Salary for Executive-level / Director Developer in United States during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Executive-level / Director Developer in United States during 2025 is USD 145,020

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The average executive-level / director Developer salary lies between USD 96,960 and USD 170,000 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
Developer
Experience
Executive-level / Director
Region
United States
Salary year
2025
Sample size
12
Top 10%
$ 315,000
Top 25%
$ 170,000
Median
$ 145,020
Bottom 25%
$ 96,960
Bottom 10%
$ 96,960

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 Executive-level / Director Developer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with executive-level / director Developer job listings are Python, Testing and Engineering. 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 | 26 jobs Testing | 24 jobs Engineering | 22 jobs Java | 20 jobs Machine Learning | 17 jobs Computer Science | 17 jobs Research | 16 jobs SQL | 15 jobs Banking | 13 jobs Architecture | 13 jobs Statistics | 13 jobs Big Data | 12 jobs Security | 12 jobs ML models | 12 jobs Spark | 11 jobs Finance | 11 jobs Git | 11 jobs Oracle | 10 jobs Microservices | 10 jobs APIs | 10 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Executive-level / Director Developer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with executive-level / director Developer job listings are Career development, Team events and Health care. 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 | 34 jobs Team events | 11 jobs Health care | 9 jobs Flex hours | 7 jobs Equity / stock options | 6 jobs Competitive pay | 6 jobs Flex vacation | 5 jobs Medical leave | 5 jobs Insurance | 4 jobs Salary bonus | 4 jobs Parental leave | 3 jobs Wellness | 3 jobs Startup environment | 3 jobs Transparency | 3 jobs 401(k) matching | 1 jobs Conferences | 1 jobs Home office stipend | 1 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 1 jobs

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