Salary for Entry-level / Junior Engineer during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Entry-level / Junior Engineer during 2025 is USD 90,450

✏️ This salary info is based on 194 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average entry-level / junior Engineer salary lies between USD 65,000 and USD 129,500 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
194
Top 10%
$ 170,000
Top 25%
$ 129,500
Median
$ 90,450
Bottom 25%
$ 65,000
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 | 2603 jobs Engineering | 2423 jobs Machine Learning | 1642 jobs Computer Science | 1618 jobs SQL | 1359 jobs Pipelines | 994 jobs AWS | 835 jobs Research | 794 jobs Testing | 707 jobs Azure | 704 jobs Architecture | 684 jobs Java | 674 jobs Security | 650 jobs ETL | 599 jobs Agile | 562 jobs Data pipelines | 526 jobs GCP | 500 jobs APIs | 493 jobs Statistics | 487 jobs Big Data | 467 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 | 2009 jobs Health care | 779 jobs Flex hours | 652 jobs Startup environment | 625 jobs Team events | 555 jobs Competitive pay | 527 jobs Equity / stock options | 462 jobs Insurance | 415 jobs Salary bonus | 353 jobs Flex vacation | 296 jobs Medical leave | 266 jobs Wellness | 195 jobs Parental leave | 184 jobs 401(k) matching | 154 jobs Relocation support | 150 jobs Conferences | 111 jobs Fitness / gym | 97 jobs Transparency | 96 jobs Gear | 58 jobs Home office stipend | 47 jobs

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