Developer Salary in United States during 2025
💰 The median Developer Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 130,000
✏️ This salary info is based on 246 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average Developer salary lies between USD 91,536 and USD 170,000 in the United States. 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
- United States
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 246
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Region represents the primary country of residence of an employee during the year (or residence for tax purposes). 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 | 2654 jobs Engineering | 2026 jobs SQL | 1975 jobs Computer Science | 1827 jobs Machine Learning | 1735 jobs Security | 1292 jobs Testing | 1247 jobs Architecture | 1244 jobs Azure | 1213 jobs AWS | 1212 jobs Agile | 1188 jobs APIs | 1159 jobs Pipelines | 1051 jobs ETL | 869 jobs Java | 866 jobs Research | 852 jobs Power BI | 851 jobs CI/CD | 777 jobs Git | 728 jobs DevOps | 704 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 | 2597 jobs Health care | 1144 jobs Flex hours | 997 jobs Competitive pay | 762 jobs Startup environment | 601 jobs Equity / stock options | 557 jobs Insurance | 555 jobs Team events | 532 jobs Flex vacation | 449 jobs Salary bonus | 382 jobs Medical leave | 339 jobs Parental leave | 312 jobs Wellness | 263 jobs 401(k) matching | 242 jobs Fitness / gym | 135 jobs Transparency | 126 jobs Relocation support | 114 jobs Conferences | 99 jobs Flexible spending account | 92 jobs Gear | 69 jobsRelated salaries
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