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 90,687
✏️ This salary info is based on 198 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average entry-level / junior Engineer salary lies between USD 65,000 and USD 129,792 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
- 198
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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 | 2924 jobs Engineering | 2743 jobs Machine Learning | 1856 jobs Computer Science | 1814 jobs SQL | 1529 jobs Pipelines | 1131 jobs AWS | 967 jobs Research | 890 jobs Testing | 801 jobs Azure | 799 jobs Architecture | 760 jobs Security | 745 jobs Java | 739 jobs ETL | 668 jobs Agile | 635 jobs Data pipelines | 591 jobs GCP | 584 jobs APIs | 582 jobs Statistics | 542 jobs LLMs | 532 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 | 2277 jobs Health care | 872 jobs Flex hours | 752 jobs Startup environment | 685 jobs Team events | 608 jobs Competitive pay | 595 jobs Equity / stock options | 510 jobs Insurance | 455 jobs Salary bonus | 393 jobs Flex vacation | 334 jobs Medical leave | 296 jobs Wellness | 221 jobs Parental leave | 218 jobs Relocation support | 167 jobs 401(k) matching | 162 jobs Conferences | 122 jobs Fitness / gym | 108 jobs Transparency | 105 jobs Gear | 67 jobs Home office stipend | 53 jobsRelated salaries
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