Salary for Entry-level / Junior Engineer during 2025
💰 The median Salary for Entry-level / Junior Engineer during 2025 is USD 88,919
✏️ This salary info is based on 132 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average entry-level / junior Engineer salary lies between USD 62,075 and USD 130,000 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
- 132
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All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.
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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 | 1747 jobs Engineering | 1634 jobs Machine Learning | 1109 jobs Computer Science | 1104 jobs SQL | 926 jobs Pipelines | 634 jobs Research | 560 jobs AWS | 537 jobs Java | 489 jobs Architecture | 468 jobs Testing | 466 jobs Azure | 455 jobs Security | 431 jobs Agile | 388 jobs ETL | 371 jobs Data pipelines | 347 jobs Statistics | 337 jobs GCP | 329 jobs APIs | 320 jobs Big Data | 314 jobsTop 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 | 1368 jobs Health care | 535 jobs Flex hours | 440 jobs Startup environment | 416 jobs Team events | 379 jobs Competitive pay | 353 jobs Equity / stock options | 320 jobs Insurance | 284 jobs Salary bonus | 242 jobs Flex vacation | 194 jobs Medical leave | 194 jobs Wellness | 138 jobs Parental leave | 130 jobs Relocation support | 105 jobs 401(k) matching | 100 jobs Conferences | 74 jobs Transparency | 67 jobs Fitness / gym | 66 jobs Gear | 44 jobs Flexible spending account | 33 jobsRelated salaries
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