Due to the widespread use of JavaScript in modern web applications, there is a significant need for JavaScript developers. They are responsible for implementing the frontend logic that defines how the visual elements of a web app behave. Yet, with frameworks like Node.js, Express.js, Next.js, and Gatsby, the programming language is also being employed in backend development.
According to a report, 53.6% of employers worldwide say they need JavaScript skills, yet only 42% of student developers say they are proficient in the language. JS engineers command considerable wages, especially at the senior end of the range, due to the global need for front-end and full-stack developers with JavaScript skills.
Developers of JavaScript have experienced tremendous salary inflation over the past couple of years, as is the case for all IT positions. While inequalities still persist, the range of typical compensation levels demanded by JavaScript developers in various nations has recently decreased. For instance:
- In the USA, a JavaScript developer makes an average pay of $9523 per month
- Switzerland pays its JavaScript developers an average monthly salary of CHF 8958 ($9269 or €8806).
- In Ukraine, a JavaScript developer makes, on average, $3,500 to $4,000 a month.
The figures are based on gross salaries and do not account for any additional expenses that employers may be required to pay, such as pension payments and other taxes, which raise the total cost.
JavaScript Developer Rates
If you are hiring JavaScript developers through a third-party IT outsourcing provider, you should anticipate that your overall costs will be much higher than the mentioned average gross salary. The outsourcing partner will incur additional costs as the direct employer, including rates-based health insurance and pension contributions, as well as a margin of typically 20% to 30%.
USA’s Average JavaScript Developer Salary Range
Software developers and IT professionals have the largest labor market in the world, especially in the USA. However, because of the shortage of developers, wages have recently increased. According to the employment website talent.com, the average salary for JavaScript developers in the USA is $114,277 a year, or $9523 per month.
For senior roles combining additional languages and technologies in the tech stack, the top of the range is listed at $150,000 a year or $12,500, although there are actual job adverts on the site offering up to $180,000 a year or $15,000 a month.
Germany’s Average JavaScript Developer Salary Range
The average wage for a JavaScript developer in Germany is €5416 per month, or €67,160 annually, according to the German salaries’ statistics website gehalt.de.
Junior developers with up to three years of experience usually make around €4774 per month or €61,378 per year, and senior JS developers with the most experience can make up to about €6119 per month, or €80,882 per year.
The highest end of the range, according to de.talent.com, is set at €7127 a month for senior JavaScript engineers, or €85,520 per year.
UK’s Average JavaScript Developer Salary Range
According to the jobs website uk.indeed.com, the average wage for JavaScript developers in the UK is £58,900 per year, or £4170 per month, with London paying £69,545 per year or £4924 per month. However, earnings for senior positions as a JavaScript developer in the UK can go as high as a little over £90,000.
Switzerland’s Average JavaScript Developer Salary Range
It is not a great surprise that the average JavaScript developer compensation in Switzerland is much more than comparable roles in Germany, given that Switzerland is renowned as one of the top wage economies in the world. The average yearly wage for a JS developer is CHF107,500 (€106,178) per year, or CHF8958 (€8848) per month, according to the job website ch.talent.com.
Eastern Europe’s Average JavaScript Developer Salary Range
Employers from the high-wage economies of Western Europe and North America have long favored Eastern Europe as a location to hire remote software engineers and other IT workers.
The pay gap between Eastern European-based IT professionals and their counterparts in high-wage economies has decreased over the past few years. Although there is still frequently some gap in salaries, it is currently not always significant. But because taxes, social security, and pension contributions are typically substantially smaller, sizable cost savings can still be achieved.
There are some differences in the compensation levels for IT specialists throughout the many nations that make up Eastern Europe. These variations, meanwhile, are fading in importance.
Let’s investigate the two largest labor markets – Poland and Ukraine
Poland’s Average JavaScript Developer Salary Range
Junior and junior/mid JavaScript developer tasks in Poland pay between zł4500 (€960) and zł13000 (€2773) per month, or zł54,000 (€11,520) to zł156,000 (€33,276) per year, according to live offers on the employment portal pl.talent.com.
Salary ranges for mid-level JavaScript developers range from zł8000 (€1706) to zł18,000 (€3840) a month or from zł96,000 (€20,482) to zł216,000 (€46,084) per year. With a range starting at about zł18,000 (€3840) per month or zł216,000 (€46,084) per year, senior JavaScript engineers can make up to zł26,000 (€5500) per month or zł312,000 (€66,000) per year.
Ukraine’s average JavaScript developer salary range
The average JavaScript developer compensation in Ukraine is estimated to be around $3500 per month or $42,000 per year by the local IT employment portal djinni.co. This is despite the country’s ongoing conflict with Russia in the east.
Junior JavaScript employment in Ukraine usually offers a salary range of between $500 and $2000 a month or $6000 to $24,000 a year. Additionally, senior professionals can expect to earn between $6000 and $7000+ per month or between $72,000 and $84,000+ annually.
