Developer Salary in 2025
💰 The median Developer Salary in 2025 is USD 120,000
✏️ This salary info is based on 704 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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- all levels
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- global/worldwide
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 704
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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 | 4519 jobs Engineering | 3540 jobs SQL | 3324 jobs Computer Science | 3076 jobs Machine Learning | 2911 jobs Testing | 2237 jobs Architecture | 2222 jobs Security | 2204 jobs AWS | 2155 jobs Azure | 2122 jobs Agile | 2079 jobs APIs | 2079 jobs Pipelines | 1971 jobs Java | 1495 jobs CI/CD | 1454 jobs ETL | 1453 jobs Power BI | 1446 jobs Research | 1399 jobs Git | 1296 jobs DevOps | 1255 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 | 4416 jobs Health care | 1963 jobs Flex hours | 1732 jobs Competitive pay | 1295 jobs Startup environment | 1053 jobs Team events | 966 jobs Equity / stock options | 940 jobs Insurance | 899 jobs Flex vacation | 803 jobs Salary bonus | 684 jobs Medical leave | 580 jobs Parental leave | 569 jobs Wellness | 460 jobs 401(k) matching | 439 jobs Fitness / gym | 245 jobs Transparency | 218 jobs Relocation support | 199 jobs Conferences | 182 jobs Flexible spending account | 147 jobs Gear | 121 jobsRelated salaries
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