Salary for Entry-level / Junior Associate in United States during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Entry-level / Junior Associate in United States during 2025 is USD 70,550

✏️ This salary info is based on 21 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average entry-level / junior Associate salary lies between USD 56,000 and USD 100,000 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
Associate
Experience
Entry-level / Junior
Region
United States
Salary year
2025
Sample size
21
Top 10%
$ 141,450
Top 25%
$ 100,000
Median
$ 70,550
Bottom 25%
$ 56,000
Bottom 10%
$ 50,000

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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Salary trend

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 | 99 jobs Engineering | 65 jobs Machine Learning | 62 jobs Computer Science | 61 jobs SQL | 59 jobs Research | 55 jobs Statistics | 51 jobs Mathematics | 44 jobs R | 41 jobs Java | 37 jobs Excel | 35 jobs Finance | 33 jobs Testing | 29 jobs Data analysis | 29 jobs Tableau | 27 jobs Big Data | 26 jobs Economics | 25 jobs Data Analytics | 24 jobs Architecture | 24 jobs Data visualization | 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, Health care and Startup environment. 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 | 92 jobs Health care | 29 jobs Startup environment | 29 jobs Equity / stock options | 27 jobs Flex hours | 27 jobs Insurance | 26 jobs Team events | 24 jobs Competitive pay | 15 jobs Lunch / meals | 14 jobs Wellness | 14 jobs Flex vacation | 13 jobs Conferences | 12 jobs Parental leave | 9 jobs Salary bonus | 9 jobs Fitness / gym | 8 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 @ $ 70,550 (global) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Associate @ $ 111,750 (global) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Associate @ $ 124,400 (global) Details
Associate @ $ 152,500 (global) - Executive-level / Director Details
Associate @ $ 133,650 (global) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Associate @ $ 140,000 (United States) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Associate @ $ 111,750 (United States) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Associate @ $ 127,500 (United States) Details
Associate @ $ 152,500 (United States) - Executive-level / Director Details
Associate @ $ 44,376 (United Kingdom) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Associate @ $ 45,752 (United Kingdom) Details
Associate @ $ 113,000 (Canada) Details
Associate @ $ 128,100 (Canada) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Associate @ $ 94,000 (Canada) - Senior-level / Expert Details

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