Salary for Entry-level / Junior Engineer during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Entry-level / Junior Engineer during 2025 is USD 87,669

✏️ This salary info is based on 270 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 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
270
Top 10%
$ 170,000
Top 25%
$ 130,000
Median
$ 87,669
Bottom 25%
$ 62,075
Bottom 10%
$ 42,000

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 | 3558 jobs Engineering | 3335 jobs Machine Learning | 2257 jobs Computer Science | 2207 jobs SQL | 1853 jobs Pipelines | 1386 jobs AWS | 1174 jobs Research | 1068 jobs Testing | 1004 jobs Azure | 992 jobs Architecture | 952 jobs Security | 896 jobs Java | 861 jobs ETL | 823 jobs Agile | 775 jobs Data pipelines | 713 jobs GCP | 707 jobs APIs | 699 jobs Statistics | 651 jobs LLMs | 651 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 | 2760 jobs Health care | 1049 jobs Flex hours | 898 jobs Startup environment | 862 jobs Team events | 739 jobs Competitive pay | 713 jobs Equity / stock options | 611 jobs Insurance | 555 jobs Salary bonus | 462 jobs Flex vacation | 397 jobs Medical leave | 359 jobs Parental leave | 266 jobs Wellness | 260 jobs Relocation support | 212 jobs 401(k) matching | 202 jobs Conferences | 156 jobs Fitness / gym | 136 jobs Transparency | 132 jobs Gear | 82 jobs Home office stipend | 64 jobs

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Engineer @ $ 65,356 (Poland) Details
Engineer @ $ 89,473 (Netherlands) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Engineer @ $ 90,526 (Netherlands) Details
Engineer @ $ 41,052 (Lithuania) Details
Engineer @ $ 81,316 (India) Details
Engineer @ $ 99,619 (United Kingdom) Details
Engineer @ $ 77,340 (United Kingdom) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Engineer @ $ 113,924 (United Kingdom) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Engineer @ $ 98,741 (Germany) Details
Engineer @ $ 71,052 (Germany) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Engineer @ $ 125,000 (Canada) Details
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Engineer @ $ 140,700 (Canada) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Engineer @ $ 206,855 (Canada) - Executive-level / Director Details
Engineer @ $ 103,428 (Canada) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Engineer @ $ 64,147 (Austria) Details

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