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 258 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average entry-level / junior Engineer salary lies between USD 66,300 and USD 132,000 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
- 258
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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 | 3766 jobs Engineering | 3550 jobs Machine Learning | 2455 jobs Computer Science | 2327 jobs SQL | 1953 jobs Pipelines | 1492 jobs AWS | 1238 jobs Research | 1155 jobs Testing | 1069 jobs Azure | 1045 jobs Architecture | 1020 jobs Security | 974 jobs Java | 908 jobs ETL | 872 jobs Agile | 820 jobs Data pipelines | 770 jobs APIs | 751 jobs GCP | 749 jobs LLMs | 723 jobs Statistics | 696 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 | 2984 jobs Health care | 1119 jobs Flex hours | 949 jobs Startup environment | 922 jobs Team events | 793 jobs Competitive pay | 760 jobs Equity / stock options | 651 jobs Insurance | 595 jobs Salary bonus | 497 jobs Flex vacation | 424 jobs Medical leave | 392 jobs Parental leave | 291 jobs Wellness | 273 jobs Relocation support | 224 jobs 401(k) matching | 218 jobs Conferences | 164 jobs Transparency | 141 jobs Fitness / gym | 139 jobs Gear | 88 jobs Home office stipend | 71 jobsRelated salaries
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