Associate Salary in United States during 2025

💰 The median Associate Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 129,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 1091 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Associate salary lies between USD 90,000 and USD 170,000 in the United States. 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
Associate
Experience
all levels
Region
United States
Salary year
2025
Sample size
1091
Top 10%
$ 219,700
Top 25%
$ 170,000
Median
$ 129,000
Bottom 25%
$ 90,000
Bottom 10%
$ 70,000

Region represents the primary country of residence of an employee during the year (or residence for tax purposes). All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.

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Salary trend

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 | 3443 jobs Engineering | 2988 jobs SQL | 2522 jobs Machine Learning | 2179 jobs Computer Science | 2070 jobs Research | 1945 jobs Statistics | 1696 jobs Security | 1421 jobs Data analysis | 1394 jobs R | 1348 jobs AWS | 1313 jobs Testing | 1274 jobs Architecture | 1238 jobs Data Analytics | 1224 jobs Finance | 1214 jobs Data management | 1190 jobs Mathematics | 1190 jobs Agile | 1186 jobs Data quality | 1166 jobs Azure | 1136 jobs

Top 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 | 3702 jobs Health care | 1517 jobs Flex hours | 1170 jobs Competitive pay | 987 jobs Team events | 811 jobs Startup environment | 807 jobs Equity / stock options | 775 jobs Salary bonus | 753 jobs Insurance | 714 jobs Flex vacation | 633 jobs Parental leave | 555 jobs Medical leave | 488 jobs Wellness | 479 jobs 401(k) matching | 342 jobs Relocation support | 304 jobs Transparency | 235 jobs Conferences | 234 jobs Fitness / gym | 121 jobs Home office stipend | 97 jobs Flexible spending account | 58 jobs

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Associate @ $ 129,000 (global) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Associate @ $ 82,000 (global) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Associate @ $ 117,550 (global) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Associate @ $ 122,650 (United States) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Associate @ $ 82,000 (United States) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Associate @ $ 162,500 (United States) - Executive-level / Director Details
Associate @ $ 131,500 (United States) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Associate @ $ 47,055 (United Kingdom) Details
Associate @ $ 47,055 (United Kingdom) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Associate @ $ 97,650 (Canada) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Associate @ $ 112,500 (Canada) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Associate @ $ 111,500 (Canada) Details
Associate @ $ 135,814 (Australia) Details
Associate @ $ 135,814 (Australia) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details

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