Developer Salary in 2025

💰 The median Developer Salary in 2025 is USD 120,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 778 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Developer salary lies between USD 86,600 and USD 160,000 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
778
Top 10%
$ 198,000
Top 25%
$ 160,000
Median
$ 120,000
Bottom 25%
$ 86,600
Bottom 10%
$ 53,571

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 | 4964 jobs Engineering | 3914 jobs SQL | 3651 jobs Computer Science | 3360 jobs Machine Learning | 3197 jobs Architecture | 2496 jobs Testing | 2479 jobs Security | 2420 jobs AWS | 2341 jobs Azure | 2339 jobs APIs | 2322 jobs Agile | 2280 jobs Pipelines | 2223 jobs CI/CD | 1624 jobs Java | 1620 jobs Power BI | 1603 jobs ETL | 1589 jobs Research | 1520 jobs Git | 1431 jobs DevOps | 1406 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 | 4853 jobs Health care | 2150 jobs Flex hours | 1927 jobs Competitive pay | 1420 jobs Startup environment | 1171 jobs Team events | 1080 jobs Equity / stock options | 1025 jobs Insurance | 984 jobs Flex vacation | 871 jobs Salary bonus | 744 jobs Medical leave | 649 jobs Parental leave | 634 jobs Wellness | 492 jobs 401(k) matching | 479 jobs Fitness / gym | 267 jobs Transparency | 238 jobs Relocation support | 235 jobs Conferences | 202 jobs Flexible spending account | 157 jobs Gear | 129 jobs

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Developer @ $ 98,000 (United States) - Entry-level / Junior Details
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Developer @ $ 162,940 (United States) - Executive-level / Director Details
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Developer @ $ 123,421 (United States) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Developer @ $ 44,000 (Poland) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Developer @ $ 44,000 (Poland) 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 @ $ 59,958 (United Kingdom) Details
Developer @ $ 62,119 (United Kingdom) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Developer @ $ 56,962 (United Kingdom) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Developer @ $ 117,900 (Germany) Details
Developer @ $ 100,000 (Canada) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Developer @ $ 107,976 (Canada) Details
Developer @ $ 60,600 (Canada) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Developer @ $ 128,193 (Canada) - Senior-level / Expert Details

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