Salary for Entry-level / Junior Software Engineer in United States during 2025
💰 The median Salary for Entry-level / Junior Software Engineer in United States during 2025 is USD 116,500
✏️ This salary info is based on 228 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average entry-level / junior Software Engineer salary lies between USD 76,000 and USD 155,605 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
- Software Engineer
- Experience
- Entry-level / Junior
- Region
- United States
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 228
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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 Software Engineer roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with entry-level / junior Software 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 | 732 jobs Engineering | 700 jobs Computer Science | 555 jobs Machine Learning | 509 jobs Java | 294 jobs Testing | 260 jobs Architecture | 253 jobs AWS | 235 jobs Security | 232 jobs JavaScript | 209 jobs Research | 209 jobs Agile | 193 jobs APIs | 192 jobs SQL | 187 jobs Pipelines | 164 jobs Kubernetes | 160 jobs Docker | 160 jobs React | 153 jobs LLMs | 153 jobs CI/CD | 137 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Entry-level / Junior Software Engineer roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with entry-level / junior Software 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 | 595 jobs Health care | 237 jobs Startup environment | 207 jobs Flex hours | 197 jobs Team events | 169 jobs Competitive pay | 156 jobs Equity / stock options | 145 jobs Insurance | 132 jobs Flex vacation | 100 jobs Medical leave | 94 jobs Parental leave | 83 jobs Salary bonus | 77 jobs Wellness | 76 jobs 401(k) matching | 55 jobs Relocation support | 38 jobs Transparency | 28 jobs Conferences | 27 jobs Fitness / gym | 24 jobs Flexible spending account | 17 jobs Home office stipend | 16 jobsRelated salaries
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