Salary for Entry-level / Junior Platform Engineer in United States during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Entry-level / Junior Platform Engineer in United States during 2025 is USD 110,375

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The average entry-level / junior Platform Engineer salary lies between USD 90,750 and USD 151,250 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
Platform Engineer
Experience
Entry-level / Junior
Region
United States
Salary year
2025
Sample size
6
Top 10%
$ 151,250
Top 25%
$ 151,250
Median
$ 110,375
Bottom 25%
$ 90,750
Bottom 10%
$ 66,000

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 Platform Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with entry-level / junior Platform Engineer job listings are Python, Engineering and AWS. 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 | 17 jobs Engineering | 15 jobs AWS | 13 jobs DevOps | 13 jobs Kubernetes | 12 jobs CI/CD | 12 jobs Azure | 11 jobs Architecture | 10 jobs Pipelines | 10 jobs Computer Science | 10 jobs Machine Learning | 9 jobs Terraform | 9 jobs Docker | 9 jobs GCP | 8 jobs Security | 6 jobs SQL | 5 jobs Research | 5 jobs Microservices | 5 jobs APIs | 5 jobs Big Data | 4 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, Health care and Startup environment. 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 | 10 jobs Health care | 6 jobs Startup environment | 6 jobs Flex hours | 4 jobs Team events | 4 jobs Insurance | 4 jobs Parental leave | 3 jobs Medical leave | 3 jobs 401(k) matching | 2 jobs Equity / stock options | 2 jobs Wellness | 2 jobs Competitive pay | 2 jobs Salary bonus | 2 jobs Flex vacation | 1 jobs Travel | 1 jobs Transparency | 1 jobs Conferences | 1 jobs Relocation support | 1 jobs Fertility benefits | 1 jobs

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