That depends on how determined you are to exaggerate the point, I guess. In the latest stats from the BLS: http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/table1.pdf http://ww

That depends on how determined you are to exaggerate the point, I guess. In the latest stats from the BLS: http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/table1.pdf http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/table1.pdf there is a line item labeled "computer programmers" giving the number so employed as 394,710. However, I think most people would include the two categories of "computer software engineers", bringing the total to 1,239,660 (still not including researchers and people with more nebulous titles, many of whom, I imagine, would identify themselves programmers).