U.S. coding jobs are projected to grow by 17% over the next 20 years, significantly outpacing the average occupational growth of 7%. The demand for coders has surged, with over 1 million software development jobs in the U.S. and coding bootcamps graduating nearly 18,000 coders in 2016. Historical milestones in coding include influential figures like Ada Lovelace and the creation of programming languages such as C and Java.

1. U.S. CODING JOBS WILL
INCREASE BY 17% OVER 20
YEARS...OVER TWICE THE
AVERAGE GROWTH ACROSS
ALL OCCUPATIONS (7%)
BUT THE STATS DON'T ALWAYS ADD UP
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HISTORY
A NEW INDUSTRY
CODING BOOTCAMPS
...FILLING IN THE GAP?
1679
1843
1972
1995
2014
Gottfried Leibniz designs modern
binary code
The first "computer programmer," Ada
Lovelace, devises a theoretical
algorithm for use on an analytical
machine
While working at Bell Labs,
Dennis Ritchie invents C, the
most widely used programming
language ever created
James Gosling of Sun
Microsystems creates Java, a
language for building interactive
computer programs
Demand for coders explodes,
with 1,114,000 software
development jobs in the U.S. alone.
In 2016, 91 coding
bootcamps graduated
17,966 coders
Many claim job
placement rates
over 90%...
get the facts.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Source: CourseReport 2016 Coding Bootcamp Market Size Study
CODING INTO THE FUTURE
A G U I D E B Y T H E
N A T I O N A L C O N S U M E R S L E A G U E
0
337,500
675,000
1,012,500
1,350,000
2014 2024