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 91,450
✏️ This salary info is based on 216 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average entry-level / junior Engineer salary lies between USD 65,000 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
- 216
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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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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 | 3270 jobs Engineering | 3074 jobs Machine Learning | 2075 jobs Computer Science | 2034 jobs SQL | 1708 jobs Pipelines | 1287 jobs AWS | 1074 jobs Research | 984 jobs Azure | 907 jobs Testing | 901 jobs Architecture | 863 jobs Security | 823 jobs Java | 813 jobs ETL | 757 jobs Agile | 715 jobs Data pipelines | 667 jobs GCP | 652 jobs APIs | 643 jobs Statistics | 611 jobs LLMs | 598 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 | 2540 jobs Health care | 965 jobs Flex hours | 825 jobs Startup environment | 781 jobs Team events | 673 jobs Competitive pay | 659 jobs Equity / stock options | 566 jobs Insurance | 517 jobs Salary bonus | 430 jobs Flex vacation | 368 jobs Medical leave | 332 jobs Parental leave | 247 jobs Wellness | 240 jobs 401(k) matching | 190 jobs Relocation support | 187 jobs Conferences | 141 jobs Fitness / gym | 125 jobs Transparency | 120 jobs Gear | 76 jobs Home office stipend | 58 jobsRelated salaries
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