The remote dev jobs salary picture: medians and full pay distributions across skills, roles, and locations, from disclosed pay.
Updated 3 hours ago
Median salary
$130K
Typical range
$110K–$161K
Top of market
$191K
Salary transparency
76%
Bottom 10%
$96K
Lower 25%
$110K
Median
$130K
Upper 25%
$161K
Top 10%
$191K
Based on 544 disclosed salaries · average $137K
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| Skill | Median salary | Based on | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engineer | $137K | 281 salaries | High confidence |
| Software | $141K | 184 salaries | High confidence |
| Developer | $119K | 171 salaries | High confidence |
| Data | $132K | 143 salaries | High confidence |
| Senior | $141K | 125 salaries | High confidence |
| AI/ML | $148K | 125 salaries | High confidence |
| Technology | $130K | 93 salaries | Medium confidence |
| Platform | $138K | 90 salaries | Medium confidence |
| Java | $121K | 90 salaries | Medium confidence |
| Full-Stack Development | $120K | 84 salaries | Medium confidence |
| Python | $127K | 76 salaries | Medium confidence |
| Softwareentwicklung | $159K | 75 salaries | Medium confidence |
| Data Engineering | $127K | 74 salaries | Medium confidence |
| Join | $136K | 71 salaries | Medium confidence |
| DevOps | $122K | 67 salaries | Medium confidence |
| AWS | $135K | 54 salaries | Medium confidence |
| Enterprise | $130K | 54 salaries | Medium confidence |
| API Development | $120K | 52 salaries | Medium confidence |
| React | $132K | 50 salaries | Medium confidence |
| People | $162K | 46 salaries | Medium confidence |
| Lead | $131K | 40 salaries | Medium confidence |
| SQL | $109K | 39 salaries | Medium confidence |
| CI/CD | $122K | 38 salaries | Medium confidence |
| Consulting | $125K | 34 salaries | Medium confidence |
| Microservices | $125K | 33 salaries | Medium confidence |
| Product | $141K | 30 salaries | Medium confidence |
| Spring | $116K | 30 salaries | Medium confidence |
| Site Reliability Engineering | $131K | 28 salaries | Low confidence |
| Phyton | $122K | 28 salaries | Low confidence |
| Finance | $159K | 27 salaries | Low confidence |
| DevOps Engineering | $118K | 27 salaries | Low confidence |
| REST APIs | $115K | 27 salaries | Low confidence |
| Kubernetes | $131K | 25 salaries | Low confidence |
| JavaScript | $120K | 25 salaries | Low confidence |
| Data Analysis | $149K | 25 salaries | Low confidence |
| Beratung | $128K | 24 salaries | Low confidence |
| Web Applications | $106K | 23 salaries | Low confidence |
| .NET | $113K | 22 salaries | Low confidence |
| Code | $119K | 22 salaries | Low confidence |
| Tech | $135K | 21 salaries | Low confidence |
| Products | $122K | 21 salaries | Low confidence |
| IT Security | $138K | 17 salaries | Low confidence |
| Backend Development | $116K | 17 salaries | Low confidence |
| Category | Median salary | Based on | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full-Time | $130K | 544 salaries | High confidence |
| Category | Median salary | Based on | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Remote | $130K | 544 salaries | High confidence |
| Category | Median salary | Based on | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸United States | $130K | 509 salaries | High confidence |
| 🇬🇧United Kingdom | £68K | 47 salaries | Medium confidence |
Cite this data
Salary Statistics. Dev Remotely. https://devremotely.com/stats/salaries
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