Provide America's taxpayers top quality service by helping them understand and meet their tax responsibilities and enforce the law with integrity and fairness to all. This mission statement describes our role and the public’s expectation about how we should perform that role. In the United States, the Congress passes tax laws and requires taxpayers to comply. The taxpayer’s role is to understand and meet his or her tax obligations. The IRS role is to help the large majority of compliant taxpayers with the tax law, while ensuring that the minority who are unwilling to comply pay their fair share. read more

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IRS Software Engineer Salaries in Chicago

The average IRS Software Engineer in Chicago earns an estimated $89,873 annually, which includes an estimated base salary of $82,946 with a $6,927 bonus. IRS' Software Engineer compensation is $17,336 less than the US average for a Software Engineer. Software Engineer salaries at IRS in Chicago can range from $60,000 - $156,110.

In Chicago, The Engineering Department at IRS earns $4,854 more on average than the Sales Department.

Last updated a year ago.

$30k

$54k

$77k

$101k

$211k

$358k

$430k

$89,873

Average Compensation

$82,946: avg. base

$6,927: avg. bonus

Software Engineer Salaries at IRS

In Chicago, Software Engineers earn $2,817 more than Developers, and $12,589 less than Data Scientists.

Director of Engineering

$223k*

Engineering Manager

$157k*

Principal Engineer

$138k*

Senior Developer

$119k*

DevOps

$110k

Lead Engineer

$106k*

QA Manager

$103k*

Data Scientist

$102k*

Developer

$87k*

$83k*

* estimated salary

Compensation at IRS by Department

In Chicago, The Engineering Department averages $4,854 more than the Sales Department, and $6,852 less than the IT Department

$114,465 Avg. total comp.

+$7k

Engineering

$107,613 Avg. total comp.

Sales

$102,759 Avg. total comp.

-$5k

Software Engineer Compensation by Gender (All Companies)

The average female Software Engineer at companies similar size to IRS reported making $123,753, while the average male Software Engineer at similar sized companies reported making $124,781.

Software Engineer Compensation by Ethnicity (All Companies)

The average Asian or Pacific Islander Software Engineer at companies similar size to IRS reported making $128,749, while the average African American/Black Software Engineer at similar sized companies reported making $102,002.

How Software Engineers at IRS Rate Their Compensation

The majority of Software Engineers at IRS believe they're not compensated fairly. 100% of Software Engineers at IRS say they receive annual bonuses, and the vast majority (84%) are satisfied with their benefits. See more compensation ratings at IRS

Do you believe you're paid fairly?

46% Yes

Does your company give annual bonuses?

100% Yes

100

Are you satisfied with your Benefits?

84% Yes

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