Salary for Entry-level / Junior Platform Engineer during 2024

💰 The median Salary for Entry-level / Junior Platform Engineer during 2024 is USD 161,500

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The average entry-level / junior Platform Engineer salary lies between USD 125,500 and USD 207,000 globally. 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
Platform Engineer
Experience
Entry-level / Junior
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2024
Sample size
10
Top 10%
$ 207,000
Top 25%
$ 207,000
Median
$ 161,500
Bottom 25%
$ 125,500
Bottom 10%
$ 119,000

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 Platform Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with entry-level / junior Platform Engineer job listings are Python, Computer Science and Engineering. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2024 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Python | 24 jobs Computer Science | 20 jobs Engineering | 18 jobs Machine Learning | 15 jobs Azure | 10 jobs Terraform | 10 jobs Java | 10 jobs Architecture | 9 jobs Agile | 9 jobs Spark | 7 jobs AWS | 7 jobs Pipelines | 7 jobs LLMs | 7 jobs Generative AI | 7 jobs Deep Learning | 6 jobs Security | 6 jobs Databricks | 6 jobs Microservices | 6 jobs DevOps | 6 jobs CI/CD | 6 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Entry-level / Junior Platform Engineer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with entry-level / junior Platform Engineer job listings are Career development, Team events and Equity / stock options. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2024 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 14 jobs Team events | 10 jobs Equity / stock options | 9 jobs Flex hours | 7 jobs Startup environment | 4 jobs Health care | 3 jobs Parental leave | 2 jobs Conferences | 2 jobs Relocation support | 2 jobs Medical leave | 2 jobs Insurance | 2 jobs Salary bonus | 2 jobs 401(k) matching | 1 jobs Flex vacation | 1 jobs Wellness | 1 jobs Competitive pay | 1 jobs Transparency | 1 jobs Flexible spending account | 1 jobs

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