Backend Engineer Salary in United States during 2025
💰 The median Backend Engineer Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 190,150
✏️ This salary info is based on 72 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average Backend Engineer salary lies between USD 166,600 and USD 225,000 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.
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- Backend Engineer
- Experience
- all levels
- Region
- United States
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 72
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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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Top 20 Job Tags for Backend Engineer roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with Backend Engineer job listings are Python, Engineering and Machine Learning. 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 | 446 jobs Engineering | 438 jobs Machine Learning | 416 jobs AWS | 363 jobs Pipelines | 306 jobs CI/CD | 277 jobs SQL | 253 jobs DevOps | 230 jobs Terraform | 204 jobs FastAPI | 204 jobs Django | 193 jobs APIs | 193 jobs Lambda | 187 jobs ML infrastructure | 184 jobs Architecture | 182 jobs ECS | 172 jobs OKR | 165 jobs Kubernetes | 149 jobs Java | 136 jobs Computer Science | 130 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Backend Engineer roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Backend Engineer job listings are Career development, Startup environment and Equity / stock options. 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 | 418 jobs Startup environment | 324 jobs Equity / stock options | 282 jobs Competitive pay | 249 jobs Salary bonus | 215 jobs Health care | 121 jobs Flex hours | 112 jobs Team events | 77 jobs Flex vacation | 76 jobs Parental leave | 61 jobs Insurance | 60 jobs Medical leave | 38 jobs Home office stipend | 26 jobs Gear | 25 jobs Conferences | 21 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 20 jobs Wellness | 18 jobs Fitness / gym | 18 jobs Relocation support | 15 jobs 401(k) matching | 13 jobsRelated salaries
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