Salary for Senior-level / Expert Developer in United States during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Developer in United States during 2025 is USD 141,850

✏️ This salary info is based on 112 individual salaries reported during 2025

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The average senior-level / expert Developer salary lies between USD 104,650 and USD 178,100 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
Senior-level / Expert
Region
United States
Salary year
2025
Sample size
112
Top 10%
$ 200,000
Top 25%
$ 178,100
Median
$ 141,850
Bottom 25%
$ 104,650
Bottom 10%
$ 52,000

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 Senior-level / Expert Developer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert Developer job listings are Python, Engineering and SQL. 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 | 1154 jobs Engineering | 948 jobs SQL | 873 jobs Computer Science | 810 jobs Machine Learning | 796 jobs Architecture | 710 jobs Security | 667 jobs AWS | 618 jobs Agile | 597 jobs Testing | 586 jobs Azure | 575 jobs Pipelines | 558 jobs APIs | 543 jobs CI/CD | 434 jobs Java | 422 jobs ETL | 391 jobs Research | 369 jobs Power BI | 356 jobs DevOps | 352 jobs JavaScript | 343 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Senior-level / Expert Developer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert Developer job listings are Career development, Health care and Flex hours. 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 | 1219 jobs Health care | 520 jobs Flex hours | 418 jobs Competitive pay | 320 jobs Startup environment | 269 jobs Insurance | 255 jobs Equity / stock options | 234 jobs Team events | 220 jobs Flex vacation | 195 jobs Salary bonus | 176 jobs Medical leave | 158 jobs Parental leave | 153 jobs Wellness | 133 jobs 401(k) matching | 127 jobs Fitness / gym | 67 jobs Transparency | 58 jobs Flexible spending account | 46 jobs Conferences | 39 jobs Relocation support | 39 jobs Gear | 27 jobs

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