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 90,450
✏️ This salary info is based on 150 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
- 150
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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 | 2180 jobs Engineering | 2019 jobs Machine Learning | 1371 jobs Computer Science | 1357 jobs SQL | 1136 jobs Pipelines | 812 jobs AWS | 696 jobs Research | 684 jobs Testing | 596 jobs Architecture | 576 jobs Java | 573 jobs Azure | 567 jobs Security | 542 jobs Agile | 480 jobs ETL | 478 jobs Data pipelines | 436 jobs GCP | 419 jobs Statistics | 413 jobs APIs | 413 jobs Big Data | 379 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 | 1686 jobs Health care | 654 jobs Flex hours | 560 jobs Startup environment | 514 jobs Team events | 473 jobs Competitive pay | 439 jobs Equity / stock options | 387 jobs Insurance | 348 jobs Salary bonus | 295 jobs Flex vacation | 246 jobs Medical leave | 229 jobs Wellness | 161 jobs Parental leave | 159 jobs Relocation support | 124 jobs 401(k) matching | 120 jobs Conferences | 94 jobs Fitness / gym | 83 jobs Transparency | 76 jobs Gear | 50 jobs Flexible spending account | 38 jobsRelated salaries
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