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 112,410

✏️ This salary info is based on 178 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average entry-level / junior Software Engineer salary lies between USD 70,000 and USD 157,000 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
178
Top 10%
$ 229,300
Top 25%
$ 157,000
Median
$ 112,410
Bottom 25%
$ 70,000
Bottom 10%
$ 50,000

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 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 | 592 jobs Engineering | 552 jobs Computer Science | 440 jobs Machine Learning | 404 jobs Java | 243 jobs Testing | 196 jobs Architecture | 192 jobs AWS | 191 jobs Security | 188 jobs Research | 182 jobs JavaScript | 167 jobs SQL | 159 jobs APIs | 155 jobs Agile | 154 jobs Kubernetes | 136 jobs Docker | 133 jobs Pipelines | 125 jobs LLMs | 124 jobs React | 112 jobs CI/CD | 108 jobs

Top 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 | 468 jobs Health care | 191 jobs Startup environment | 161 jobs Flex hours | 160 jobs Team events | 142 jobs Competitive pay | 124 jobs Equity / stock options | 113 jobs Insurance | 107 jobs Flex vacation | 77 jobs Medical leave | 71 jobs Salary bonus | 64 jobs Wellness | 63 jobs Parental leave | 62 jobs 401(k) matching | 44 jobs Relocation support | 34 jobs Conferences | 24 jobs Fitness / gym | 22 jobs Transparency | 19 jobs Flexible spending account | 15 jobs Gear | 13 jobs

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