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

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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
Top 10%
$ 170,890
Top 25%
$ 130,000
Median
$ 91,450
Bottom 25%
$ 65,000
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 | 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 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 | 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 jobs

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Engineer @ $ 170,000 (global) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Engineer @ $ 173,000 (United States) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Engineer @ $ 139,000 (United States) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Engineer @ $ 162,100 (United States) Details
Engineer @ $ 238,950 (United States) - Executive-level / Director Details
Engineer @ $ 65,356 (Poland) Details
Engineer @ $ 132,631 (Netherlands) Details
Engineer @ $ 89,473 (Netherlands) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Engineer @ $ 41,052 (Lithuania) Details
Engineer @ $ 81,316 (India) Details
Engineer @ $ 101,265 (United Kingdom) Details
Engineer @ $ 79,003 (United Kingdom) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Engineer @ $ 113,924 (United Kingdom) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Engineer @ $ 87,423 (Germany) Details
Engineer @ $ 71,052 (Germany) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Engineer @ $ 128,050 (Canada) Details
Engineer @ $ 81,300 (Canada) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Engineer @ $ 141,700 (Canada) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Engineer @ $ 206,855 (Canada) - Executive-level / Director Details
Engineer @ $ 111,000 (Canada) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Engineer @ $ 66,284 (Austria) Details

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