Application Developer Salary in 2025

💰 The median Application Developer Salary in 2025 is USD 120,100

✏️ This salary info is based on 12 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Application Developer salary lies between USD 80,000 and USD 135,000 globally. It represents the overall compensation/gross salary amount for the working year (before deductions like social security, taxes and other contributions), not including equity/stock options or similar benefits.

Job title
Application Developer
Experience
all levels
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
12
Top 10%
$ 140,000
Top 25%
$ 135,000
Median
$ 120,100
Bottom 25%
$ 80,000
Bottom 10%
$ 78,571

All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.

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Top 20 Job Tags for Application Developer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Application Developer job listings are Python, SQL and Computer Science. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Python | 37 jobs SQL | 34 jobs Computer Science | 34 jobs Engineering | 33 jobs Security | 26 jobs Testing | 26 jobs Java | 25 jobs Machine Learning | 22 jobs AWS | 21 jobs Architecture | 20 jobs Azure | 19 jobs Pipelines | 19 jobs Git | 19 jobs APIs | 18 jobs Agile | 17 jobs Oracle | 15 jobs Big Data | 14 jobs Consulting | 14 jobs React | 14 jobs JavaScript | 13 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Application Developer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Application Developer job listings are Career development, Flex hours and Health care. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 36 jobs Flex hours | 20 jobs Health care | 15 jobs Team events | 12 jobs Competitive pay | 10 jobs Insurance | 9 jobs Startup environment | 8 jobs Flex vacation | 7 jobs Equity / stock options | 6 jobs Medical leave | 6 jobs Salary bonus | 5 jobs 401(k) matching | 4 jobs Parental leave | 4 jobs Wellness | 3 jobs Transparency | 3 jobs Conferences | 3 jobs Fitness / gym | 2 jobs Relocation support | 2 jobs Snacks / Drinks | 2 jobs Flexible spending account | 1 jobs

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