Developer Salary in 2025

💰 The median Developer Salary in 2025 is USD 123,421

✏️ This salary info is based on 496 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Developer salary lies between USD 86,600 and USD 160,284 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
Developer
Experience
all levels
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
496
Top 10%
$ 198,000
Top 25%
$ 160,284
Median
$ 123,421
Bottom 25%
$ 86,600
Bottom 10%
$ 56,962

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 Developer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Developer 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 | 3654 jobs Engineering | 2826 jobs SQL | 2719 jobs Computer Science | 2486 jobs Machine Learning | 2371 jobs Security | 1775 jobs Testing | 1775 jobs Architecture | 1763 jobs AWS | 1710 jobs Azure | 1693 jobs Agile | 1665 jobs APIs | 1626 jobs Pipelines | 1511 jobs Java | 1220 jobs ETL | 1198 jobs Power BI | 1192 jobs Research | 1149 jobs CI/CD | 1117 jobs Git | 1048 jobs DevOps | 1002 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Developer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Developer 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 | 3591 jobs Health care | 1592 jobs Flex hours | 1429 jobs Competitive pay | 1057 jobs Startup environment | 847 jobs Team events | 770 jobs Equity / stock options | 769 jobs Insurance | 754 jobs Flex vacation | 657 jobs Salary bonus | 562 jobs Medical leave | 471 jobs Parental leave | 456 jobs Wellness | 367 jobs 401(k) matching | 350 jobs Fitness / gym | 201 jobs Transparency | 175 jobs Conferences | 156 jobs Relocation support | 151 jobs Flexible spending account | 130 jobs Home office stipend | 96 jobs

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Developer @ $ 96,300 (United States) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Developer @ $ 72,000 (Netherlands) Details
Developer @ $ 57,157 (Latvia) Details
Developer @ $ 56,962 (United Kingdom) Details
Developer @ $ 117,900 (Germany) Details
Developer @ $ 102,500 (Canada) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Developer @ $ 126,650 (Canada) - Senior-level / Expert Details
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