Average Software Engineering Salary By Programming Language

This report looks at the average salary by programming language which software developers earn.

As the number of tech talents, specifically those who have acquired certain programming languages, keep increasing, so are salaries keep changing.

Consequently, many software developers earn varying amounts as salaries depending on the programming language they know.

Not as if all programming languages are not good, however, some employers seem to value some over the others.

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At least, this is evident in the salaries some software developers of particular programming languages earn over the others.

So, the question then remains: what is the average salary by programming language or the languages best-paid salary?

Well, here is the average software engineer salary by language:

Golang and Ruby tend to be highly paid languages, whereas JavaScript and PHP are the languages with the lowest salaries.

The average salaries across all ten countries in our comparison are:

LANGUAGE: Salary

1. Golang $61,427
2. Ruby $55,847
3. iOS $54,954
4. Python $52,318
5. Android $48,902
6. SQL $47,020
7. Java $46,592
8. JavaScript $45,833
9. PHP $43,656

Country by Country Average Software Engineering Salary By Programming Language:

A. Golang Language:
Country: Salary:
1. USA $120,577
2. Israel $109,702
3. Switzerland $108,827
4. UK $79,726
5. Germany $65,533
6. Japan $51,652
7. France $50,622
8. India $10,446
9. Philippines $9,928
10. Nigeria $7,266

B: Ruby Language:

Country: Salary:
1. USA $119,558
2. Switzerland $93,280
3. UK $85,354
4. Israel $64,525
5. Germany $62,827
6. Japan $53,128
7. France $48,581
8. India $12,372
9. Nigeria $12,110
10. Philippines $6,742

C. Python

Country: Salary:
1. USA $114,904
2. Switzerland $100,315
3. Israel $83,369
4. UK $67,570
5. Germany $52,535
6. France $46,964
7. Japan $36,021
8. India $7,506
9. Nigeria $7,255
10. Philippines $6,742

D. Java:

Country: Salary:
1. USA $112,013
2. Switzerland $91,706
3. Israel $74,251
4. Germany $52,404
5. UK $46,774
6. France $40,160
7. Japan $23,623
8. Philippines $10,833
9. India $9,519
10. Nigeria $4,640

E. JavaScript:

Country: Salary:
1. USA $111,922
2. Switzerland $80,285
3. Israel $72,028
4. Germany $55,000
5. France $45,644
6. UK $42,924
7. Japan $33,859
8. Philippines $8,429
9. India $5,409
10. Nigeria $2,830

F. Android

Country: Salary:
1. USA $109,377
2. Switzerland $104,256
3. Israel $78,558
4. Germany $56,572
5. UK $44,112
6. France $42,020
7. Japan $38,730
8. Philippines $6,338
9. India $5,181
10. Nigeria $3,875

G. iOS

Country: Salary:
1. USA $108,783
2. Switzerland $96,161
3. Israel $76,692
4. UK $73,147
5. Japan $72,194
6. Germany $62,586
7. France $43,501
8. India $8,577
9. Nigeria $4,844
10. Philippines $3,059

H. SQL”

Country: Salary:
1. Switzerland $108,868
2. USA $85,845
3. Israel $65,770
4. Germany $56,391
5. France $47,619
6. UK $39,973
7. Japan $31,815
8. Philippines $6,698
9. India $5,688
10. Nigeria $5,650

I. PHP:

Country: Salary:
1. USA $92,867
2. Switzerland $88,131
3. Israel $64,573
4. Germany $59,020
5. France $40,566
6. UK $36,832
7. Japan $33,625
8. Philippines $8,748
9. India $3,717
10. Nigeria $3,482