Average Salary

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One of the most popular questions we get from our readers here is how much do Web Developers make per year and their hourly wage.

Starting Salary

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Entry-level Web Developers with little to no experience can expect to make anywhere between $37930 to $50990 per year or $18 to $25 per hour.

Just like any other job, the salary of a Web Developer will increase as they become more experienced.

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Salary Rank

We wanted to make it easy for our readers to compare the salary of a Web Developer to all the other careers out there. So we created Salary Rank. We compare the salary of all careers then we give them a rank of A, B, C or D depending on where their average salary sits in comparison to other careers.

After comparing how much do Web Developers make with other careers, they have a salary rank of B.

Salary range

Level	Hourly	Yearly
Highest (Top 10%)	$60	$124480
Senior (Top 25%)	$46	$95020
Middle (Mid 50%)	$33	$69430
Junior (Bottom 25%)	$25	$50990
No experience (Bottom 10%)	$18	$37930

Highest paying states

State	Hourly	Annual
WA	$ 45	$ 94,060
VA	$ 43	$ 88,850
DC	$ 42	$ 87,320
CA	$ 41	$ 86,160
NJ	$ 41	$ 84,500
MA	$ 41	$ 84,300
GA	$ 39	$ 80,090
NY	$ 38	$ 79,880
MN	$ 38	$ 79,690
CO	$ 38	$ 78,790

Another simple way to increase your salary as a Web Developer is to move to a higher paying state. However moving to a higher paying state like WA doesn’t guarantee that you will make more because the expenses at WA might be much higher than where you are currently living at right now.

According to BLS, the highest paid Web Developers are in the states of WA, VA, DC, CA and NJ.

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http://www.bls.gov/OOH/computer-and-information-technology/web-developers.htm

http://www.webprofessionals.org/