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 89,369
✏️ This salary info is based on 40 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average entry-level / junior Engineer salary lies between USD 60,000 and USD 119,200 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
- 40
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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 Computer Science. 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 | 761 jobs Engineering | 727 jobs Computer Science | 482 jobs Machine Learning | 481 jobs SQL | 399 jobs Pipelines | 266 jobs Research | 244 jobs AWS | 235 jobs Java | 218 jobs Testing | 213 jobs Architecture | 196 jobs Security | 195 jobs Azure | 188 jobs Agile | 176 jobs Statistics | 152 jobs LLMs | 151 jobs ETL | 150 jobs APIs | 144 jobs Git | 142 jobs GCP | 141 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 | 627 jobs Health care | 256 jobs Flex hours | 219 jobs Competitive pay | 175 jobs Team events | 171 jobs Startup environment | 170 jobs Equity / stock options | 162 jobs Insurance | 134 jobs Salary bonus | 111 jobs Flex vacation | 99 jobs Medical leave | 96 jobs Wellness | 62 jobs Relocation support | 61 jobs Parental leave | 56 jobs 401(k) matching | 42 jobs Fitness / gym | 36 jobs Conferences | 30 jobs Transparency | 21 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 19 jobs Gear | 18 jobsRelated salaries
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