Developer Salary in 2025

💰 The median Developer Salary in 2025 is USD 119,490

✏️ This salary info is based on 344 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Developer salary lies between USD 84,000 and USD 161,000 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
344
Top 10%
$ 198,000
Top 25%
$ 161,000
Median
$ 119,490
Bottom 25%
$ 84,000
Bottom 10%
$ 52,000

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 | 2666 jobs Engineering | 2036 jobs SQL | 1985 jobs Computer Science | 1833 jobs Machine Learning | 1742 jobs Security | 1299 jobs Testing | 1250 jobs Architecture | 1248 jobs AWS | 1222 jobs Azure | 1221 jobs Agile | 1194 jobs APIs | 1163 jobs Pipelines | 1057 jobs ETL | 877 jobs Java | 869 jobs Power BI | 856 jobs Research | 853 jobs CI/CD | 779 jobs Git | 732 jobs DevOps | 709 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 | 2607 jobs Health care | 1149 jobs Flex hours | 1001 jobs Competitive pay | 767 jobs Startup environment | 603 jobs Insurance | 559 jobs Equity / stock options | 558 jobs Team events | 535 jobs Flex vacation | 451 jobs Salary bonus | 386 jobs Medical leave | 341 jobs Parental leave | 314 jobs Wellness | 264 jobs 401(k) matching | 243 jobs Fitness / gym | 136 jobs Transparency | 126 jobs Relocation support | 114 jobs Conferences | 99 jobs Flexible spending account | 93 jobs Gear | 69 jobs

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