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 145,600

✏️ This salary info is based on 94 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Developer salary lies between USD 99,843 and USD 173,728 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
94
Top 10%
$ 200,000
Top 25%
$ 173,728
Median
$ 145,600
Bottom 25%
$ 99,843
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 | 927 jobs Engineering | 768 jobs SQL | 696 jobs Computer Science | 643 jobs Machine Learning | 642 jobs Architecture | 572 jobs Security | 542 jobs Agile | 487 jobs AWS | 480 jobs Testing | 465 jobs Azure | 456 jobs Pipelines | 438 jobs APIs | 429 jobs Java | 349 jobs CI/CD | 339 jobs ETL | 313 jobs Research | 300 jobs Power BI | 291 jobs DevOps | 284 jobs JavaScript | 282 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 | 975 jobs Health care | 413 jobs Flex hours | 344 jobs Competitive pay | 250 jobs Startup environment | 208 jobs Insurance | 204 jobs Equity / stock options | 186 jobs Team events | 171 jobs Flex vacation | 153 jobs Salary bonus | 145 jobs Medical leave | 127 jobs Parental leave | 125 jobs 401(k) matching | 103 jobs Wellness | 93 jobs Fitness / gym | 53 jobs Transparency | 45 jobs Flexible spending account | 37 jobs Relocation support | 29 jobs Conferences | 25 jobs Gear | 20 jobs

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