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 135,700

✏️ This salary info is based on 336 individual salaries reported during 2025

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The average senior-level / expert Developer salary lies between USD 105,267 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
Senior-level / Expert
Region
United States
Salary year
2025
Sample size
336
Top 10%
$ 200,000
Top 25%
$ 170,000
Median
$ 135,700
Bottom 25%
$ 105,267
Bottom 10%
$ 83,000

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 | 2421 jobs Engineering | 2073 jobs SQL | 1748 jobs Machine Learning | 1681 jobs Computer Science | 1633 jobs Architecture | 1554 jobs AWS | 1347 jobs Security | 1336 jobs Pipelines | 1310 jobs Testing | 1300 jobs Azure | 1279 jobs APIs | 1276 jobs Agile | 1222 jobs CI/CD | 973 jobs Java | 888 jobs DevOps | 779 jobs ETL | 770 jobs Docker | 751 jobs Research | 729 jobs Power BI | 723 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 | 2533 jobs Health care | 1110 jobs Flex hours | 933 jobs Competitive pay | 686 jobs Startup environment | 626 jobs Team events | 521 jobs Equity / stock options | 510 jobs Insurance | 482 jobs Flex vacation | 459 jobs Salary bonus | 367 jobs Parental leave | 356 jobs Medical leave | 327 jobs Wellness | 274 jobs 401(k) matching | 267 jobs Fitness / gym | 133 jobs Transparency | 128 jobs Conferences | 105 jobs Relocation support | 102 jobs Flexible spending account | 83 jobs Home office stipend | 63 jobs

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