Associate Salary in 2025
💰 The median Associate Salary in 2025 is USD 126,000
✏️ This salary info is based on 757 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average Associate salary lies between USD 89,000 and USD 170,000 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.
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- Associate
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- all levels
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- global/worldwide
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 757
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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 Associate roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with Associate job listings are Python, Engineering and SQL. 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 | 2153 jobs Engineering | 1851 jobs SQL | 1589 jobs Machine Learning | 1382 jobs Computer Science | 1292 jobs Research | 1278 jobs Statistics | 1080 jobs Data analysis | 898 jobs Security | 886 jobs R | 849 jobs AWS | 840 jobs Testing | 795 jobs Architecture | 795 jobs Data Analytics | 776 jobs Data management | 772 jobs Agile | 761 jobs Data quality | 758 jobs Finance | 756 jobs Azure | 735 jobs Mathematics | 714 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Associate roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Associate job listings are Career development, Health care and Flex hours. 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 | 2355 jobs Health care | 967 jobs Flex hours | 749 jobs Competitive pay | 626 jobs Team events | 526 jobs Startup environment | 498 jobs Equity / stock options | 484 jobs Salary bonus | 484 jobs Insurance | 439 jobs Flex vacation | 409 jobs Parental leave | 324 jobs Wellness | 313 jobs Medical leave | 293 jobs 401(k) matching | 210 jobs Relocation support | 161 jobs Transparency | 151 jobs Conferences | 139 jobs Fitness / gym | 79 jobs Home office stipend | 59 jobs Flexible spending account | 41 jobsRelated salaries
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