Salary for Entry-level / Junior Engineer during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Entry-level / Junior Engineer during 2025 is USD 85,180

✏️ This salary info is based on 50 individual salaries reported during 2025

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The average entry-level / junior Engineer salary lies between USD 60,000 and USD 114,000 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
50
Top 10%
$ 166,000
Top 25%
$ 114,000
Median
$ 85,180
Bottom 25%
$ 60,000
Bottom 10%
$ 36,000

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 Computer Science. 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 | 731 jobs Engineering | 702 jobs Computer Science | 467 jobs Machine Learning | 459 jobs SQL | 387 jobs Pipelines | 257 jobs Research | 239 jobs AWS | 228 jobs Testing | 209 jobs Java | 205 jobs Security | 190 jobs Architecture | 186 jobs Azure | 183 jobs Agile | 170 jobs LLMs | 149 jobs Statistics | 147 jobs ETL | 143 jobs GCP | 136 jobs APIs | 134 jobs Git | 133 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 | 601 jobs Health care | 249 jobs Flex hours | 207 jobs Competitive pay | 165 jobs Startup environment | 161 jobs Team events | 161 jobs Equity / stock options | 157 jobs Insurance | 129 jobs Salary bonus | 105 jobs Flex vacation | 93 jobs Medical leave | 92 jobs Wellness | 59 jobs Relocation support | 59 jobs Parental leave | 53 jobs 401(k) matching | 40 jobs Fitness / gym | 35 jobs Conferences | 29 jobs Transparency | 21 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 19 jobs Gear | 18 jobs

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