The top three occupations in the Software publishing Industry Group are software developers, other managers, and sales representatives of services, except advertising, insurance, financial services, and travel. On average, full-time employees in the Software publishing Industry Group work 44.3 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $151,693. Part-time employees in the same industry work 20.2 hours and earn an average annual salary of $59,050.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Software publishing Industry Group are Dane County--Cities of Fitchburg & Verona and other near-S/SW/W/NW suburban MCDs PUMA, WI, Santa Clara County (Northwest)--Sunnyvale City PUMA, CA, and King County (Northwest Central)--Greater Bellevue City PUMA, WA.

The workforce of Software publishing Industry Group in 2022 was 159,785 people, with 33.5% woman, and 66.5% men.

In 2022, 66.9% of the workforce in the Software publishing Industry Group was White (106,824 people), of which 32.9% were women and 67.1% men.