Salary for Entry-level / Junior Software Developer during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Entry-level / Junior Software Developer during 2025 is USD 113,125

✏️ This salary info is based on 12 individual salaries reported during 2025

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The average entry-level / junior Software Developer salary lies between USD 94,000 and USD 120,000 globally. 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 Developer
Experience
Entry-level / Junior
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
12
Top 10%
$ 122,200
Top 25%
$ 120,000
Median
$ 113,125
Bottom 25%
$ 94,000
Bottom 10%
$ 67,600

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 Entry-level / Junior Software Developer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with entry-level / junior Software Developer job listings are Clearance, C and Agile. 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:

Clearance | 9 jobs C | 8 jobs Agile | 8 jobs Cloud | 7 jobs DoD | 6 jobs APIs | 6 jobs Computer Science | 6 jobs Java | 5 jobs Python | 5 jobs Security Clearance | 5 jobs DevSecOps | 5 jobs Jira | 5 jobs Bitbucket | 5 jobs Confluence | 5 jobs DoDD 8570 | 4 jobs GitHub | 4 jobs JSON | 4 jobs Scrum | 3 jobs AWS | 3 jobs Automation | 3 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Entry-level / Junior Software Developer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with entry-level / junior Software Developer job listings are Career development, Insurance and 401(k) matching. 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 | 11 jobs Insurance | 6 jobs 401(k) matching | 5 jobs Flex hours | 4 jobs Equity / stock options | 3 jobs Health care | 3 jobs Competitive pay | 3 jobs Team events | 3 jobs Flex vacation | 2 jobs Salary bonus | 2 jobs Parental leave | 1 jobs Conferences | 1 jobs Medical leave | 1 jobs

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