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 120,000
✏️ This salary info is based on 240 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average entry-level / junior Software Engineer salary lies between USD 79,700 and USD 159,000 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
- Software Engineer
- Experience
- Entry-level / Junior
- Region
- United States
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 240
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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 | 775 jobs Engineering | 746 jobs Computer Science | 591 jobs Machine Learning | 548 jobs Java | 307 jobs Testing | 276 jobs Architecture | 269 jobs AWS | 253 jobs Security | 244 jobs Research | 227 jobs JavaScript | 221 jobs APIs | 209 jobs Agile | 204 jobs SQL | 194 jobs Pipelines | 176 jobs Docker | 174 jobs LLMs | 167 jobs Kubernetes | 166 jobs React | 164 jobs Git | 149 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 | 637 jobs Health care | 253 jobs Startup environment | 224 jobs Flex hours | 202 jobs Team events | 177 jobs Competitive pay | 163 jobs Equity / stock options | 153 jobs Insurance | 141 jobs Medical leave | 104 jobs Flex vacation | 103 jobs Parental leave | 88 jobs Salary bonus | 83 jobs Wellness | 77 jobs 401(k) matching | 60 jobs Relocation support | 38 jobs Transparency | 32 jobs Conferences | 28 jobs Fitness / gym | 25 jobs Flexible spending account | 18 jobs Home office stipend | 16 jobsRelated salaries
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