With JavaScript used in almost every contemporary web application, JavaScript developers are in huge demand. The programming language is most associated as a frontend technology but is also increasingly used in backend development through frameworks like Node.js, Express.js, Next.js and Gatsby.
JavaScript developers often use libraries and frameworks like React, Angular and Vue on the front end, as well as those mentioned for the backend if full stack. But employers often focus on vanilla JavaScript skills rather than experience with particular frameworks because they know they can be picked up.
The international demand for front end and full stack developers with JavaScript skills means JS developers command significant salaries, especially at the senior end of the range. Over the past couple of years, there has also been significant salary inflation across IT roles with JavaScript developers no exception.
And while the range of salary levels typically commanded by JavaScript developers in different countries around the world has narrowed recently, differences still exist. For example:
- The average JavaScript developer salary in Ukraine is $3500-$4000 a month
- The average JavaScript developer salary in Switzerland is CHF8958 ($9269 or €8806)
- The average JavaScript developer salary in the USA is $9523
In this analysis, we collate the best data sources for JavaScript developer salary ranges in:
- Germany
- Switzerland
- UK
- Eastern Europe – Poland & Ukraine
- USA
Figures relate to gross salaries and do not include additional costs such as pension contributions and other taxes that employers may be liable for that add to the overall cost. If you are a JavaScript developer benchmarking your salary against international ranges, you can find online calculators that will tell you how gross salary translates into net take-home pay in the different countries we cover.
JavaScript developer rates
If you are recruiting JavaScript developers through a third-party IT outsourcing company, you should expect end costs to be significantly higher than average gross salary figures quoted. As the direct employer, the outsourcing partner will also have additional expenses including health insurance and pension contributions that are built into rates, as is a margin that is typically between 20% and 30%.
If you would like a quote for front end or full stack JavaScript developer rates for professionals based in mainly Eastern Europe that represent the tech stack you need, please get in touch.
You may also be interested in the average international salary ranges for JavaScript developers with a command of particular front end and back end JS libraries and frameworks:
- React developer salary ranges
- Angular developer salary ranges
- Vue developer salary ranges
- Node.js developer salary ranges
- Front end developer salary ranges
Average JavaScript developer salary range in Germany
The German salaries data site gehalt.de puts the average JavaScript developer salary in Garmany at €5416 a month or €67,160 a year.
Junior developers with up to 3 years years experience typically earn around €4774 a month or €61,378 a year and the most experienced senior JS developers up to around €6119 a month or €80,882 a year.
Regionally, the highest JavaScript developer salaries are offered in Baden-Württemberg where the average is €5864 a month or €72,710 a year and lowest in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern at €4176 a month or €51,781 a year.
Source: Gehalt.de
Figures from another reliable data source for salaries, de.talent.com match up closely to those of Gehalt.de with the average monthly JavaScript developer salary given as €5417 a month or €65,000 a year, based on a sample size of 256 salaries.
However, de.talent.com puts the higher end of the range at €7127 a month for senior JavaScript developers, which works out at €85,520 annually.
Source: de.talent.com
Average JavaScript developer salary range in Switzerland
Famously one of the highest wage economies in the world, it is not a major surprise that the average JavaScript developer salary in Switzerland is significantly higher than comparable roles in Germany. The jobs portal ch.talent.com puts the average annual salary for a JS developer at CHF107,500 (€106,178) a year, or CHF8958 (€8848) a month.
Source: ch.talent.com
Average JavaScript developer salary range in the United Kingdom
The jobs portal uk.indeed.com estimates the average JavaScript developer salary in the UK to be £58,900 a year or £4170 a month, rising to £69,545 a year or £4924 a month in London. The data is based on 1500 reported salaries across the UK and over 700 in London.
However, JavaScript developer salaries in the UK can reach as much as a little over £90,000 a year or £7500 a month for senior roles.
Source: uk.indeed.com
Based on 10,000 salaries, uk.talent.com estimates the average annual JavaScript developer salary at £50,000, or £4167 a month. At the lower end of the range, the jobs portal puts junior roles as commanding around £40,000 per annum or £3333 a month. It puts the top end of the range for JavaScript developers in the UK at £70,000 per annum or £5833 a month.
However, the same site also has live job ads offering up to £100,000 plus benefits and bonuses for lead and full stack JavaScript developer roles, suggesting the survey data may be out of date.
Average JavaScript developer salary range in Eastern Europe – Poland and Ukraine
Eastern Europe has long been a popular region for employers from the high wage economies of Western Europe and North America to recruit remote software developers and other IT specialists. The region has large numbers of qualified professionals and, at least from Western Europe, offers convenient travel logistics and time zone compatibility.
Software developer salaries have also traditionally been relatively lower compared to those commanded by comparable professionals in Western Europe and North America with tax regimes also offering further savings.
Over the past few years, the gap between the take-home pay of IT specialists based in Eastern Europe and their peers in high wage economies has closed. There is now often not a big difference in salaries, though there is still often some. But significant cost efficiencies can still be realised because taxes, social security and pension contributions are generally much lower.
Eastern Europe spans a large number of countries and there are some variations in IT specialist salary ranges from one to another. However, those differences are becoming less significant. Here we’ll look at data from the region’s two largest labour markets for software developers and other IT specialists – Poland and Ukraine.
Average JavaScript developer salary range in Poland
Live offers on the jobs portal pl.talent.com show that junior and junior/mid JavaScript developer roles in Poland offer between zł4500 (€960) and zł13000 (€2773) a month or zł54,000 (€11,520) to zł156,000 (€33,276) a year.
Source: pl.talent.com
Mid-level JavaScript developer salaries fall between zł8000 (€1706) and zł18,000 (€3840) a month or between zł96,000 (€20,482) and zł216,000 (€46,084) a year. Senior JavaScript developers can earn up to zł26,000 (€5500) a month or zł312,000 (€66,000) a year with a range starting at around zł18,000 (€3840) a month or zł216,000(€46,084) a year.
Average JavaScript developer salary range in Ukraine
In Ukraine, where the IT sector continues to prove itself remarkably robost and resilient despite the active war with Russia in the east of the country, the local IT jobs portal djinni.co put the average JavaScript developer salary at around $3500 a month or $42,000 a year. IT sector salaries are standardly quoted in USD in Ukraine.
Junior JavaScript roles in Ukraine typically offer a salary range of between $500 and $2000 a month or $6000 to $24,000 a year. And senior professionals command between $6000 and $7000+ a month or between $72,000 and $84,000+ a year.
Source: djinni.co
Average JavaScript developer salary range in the USA
The USA is the biggest labour market in the world for software developers and IT specialists but supply is tight, pushing salaries up in recent years. The jobs portal talent.com says the average JavaScript developer in the USA earns $114,277 annually, or $9523 a month.
Source: talent.com
The top of the range is put at $150,000 a year or $12,500 but there are live job ads on the site offering up to $180,000 a year or $15,000 a month for senior roles combining other languages and technologies in the tech stack.
Data from indeed.com put the average JavaScript developer salary in the United States as $103,979 annually or $8665 a month.
Live job ads on the site indicate that JavaScript developer salaries in the USA can reach as much as $199,000 a year or $16,583 a month.
Source: indeed.com
