What’s the Average Front-End Developer Salary in the US, the UK, and the Netherlands?
Front-end technologies are the fastest-changing in the tech world. Statistically, a front-end developer has to learn a new tech stack every two years. However, this doesn’t stop people from joining the largest tech community in the world — the JavaScript fan club.
Interestingly, the growing supply of the front-end developers hardly meets the demand of the developed tech markets. For instance, the US, the UK, and the Netherlands — the world’s tech-savvy countries are still facing a severe scarcity of front-end developers.
Average Front-End Developer Salary in the World
What is the average salary for a front-end developer in the US?
According to salary reports by PayScale and Upwork, the average front-end developer salary in the US is around $105K. PayScale informs that in the US, a senior front-end developer earns around $145 000. A salary of a middle front-end developer roams around $100 000. And a junior front-end developer with up to 3 years of experience can earn about $72 000 a year.
Besides the salaries and common benefits such as health insurance stock options, and free meals, a front-end developer can get cash bonus that, on average, is as large as $2500.
San Francisco, San Jose, New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago are the most popular front-end cities in the US. Speaking about salaries, the most lucrative city to work in is San Francisco. In San Francisco, a company planning to hire front-end developer with more than 4 years of experience will cost about $174 000 of a salary per year. A junior front-end developer can expect an average salary of $87 000 per year.
In San Jose, a junior front-end developer, on average, earns about $87 000 per year. A middle developer’s salary is around $122K and a senior front-nd developer is offered $174 000 per year.
In Los Angeles and New York, according to PayScale, the salaries for front-end developers are pretty similar. For instance, a junior front-end programmer gets $68 000 per year, just the same as in Los Angeles. A senior front-end developer is offered about $142 000 in Los Angeles and $149 000 in New York.
Chicago’s tech companies reward their junior front-end developers with a yearly salary of $62 000. An average salary for middle and senior front-end developers range between $89 000 up to $130 000 per year.
A front-end developer using React.js gets about $79 000 which makes them one of the most well-rewarded technicians. An Angular.js front-end developer, on average, gets about $75 000 and a JavaScript programmer earns about $72 000 per year.
React.js — $79,627
Average Angular.js Salary — $75,193
JavaScript — $72,045
HTML5 — $68,698
CSS — $68,463
What is the average front-end developer salary in the United Kingdom?
On average, a junior front-end engineer earns around $32 000 per year. Companies offer middle front-end developers a salary of $50 000 and a senior front-end developer earns around $69 000.
London is known for its lively tech arena. The city houses about 3 000 startups, offices of 15 global businesses, and 30 business accelerators. Demanded as it may seem, the arena cannot generate a necessary number of front-end engineers. Having 66.4 million citizens, only 338 000 of them are programmers. The second-best options for working as a front-end developer besides London are Edinburgh, Oxford, and Cambridge.
What is the average salary for a front-end developer in the Netherlands?
In Amsterdam, a junior front-end developer, on average, gets a salary of $34 000 per year. A middle front-end engineer can expect to get $67 000 and a senior front-end programmer earns around $79 000 per year.
Angular.js — $54K
React.js — $48K
JavaScript — $47K
HTML5 — $45K
CSS — $44K
