Associate Salary in United States during 2025

💰 The median Associate Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 130,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 1233 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
1233
Top 10%
$ 219,800
Top 25%
$ 170,000
Median
$ 130,000
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 | 4002 jobs Engineering | 3457 jobs SQL | 2947 jobs Machine Learning | 2502 jobs Computer Science | 2399 jobs Research | 2226 jobs Statistics | 1939 jobs Security | 1659 jobs Data analysis | 1657 jobs R | 1555 jobs AWS | 1519 jobs Testing | 1503 jobs Architecture | 1460 jobs Data Analytics | 1418 jobs Finance | 1415 jobs Agile | 1382 jobs Mathematics | 1363 jobs Data management | 1355 jobs Data quality | 1350 jobs Azure | 1345 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 | 4256 jobs Health care | 1726 jobs Flex hours | 1330 jobs Competitive pay | 1146 jobs Startup environment | 913 jobs Team events | 905 jobs Equity / stock options | 873 jobs Salary bonus | 845 jobs Insurance | 830 jobs Flex vacation | 715 jobs Parental leave | 630 jobs Medical leave | 542 jobs Wellness | 532 jobs 401(k) matching | 371 jobs Relocation support | 347 jobs Transparency | 274 jobs Conferences | 261 jobs Fitness / gym | 127 jobs Home office stipend | 101 jobs Flexible spending account | 67 jobs

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Associate @ $ 116,600 (global) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Associate @ $ 120,450 (United States) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Associate @ $ 85,000 (United States) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Associate @ $ 162,500 (United States) - Executive-level / Director Details
Associate @ $ 132,125 (United States) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Associate @ $ 48,843 (United Kingdom) Details
Associate @ $ 47,055 (United Kingdom) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Associate @ $ 97,650 (Canada) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Associate @ $ 119,000 (Canada) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Associate @ $ 113,000 (Canada) Details
Associate @ $ 135,814 (Australia) Details
Associate @ $ 135,814 (Australia) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details

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