---
title: "Years of work experience — Work data 2026"
url: https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2026/work/data/work-exp
year: 2026
chapter: "work"
question: "WorkExp"
section: "Role functions"
licence: "ODbL 1.0 (https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/)"
---

# Years of work experience

Asked as: How many years have you been working professionally in total? Please round to the nearest whole number, excluding any decimal points.  If you have no professional work experience, you can leave this question unanswered. (`WorkExp`, free text, optional, v2026.1)

## Results

### All Respondents

n = 24,607

|  | Respondents | Percent |
| --- | ---: | ---: |
| 0-4 years | 5,612 | 22.8% |
| 5-9 years | 4,519 | 18.4% |
| 10-14 years | 4,268 | 17.3% |
| 15-19 years | 3,030 | 12.3% |
| 20-29 years | 4,296 | 17.5% |
| 30-39 years | 1,929 | 7.8% |
| 40+ years | 953 | 3.9% |

In context: https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2026/work/data.md