Developer Salary in 2025

💰 The median Developer Salary in 2025 is USD 121,521

✏️ This salary info is based on 602 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Developer salary lies between USD 86,900 and USD 162,800 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
602
Top 10%
$ 200,000
Top 25%
$ 162,800
Median
$ 121,521
Bottom 25%
$ 86,900
Bottom 10%
$ 60,000

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 | 4250 jobs Engineering | 3332 jobs SQL | 3146 jobs Computer Science | 2907 jobs Machine Learning | 2752 jobs Architecture | 2084 jobs Testing | 2083 jobs Security | 2073 jobs AWS | 2026 jobs Azure | 1996 jobs Agile | 1943 jobs APIs | 1939 jobs Pipelines | 1837 jobs Java | 1412 jobs ETL | 1380 jobs Power BI | 1373 jobs CI/CD | 1349 jobs Research | 1330 jobs Git | 1209 jobs DevOps | 1172 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 | 4162 jobs Health care | 1853 jobs Flex hours | 1625 jobs Competitive pay | 1225 jobs Startup environment | 1002 jobs Team events | 914 jobs Equity / stock options | 895 jobs Insurance | 856 jobs Flex vacation | 756 jobs Salary bonus | 644 jobs Medical leave | 555 jobs Parental leave | 540 jobs Wellness | 435 jobs 401(k) matching | 421 jobs Fitness / gym | 231 jobs Transparency | 207 jobs Relocation support | 187 jobs Conferences | 174 jobs Flexible spending account | 142 jobs Gear | 108 jobs

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Developer @ $ 88,300 (United States) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Developer @ $ 139,500 (United States) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Developer @ $ 145,020 (United States) - Executive-level / Director Details
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Developer @ $ 125,000 (United States) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Developer @ $ 72,000 (Netherlands) Details
Developer @ $ 57,157 (Latvia) Details
Developer @ $ 54,778 (India) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Developer @ $ 54,778 (India) Details
Developer @ $ 69,620 (United Kingdom) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Developer @ $ 62,025 (United Kingdom) Details
Developer @ $ 117,900 (Germany) Details
Developer @ $ 107,225 (Canada) Details
Developer @ $ 100,000 (Canada) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Developer @ $ 126,650 (Canada) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Developer @ $ 60,000 (Canada) - Entry-level / Junior Details

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