Salary for Entry-level / Junior Engineer in United States during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Entry-level / Junior Engineer in United States during 2025 is USD 95,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 176 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average entry-level / junior Engineer salary lies between USD 66,300 and USD 130,000 in the United States. 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
United States
Salary year
2025
Sample size
176
Top 10%
$ 170,890
Top 25%
$ 130,000
Median
$ 95,000
Bottom 25%
$ 66,300
Bottom 10%
$ 49,300

Region represents the primary country of residence of an employee during the year (or residence for tax purposes). 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 | 2654 jobs Engineering | 2465 jobs Machine Learning | 1668 jobs Computer Science | 1641 jobs SQL | 1386 jobs Pipelines | 1010 jobs AWS | 865 jobs Research | 806 jobs Azure | 717 jobs Testing | 715 jobs Architecture | 693 jobs Java | 682 jobs Security | 673 jobs ETL | 607 jobs Agile | 569 jobs Data pipelines | 536 jobs GCP | 522 jobs APIs | 514 jobs Statistics | 495 jobs Big Data | 472 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 | 2035 jobs Health care | 788 jobs Flex hours | 673 jobs Startup environment | 639 jobs Team events | 557 jobs Competitive pay | 534 jobs Equity / stock options | 464 jobs Insurance | 420 jobs Salary bonus | 355 jobs Flex vacation | 300 jobs Medical leave | 269 jobs Wellness | 197 jobs Parental leave | 186 jobs 401(k) matching | 154 jobs Relocation support | 150 jobs Conferences | 113 jobs Fitness / gym | 97 jobs Transparency | 97 jobs Gear | 59 jobs Home office stipend | 47 jobs

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Engineer @ $ 89,473 (Netherlands) - Senior-level / Expert Details
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Engineer @ $ 102,056 (United Kingdom) Details
Engineer @ $ 77,277 (United Kingdom) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Engineer @ $ 113,924 (United Kingdom) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Engineer @ $ 87,423 (Germany) Details
Engineer @ $ 140,000 (Canada) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Engineer @ $ 81,300 (Canada) - Entry-level / Junior Details
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