US Developer Tools & SaaS
20 verified facts tracked for this market — each with its source, reporting period and evidence tier. Tier 1 = primary institutions (central banks, statistical offices); tier 2 = disclosed industry panels.
| Metric | Value | Geo | Period | Tier | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US software-sector venture capital deal value | 203.950013917794USD billions of US VC deal value in the Software sector, year-to-date through Q1 2026 | US | Q1 2026 | T1 | nvca.org |
| US Information sector businesses using AI in any business function | 39.7% of Information-sector businesses (NAICS 51: software, publishing, telecom), as of survey wave ending 2026-05-03 | United States | 2026-05-03 | T1 | census.gov |
| Computer and mathematical occupations as a share of software-publisher employment | 45.59percent | US | 2023-05 | T1 | bls.gov |
| Annual mean wage of software developers in computer systems design and related services | 130390USD/year | US | 2023-05 | T1 | bls.gov |
| Development tools and programming languages software revenue inside NAICS 5112 | 2100million dollars of employer-firm revenue | United States | 2022 Service Annual Survey | T1 | www2.census.gov |
| US revenue from hosting and IT infrastructure provisioning services (product line within Computer Systems Design and Rel | 37820USD millions | US | 2022 | T1 | www2.census.gov |
| All Employees, Computer Systems Design and Related Services (NAICS 541512) | 1866.3 -> 2374.6thousand persons | United States | 2015-01 to 2026-06 | T1 | fred.stlouisfed.org |
| US Development tools and programming languages software industry revenue, employer firms, 2013 vs 2022 | 4347 (2013) to 2100 (2022)USD millions | United States | 2013-2022 | T1 | www2.census.gov |
| Software engineering leaders using or planning generative AI to control costs | 10-15% of total software engineering time sav | Global | 2024 Technology Report | T2 | gartner.com |
| AI share of Q1 megadeals and relationship to SaaS market value | 51.7percent of Q1 2026 megadeals involving AI companies | US | Q1 2026 | T2 | pitchbook.com |
| Free-to-paid conversion for free trials requiring a credit card, ChartMogul SaaS Conversion Report | 30percent free-to-paid | global | 2026 | T2 | chartmogul.com |
| US seed-stage startups graduating to Series A within 12 months | 3percent | US | 2025 graduation cohort | T2 | svb.com |
| Investors in Californian companies that are themselves based in California | 40percent | US-CA | 2025 | T2 | svb.com |
| Growth in prospective tenant tours of WeWork offices, San Francisco | 43percent | US-CA | 2025 | T2 | svb.com |
| Share of US VC investment going to the bottom 50% of companies by valuation | 7percent | US | 2025 | T2 | svb.com |
| US Series A rounds preceded by a seed extension round | 18percent | US | 2025 | T2 | svb.com |
| Trailing annual revenue at Series A raise, middle 50% of companies | 1.0–6.5USD million | US | 2024-2025 | T2 | svb.com |
| Change in US VC investment value, 2024 to 2025 | 53percent | US | 2024-2025 | T2 | svb.com |
| Median cash runway of US VC-backed enterprise software companies | 14months | US | 2023 | T2 | svb.com |
| Change in share of investors participating in seed-stage deals, last five years | 21percentage points | US | 2020-2025 | T2 | svb.com |
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