Salary for Entry-level / Junior Associate during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Entry-level / Junior Associate during 2025 is USD 75,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 23 individual salaries reported during 2025

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The average entry-level / junior Associate salary lies between USD 56,000 and USD 100,000 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
Associate
Experience
Entry-level / Junior
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
23
Top 10%
$ 141,450
Top 25%
$ 100,000
Median
$ 75,000
Bottom 25%
$ 56,000
Bottom 10%
$ 50,000

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

Associate Salary TrendYearly salary in USD - Region: Global - Experience: Entry-level / Junior$92,000$92,000$88,000$88,000$84,000$84,000$80,000$80,000$76,000$76,000$72,000$72,0002024202420252025
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Top 20 Job Tags for Entry-level / Junior Associate roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with entry-level / junior Associate job listings are Python, Engineering and Machine Learning. 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 | 104 jobs Engineering | 67 jobs Machine Learning | 66 jobs Computer Science | 63 jobs SQL | 61 jobs Research | 55 jobs Statistics | 53 jobs Mathematics | 48 jobs R | 43 jobs Java | 39 jobs Excel | 36 jobs Finance | 35 jobs Testing | 29 jobs Data analysis | 29 jobs Big Data | 27 jobs Tableau | 27 jobs Economics | 27 jobs Data Analytics | 25 jobs Architecture | 25 jobs Agile | 23 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Entry-level / Junior Associate roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with entry-level / junior Associate job listings are Career development, Startup environment and Health care. 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 | 96 jobs Startup environment | 30 jobs Health care | 29 jobs Equity / stock options | 28 jobs Flex hours | 28 jobs Insurance | 28 jobs Team events | 25 jobs Wellness | 15 jobs Competitive pay | 15 jobs Lunch / meals | 14 jobs Flex vacation | 14 jobs Conferences | 12 jobs Parental leave | 9 jobs Fitness / gym | 9 jobs Salary bonus | 9 jobs Relocation support | 7 jobs Medical leave | 7 jobs 401(k) matching | 3 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 3 jobs Gear | 2 jobs

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Associate @ $ 94,000 (Canada) - Senior-level / Expert Details
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Associate @ $ 135,814 (Australia) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
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