Salary for Entry-level / Junior Engineer during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Entry-level / Junior Engineer during 2025 is USD 87,423

✏️ This salary info is based on 218 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average entry-level / junior Engineer salary lies between USD 62,075 and USD 126,000 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
Engineer
Experience
Entry-level / Junior
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
218
Top 10%
$ 170,000
Top 25%
$ 126,000
Median
$ 87,423
Bottom 25%
$ 62,075
Bottom 10%
$ 48,000

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

Top 20 Job Tags for Entry-level / Junior Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with entry-level / junior Engineer 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 | 2896 jobs Engineering | 2710 jobs Machine Learning | 1840 jobs Computer Science | 1793 jobs SQL | 1514 jobs Pipelines | 1117 jobs AWS | 959 jobs Research | 885 jobs Testing | 792 jobs Azure | 790 jobs Architecture | 753 jobs Java | 732 jobs Security | 730 jobs ETL | 659 jobs Agile | 633 jobs Data pipelines | 586 jobs GCP | 578 jobs APIs | 574 jobs Statistics | 536 jobs LLMs | 528 jobs

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

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with entry-level / junior Engineer 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 | 2249 jobs Health care | 864 jobs Flex hours | 744 jobs Startup environment | 681 jobs Team events | 601 jobs Competitive pay | 587 jobs Equity / stock options | 506 jobs Insurance | 452 jobs Salary bonus | 390 jobs Flex vacation | 332 jobs Medical leave | 294 jobs Wellness | 217 jobs Parental leave | 216 jobs Relocation support | 165 jobs 401(k) matching | 162 jobs Conferences | 120 jobs Fitness / gym | 106 jobs Transparency | 102 jobs Gear | 66 jobs Home office stipend | 53 jobs

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Engineer @ $ 89,473 (Netherlands) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Engineer @ $ 41,052 (Lithuania) Details
Engineer @ $ 101,265 (United Kingdom) Details
Engineer @ $ 75,949 (United Kingdom) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Engineer @ $ 113,924 (United Kingdom) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Engineer @ $ 71,052 (Germany) - Senior-level / Expert Details
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