IT salaries in USA 2026 ๐บ๐ธ
Developer salaries in USA: median $10833/month across 4122 open jobs with a stated salary, broken down by role, seniority and tech stack. Live data, USD-normalised.
$10,833
median $/mo
$7,896โ$14,496
p25โp75 range
4,122
jobs with a stated salary
Salary by role in USA (USD/mo)
| Role | P25 | Median | P75 | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Backend | $8,784 | $10,480 | $13,680 | 373 |
| Fullstack | $8,900 | $10,740 | $13,197 | 234 |
| PM | $7,614 | $9,961 | $12,916 | 166 |
| AI Engineer | $12,043 | $13,876 | $15,226 | 152 |
| Data | $9,348 | $10,949 | $14,503 | 111 |
| QA | $7,458 | $9,216 | $11,838 | 84 |
| DevOps | $8,442 | $10,472 | $13,706 | 82 |
| Architect | $10,211 | $13,000 | $16,961 | 80 |
| ML/AI | $10,402 | $12,708 | $16,874 | 75 |
| Security | $8,455 | $10,970 | $15,008 | 37 |
| Analyst | $7,083 | $9,583 | $10,662 | 31 |
| Platform Engineer | $10,312 | $12,176 | $14,623 | 31 |
| Product | $11,138 | $14,166 | $17,333 | 29 |
| Frontend | $7,446 | $10,402 | $12,155 | 28 |
| Design | $4,959 | $7,083 | $15,208 | 19 |
| SRE | $11,354 | $12,529 | $14,063 | 13 |
| Mobile | $8,235 | $10,021 | $14,500 | 9 |
| Embedded | $3,000 | $10,758 | $17,825 | 9 |
| Blockchain | $11,983 | $13,797 | $14,800 | 9 |
| Analytics Engineer | $10,358 | $11,250 | $12,000 | 5 |
Salary by seniority (USD/mo)
| Level | P25 | Median | P75 | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior | $750 | $5,000 | $9,809 | 77 |
| Middle | $8,333 | $9,781 | $12,782 | 21 |
| Senior | $9,504 | $11,935 | $14,908 | 747 |
| Lead | $8,761 | $11,588 | $14,466 | 446 |
| Principal / Expert | $8,815 | $13,000 | $17,332 | 221 |
Salary by stack in USA (median, USD/mo)
Salary distribution
Median trend in USA
Weekly median salary (USD/month) across jobs with a stated salary.
Compare with other countries
๐ช๐ธ Spain $9,058๐ฆ๐น Austria $8,152๐ฆ๐บ Australia $7,823๐ฌ๐ง UK $6,759๐จ๐ฆ Canada $6,465๐ฉ๐ช Germany $6,340๐ณ๐ฑ Netherlands $6,292๐ต๐ฑ Poland $5,754๐ณ๐ฟ New Zealand $5,224๐ง๐ท Brazil $5,000๐ฎ๐น Italy $4,528๐ธ๐ฌ Singapore $4,500๐ซ๐ท France $3,985๐ฒ๐ฝ Mexico $3,815๐ง๐ช Belgium $3,333๐ช๐ช Estonia $3,261๐ฑ๐ป Latvia $3,048๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa $2,460๐ฑ๐น Lithuania $2,446๐ท๐บ Russia $2,000๐บ๐ฆ Ukraine $2,000๐บ๐ฟ Uzbekistan $2,000๐ฎ๐ณ India $1,993๐ฐ๐ฟ Kazakhstan $1,457
Recent jobs with a salary
Full Stack Software Engineer - Web3 (SF)$13,333Senior Software Engineer, Block Production$15,000Senior Backend Engineer$14,583Software Engineer, Product$22,416Software Engineer, Spectacles C++, Level 4$19,583Software Engineer II, Patient Platform (Backend)$13,333Software Engineer, Backend$22,916Software Engineer, Frontend$15,500Software Engineer II โ Java/Spring boot Engineer (Microservice Systems)$12,712Data Center Technician, Server Ops 24x7 Operations$23,000Director, Market Access & Reimbursement, Americas$13,560Physician-Dermatology$6,685
FAQ
What is the median IT salary in USA?
$10833/month across 4122 open vacancies in USA with a disclosed salary (USD-normalised).
Which IT role pays most in USA?
By volume, Backend leads the sample; see the by-role table for the full p25/median/p75 spread.
Are these USA salaries gross or net?
Figures are the salary stated in the job posting, normalised to USD/month at parse time. Most postings quote gross.
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