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
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.
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- Developer
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- global/worldwide
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 496
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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 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 jobsTop 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 jobsRelated salaries
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