{
  "slug": "us-devtools",
  "name": "US Developer Tools & SaaS",
  "updated": "2026-10-04",
  "page": "https://godofstartups.com/atlas/markets/us-devtools",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "facts": [
    {
      "metric": "Gap in annualised revenue per employee between US software publishers and US IT services firms",
      "value": "3.26",
      "unit": "times",
      "geo": "US",
      "period": "2026-Q2",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.census.gov/services/qss/qss-current.xlsx"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Quarter on quarter change in revenue of US software publishers",
      "value": "3.8",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "US",
      "period": "2026-Q2",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.census.gov/services/qss/qss-current.xlsx"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Annualised revenue per employee at US software publishers",
      "value": "1074753",
      "unit": "USD per employee per year",
      "geo": "US",
      "period": "2026-Q2",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.census.gov/services/qss/qss-current.xlsx"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Quarterly revenue of US software publishers",
      "value": "176958",
      "unit": "USD million per quarter",
      "geo": "US",
      "period": "2026-Q2",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.census.gov/services/qss/qss-current.xlsx"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Median VC deal value, US Series A rounds",
      "value": "19.4",
      "unit": "USD million",
      "geo": "US",
      "period": "2026-H1",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://nvca.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Q2-2026-PitchBook-NVCA-Venture-Monitor.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Share of US VC deal value going to companies with all-female founding teams",
      "value": "0.7",
      "unit": "percent of VC deal value",
      "geo": "US",
      "period": "2026-H1",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://nvca.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Q2-2026-PitchBook-NVCA-Venture-Monitor.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Median VC deal value, US seed rounds",
      "value": "3.0",
      "unit": "USD million",
      "geo": "US",
      "period": "2026-H1",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://nvca.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Q2-2026-PitchBook-NVCA-Venture-Monitor.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "US VC deal value in companies with all-female founding teams",
      "value": "2.9",
      "unit": "USD billion",
      "geo": "US",
      "period": "2026-H1",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://nvca.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Q2-2026-PitchBook-NVCA-Venture-Monitor.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Median VC valuation step-up of US non-AI companies",
      "value": "1.6",
      "unit": "x",
      "geo": "US",
      "period": "2026-H1",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://nvca.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Q2-2026-PitchBook-NVCA-Venture-Monitor.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Producer price index for all output of US software publishers",
      "value": "97.700",
      "unit": "index",
      "geo": "US",
      "period": "2026-08",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://api.bls.gov/publicAPI/v1/timeseries/data/PCU513210513210"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Payroll employment in US software publishers",
      "value": "657.0",
      "unit": "thousand employees",
      "geo": "US",
      "period": "2026-07",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://api.bls.gov/publicAPI/v1/timeseries/data/CES5051320001"
    },
    {
      "metric": "US Information sector businesses using AI in any business function",
      "value": "39.7",
      "unit": "% of Information-sector businesses (NAICS 51: software, publishing, telecom), as of survey wave ending 2026-05-03",
      "geo": "United States",
      "period": "2026-05-03",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2026/05/ai-use-businesses.html"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Annual wage of US software developers at the mean",
      "value": "148100",
      "unit": "USD per year",
      "geo": "US",
      "period": "2025-05",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://api.bls.gov/publicAPI/v1/timeseries/data/OEUN000000000000015125204"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Software developers employed at US software publishers",
      "value": "173080",
      "unit": "people",
      "geo": "US",
      "period": "2025-05",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://api.bls.gov/publicAPI/v1/timeseries/data/OEUN000000051320015125201"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Employment in the occupation Software Developers in the US",
      "value": "1687890",
      "unit": "people",
      "geo": "US",
      "period": "2025-05",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://api.bls.gov/publicAPI/v1/timeseries/data/OEUN000000000000015125201"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Share of first-time-financed US non-AI companies that raised a second VC round",
      "value": "6.9",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "US",
      "period": "2025 cohort",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://nvca.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Q2-2026-PitchBook-NVCA-Venture-Monitor.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Median VC deal value, US Series B rounds",
      "value": "30.0",
      "unit": "USD million",
      "geo": "US",
      "period": "2025",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://nvca.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Q2-2026-PitchBook-NVCA-Venture-Monitor.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Annual average producer price index for US software maintenance and technical support services",
      "value": "222.083",
      "unit": "index",
      "geo": "US",
      "period": "2025",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://api.bls.gov/publicAPI/v1/timeseries/data/PCU513210513210506"
    },
    {
      "metric": "US VC deal count, pre-seed/seed stage",
      "value": "5049",
      "unit": "VC deals",
      "geo": "US",
      "period": "2025",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://nvca.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/2026-YB-Public-PDF.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "US companies raising their first VC round, count",
      "value": "4778",
      "unit": "companies",
      "geo": "US",
      "period": "2025",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://nvca.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/2026-YB-Public-PDF.pdf"
    }
  ],
  "note": "status: ready = two or more independent sources or an official series; proxy = one source; context = macro background, not a validation figure."
}