Indicators

2016 Worker Characteristics
Total workers	Nonresident workers	Percent nonresident	Percent age 45 plus	Percent age 50 plus
90	21	23.3	47.1	27.1

2016 Potential Supply
Qualified but working in another occupation	23
Currently employed in a lower paid occupation	16
UI claimants previously working in occupation	6

2016 ALEXsys Employment Data
Number of registrants	49
Number of job position postings	1
Ratio of registrants to job position postings	49.0

Typical Entry-level Education, Experience, and/or On-the-job Training

Training Resources

Alaska Economic Trends articles

Alaska’s IT Workers (April 2013)