The Highest-Paying US Summer Internships of 2025, by Industry

As artificial intelligence shakes up the job market, few career paths have been forecast to be in greater peril than software engineering. But employers are still investing top dollar in nascent software-engineering talent, offering among the most lucrative US summer internships of 2025.

Software engineering interns can expect to earn between $20 and almost $29 an hour, according to research from the job site ZipRecruiter. Other high-paying industries include architecture and financial advising.