Java Developer salary: $200K median
The median advertised Java Developer salary is $200K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $179K to $200K: counted from 65 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $96 an hour or $16,667 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $212K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll Java developer jobs
$200Kmedian advertised salary
$179K – $200Kmiddle half of roles
$190Kaverage advertised salary
65roles counted
Skills that pay more for Java Developer roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| React | $216K | +$16K | 6 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| CLEAR - Corporate | $245K | 3 |
| Captivation Software | $200K | 30 |
| Elastic | $193K | 4 |
| PlayStation Global | $188K | 3 |
| Accenture Federal Services | $104K | 6 |
Highest-paying open Java Developer roles
All Java developer jobs- Sr./Staff Backend Engineer - JavaOscilar · 🇧🇷Brazil - Remote$394K - $574KRemoteLead and aboveJavaDockerKafka
- Senior Java Data Platform Engineer - Clearance RequiredBTI360 Website · 🇺🇸Herndon, VA$146K - $319KSeniorPythonReactJava
- Principal Java Engineer - Distributed Systems, Serverless - ElasticsearchElastic · 🇺🇸United States$160K - $304KLead and aboveJavaElasticsearchServerless
- Senior Software Engineer, JavaCLEAR - Corporate · 🇺🇸New York, New York, United States$225K - $300KSeniorTypeScriptReactJava
- Senior Software Engineer, JavaCLEAR - Corporate · 🇺🇸Austin, Texas, United States$210K - $280KSeniorTypeScriptReactJava
- Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning Engineer 1 - C++/Marian/Java/AWS/PyTorch/PythonCaptivation Software · 🇺🇸Annapolis Junction, MD$130K - $270KPythonJavaScriptJava
- Front-End Developer (Mid/Senior) - Java/Quarkus/HTML/CSS/JavaScript/Oracle/AWSCaptivation Software · 🇺🇸Annapolis Junction, MD$130K - $270KSeniorJavaScriptJavaJira
- Principal Software Development Engineer- Go/JavaZscaler · 🇺🇸Santa Clara, California, USA$185K - $265KLead and aboveGoPythonJava
- Senior Java Engineer - Core/Infra - ElasticsearchElastic · 🇺🇸United States$133K - $253KSeniorJavaCI/CDKubernetes
- Software Engineer (C++/Java)Databento · 🇺🇸Remote / Boston / Salt Lake City / San Francisco / New York$150K - $250KRemoteJavaC++C#
- Data Engineer II, JVMPlayStation Global · 🇺🇸United States, San Mateo, CA$164K - $246KPythonJavaKotlin
- Senior Software Engineer (Java) - Banking AccountsAdyen · 🇺🇸Chicago$180K - $243KSeniorJavaSQLPostgreSQL
- Senior Software Engineer (Java) - Card PaymentsAdyen · 🇺🇸Chicago$180K - $243KSeniorJavaPostgreSQLREST APIs
- Staff Engineer - Backend/Java (REMOTE)Fanatics Betting & Gaming · 🇺🇸New York, NY, United States$144K - $235KLead and aboveJavaKotlinTerraform
- Data Engineer II, JVMPlayStation Global · 🇺🇸United States, Aliso Viejo, CA$150K - $225KPythonJavaKotlin
- Senior Software Engineer (Java)- US RemoteZoomInfo · 🇺🇸Remote-US-DC; Remote-US-MD; Remote-US-VA$140K - $220KRemoteSeniorJavaSQLDocker
- Staff Forward Deploy Engineer (Fullstack - Java/React)SentinelOne · 🇺🇸United States - Remote$156K - $215KRemoteLead and aboveTypeScriptReactNode.js
- Senior Software Engineer - Java (Media Platform)Squarespace · 🇺🇸New York City$128K - $207KSeniorJavaGCPLLM
- Senior Backend Engineer (Java/Spring)Gen Digital · 🇺🇸USA - New York, NY$168K - $190KHybridSeniorJavaSQLPostgreSQL
- Staff Software Engineer- Go/Java (Service Platform & Orchestration)Zscaler · 🇺🇸Santa Clara, California, USA$152K - $190KLead and aboveGoPythonJava
Questions about Java Developer pay
- What is the average Java Developer salary?
- $190K a year on average and $200K at the median, across 65 open Java Developer postings at companies that state pay (November 2026). The median is the better guide: a few very high offers pull the average up.
- What is the typical range?
- The middle half of the postings offer $179K to $200K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest Java Developer pay?
- CLEAR - Corporate ($245K), Captivation Software ($200K), Elastic ($193K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is a java developer a high-paying job?
- The median Java Developer posting advertises $200K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 15% above the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as a java developer?
- A tenth of the postings offer $212K a year or more; the highest open Java Developer role advertises up to $574K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the Java Developer salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $200K a year is about $96 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $16,667 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $86 to $96 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for Java Developer roles?
- Postings that ask for React (+$16K, 6 postings) advertise more than the $200K median of all Java Developer postings with pay.
- Where do these figures come from?
- From the pay ranges employers print in their own job postings, read from their careers pages every hour. The midpoint of each range is counted. These are advertised ranges for open roles, mostly in the United States and in US dollars, not what people are actually paid.
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The median advertised salary for Java Developer roles at companies is $200K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $179K to $200K. Counted from 65 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/java-developer/
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