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Java Developer salaries in the US

Average Java Developer salary in the US:

$146,631

$76.37 hourly

Java Developer salary fast facts

You're viewing live stats for Java Developer vacancies from our database of 6,201,348 job ads. Here are some fast facts:

  • The average Java Developer salary is $146,631
  • This is 52.7% above the national average advertised salary of $96,021
  • Most job opportunities are for IT Jobs and Engineering Jobs
  • The top companies hiring for Java Developer roles are Oracle, JPMorgan Chase and Capital One

Top states for Java Developer salaries

State Annual salary Monthly pay Weekly pay Hourly wage
Maryland $179,519 $14,959 $3,739 $93.50
California $172,767 $14,397 $3,599 $89.98
New Jersey $170,811 $14,234 $3,558 $88.96
New York $160,929 $13,410 $3,352 $83.82
Illinois $154,717 $12,893 $3,223 $80.58
Washington $152,539 $12,711 $3,177 $79.45
Michigan $145,674 $12,139 $3,034 $75.87
Texas $145,178 $12,098 $3,024 $75.61
Virginia $142,885 $11,907 $2,976 $74.42
Connecticut $142,817 $11,901 $2,975 $74.38
Missouri $141,178 $11,764 $2,941 $73.53
Colorado $140,989 $11,749 $2,937 $73.43
Arkansas $139,577 $11,631 $2,907 $72.70
Massachusetts $139,474 $11,622 $2,905 $72.64
Georgia $138,624 $11,552 $2,888 $72.20

Highest paying cities

City Annual salary Compared to national average
San Francisco, CA $192,046 +31.0%
Jersey City, NJ $188,881 +28.8%
Sunnyvale, CA $177,416 +21.0%
New York City, NY $164,406 +12.1%
Atlanta, GA $164,334 +12.1%

Companies paying the highest salary for Java Developer jobs

Most important Java Developer skills

Skill
Rating (0-100) (?)

How is this skill rating identified? We analyzed the job descriptions for thousands of jobs with this title. We then measured how frequently each skill appeared across all the jobs in that set and applied an algorithm to highlight the more relevant skills.

Java 100.0
Solutions 46.4
SQL 36.7
Database 33.6
J2EE 32.9
Software Development 30.0
JavaScript 29.6

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