Top 12 Highest Paying Computer Programming Languages You Should Learn

Most of us are familiar with C, C++, JAVA and Python etc., but as you go into this field, you will realize the value and amount of money that can be earned with some other languages.

The favorite coding language debate is one of the hottest topics of discussion among the coders and programmer has his/her own reasons to defend a particular language. Last year the average salary of a computer programmer inched towards an all-time high of $100,000.

There are some languages which make your skill set more valuable and Quartz has compiled all this data and based on a study from the Brookings Institution, it has created a list of the highest paying computer programming languages.

These are the highest paying computer programming languages ranked by salary:

12. PERL – $82,513

11. SQL – $85511

10. Visual Basic – $85,962

9. C# – $89,074

8. R – $90,055

7. C – $90,134

6. JavaScript – $91,461

5. C++ – $93,502

4. JAVA – $94,908

3. Python – $100,717

2. Objective C – $108,225

1. Ruby on Rails – $109,460