Developer Salary in United States during 2025
💰 The median Developer Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 131,100
✏️ This salary info is based on 488 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average Developer salary lies between USD 101,500 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.
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- Developer
- Experience
- all levels
- Region
- United States
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 488
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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 | 4473 jobs Engineering | 3504 jobs SQL | 3299 jobs Computer Science | 3043 jobs Machine Learning | 2882 jobs Testing | 2212 jobs Architecture | 2199 jobs Security | 2180 jobs AWS | 2137 jobs Azure | 2103 jobs APIs | 2056 jobs Agile | 2054 jobs Pipelines | 1951 jobs Java | 1482 jobs ETL | 1443 jobs CI/CD | 1442 jobs Power BI | 1434 jobs Research | 1386 jobs Git | 1280 jobs DevOps | 1244 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 | 4371 jobs Health care | 1948 jobs Flex hours | 1713 jobs Competitive pay | 1283 jobs Startup environment | 1041 jobs Team events | 955 jobs Equity / stock options | 932 jobs Insurance | 893 jobs Flex vacation | 797 jobs Salary bonus | 677 jobs Medical leave | 578 jobs Parental leave | 567 jobs Wellness | 456 jobs 401(k) matching | 438 jobs Fitness / gym | 242 jobs Transparency | 217 jobs Relocation support | 196 jobs Conferences | 181 jobs Flexible spending account | 147 jobs Gear | 119 jobsRelated salaries
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