{"id":1217,"date":"2025-01-09T15:13:12","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T15:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techrecruiting.io\/?p=1217"},"modified":"2025-12-09T15:13:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T15:13:12","slug":"stack-overflow-developer-survey-2024-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techrecruiting.io\/en\/stack-overflow-developer-survey-2024-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech salaries: Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2024 \u2013 USA\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/survey.stackoverflow.co\/2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stack Overflow Developer Survey<\/a> will again survey the Stack Overflow community in 2024. 65,000 software developers worldwide took part in the study this year. How has the salary data compared to 2023? You can find an overview in this article.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are also interested in German tech salaries, take a look <a href=\"https:\/\/techrecruiting.io\/en\/stack-overflow-developer-survey-2024\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1157\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is Stack Overflow?<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stack Overflow<\/a> is a platform for software developers ask questions and exchange ideas with the community. With over 100 million website views per month, it is one of the 500 most popular websites on the Internet. Many software developers use Stack Overflow in their daily programming work to solve problems, learn new things or interact with other software developers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is the Stack Overflow Developer Survey?<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>The Stack Overflow Developer Survey is an annual study various topics concerning software developers. It is divided into the following main topics:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Overview<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Developer profile<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Technologies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Artificial intelligence (AI; new since 2023)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Work<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Community<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Professional developers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Methodology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The &#8222;Overview&#8220;, traditionally the introduction to the study, which describes the topics covered and the focus the study. In the last study from 2023, the topic of &#8222;AI&#8220; was added, to which Stack Overflow also added its new product <a href=\"https:\/\/stackoverflow.co\/labs\/?utm_source=so-owned&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=dev-survey-2023&amp;utm_content=survey-results-top\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stack Overflow Labs<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Developer profile<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The &#8222;Developer Profile&#8220; describes the school career and educational opportunities that software developers use to become software developers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Extract 2024<\/strong>: Across all ages, knowledge in the tech sector is primarily acquired with the help of online resources. The frontrunners here are technical documentation (&gt;80%). Artificial intelligence (AI) is also on the rise with 37%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Technology<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In the &#8222;Technology&#8220; section, the study shows the most popular programming languages, frameworks and co. of the software developers surveyed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Extract 2024<\/strong>: The most popular technologies in 2024 are JavaScript (programming languages; 62.3%), PostgreSQL (database; 48.7%), Amazon Web Services (AWS) (cloud; 48%), Node.js (web frameworks; 40.8%), .NET (5+) (other frameworks; 25.2%), Docker (other tools; 53.9%). In addition, Visual Studio Code is the most popular development environment (73.6%) and Raspberry Pi (38.6%) is the most popular embedded technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the exception of Docker, all technologies show a slight decline compared to 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Artificial intelligence (AI)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The &#8222;AI&#8220; section has been included in the study for the first time since 2023. It describes how AI is used in software development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Extract 2024<\/strong>: 76% of participants are using or planning to use AI in the development process this year. This is an increase compared to 2023 (70%). At the same time, 43% of respondents are convinced and 31% are skeptical about the results of AI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>70% of respondents do not see their job at risk from AI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Work<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The &#8222;Work&#8220; section sheds light on the professional situation of developers. What salaries do they earn? Which companies do they work for? What influence do they have on the technologies used?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Extract 2024<\/strong>: The number of developers working hybrid has remained the same compared to 2023. The number of remote workers, on the other hand, has fallen by 3.41% (2024:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>38%; 2023: 41,41%). On the other hand, the number of &#8222;on-site&#8220; employees will increase by 3.59% (2024:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>20%; 2023: 16,41%)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Community<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8222;Community&#8220; describes the use of Stack Overflow itself by the participants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Professional developers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The &#8222;Professional developers&#8220; section describes the working environment of software developers in the company. This includes communication with each other as well as the use of tools and programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Extract 2023<\/strong>61% of all participants spend more than 30 minutes of a working day looking for solutions to problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Methodology<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The last section of the methodology shows how the study was planned and analyzed. This also includes feedback from the participants on the study itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/thilo-elst\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2443\" height=\"1023\" src=\"https:\/\/techrecruiting.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Werbeanzeige-2.svg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1271\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2024: Participants and evaluation<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>The Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2024 surveyed a total of 65,437 participants (2023: 89,184 participants) from 185 countries. 84% of them are full-time software developers. That is 54,967 software developers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1345\" height=\"437\" src=\"https:\/\/techrecruiting.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Participants-1.svg\" alt=\"Stack Overflow Developer Survey - Participants\" class=\"wp-image-1167\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tech salaries at a glance<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>The Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2024 asks a total of 12,785 participants from the USA about salary (compared to <a href=\"https:\/\/survey.stackoverflow.co\/2023\/#work-salary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2023<\/a>: 11,396 participants). 64.81% of them are employed full-time, 9.11% are full-time students, and 11.11% are freelancers. The remaining 15.11% are made up of part-time employees and students, as well as non-employees and retirees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Salaries for software developers in the USA have fallen in many areas compared to the previous year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Salary: Senior Executive (C-Level, VP, etc.)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>At management level, the average salary in 2023 was <strong>$220,000<\/strong>. In 2024, this will rise to 1,225,000. This is an increase of <strong>+2.27%<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1345\" height=\"321\" src=\"https:\/\/techrecruiting.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Sr.-Executive-C-Level-VP-_-USA.svg\" alt=\"Sr. Executive (C-Level, VP) _ USA\" class=\"wp-image-1229\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Salary: Engineering Manager<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>At the middle management level, the average salary in 2024 is <strong>$192,500<\/strong>. In 2023, this was $195,000. A reduction of <strong>-1.28%<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1345\" height=\"321\" src=\"https:\/\/techrecruiting.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Engineering-Manager-_-USA.svg\" alt=\"Engineering Manager _ USA\" class=\"wp-image-1228\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Salary: Data Scientist \/ Machine Learning Specialist<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>For data scientists and machine learning specialists, the average in 2024 will be down to A slight reduction <strong>of -0.63% <\/strong>compared to 2023 ($160,000).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1345\" height=\"321\" src=\"https:\/\/techrecruiting.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Data-Scientist-_-USA.svg\" alt=\"Data Scientist _ USA\" class=\"wp-image-1227\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Salary: Data Engineer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Data engineering is down <strong>-6.25% <\/strong>to <strong>$150,000 <\/strong>(previous year: $160,000).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1345\" height=\"321\" src=\"https:\/\/techrecruiting.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Data-Engineer-_-USA.svg\" alt=\"Data Engineer _ USA\" class=\"wp-image-1226\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Salary: Cloud Infrastructure Engineer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In cloud engineering, the average salary in 2023 was $1,041,850. In 2024, the average salary is only <strong>$165,000<\/strong>. A reduction of <strong>-10.81%<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1345\" height=\"321\" src=\"https:\/\/techrecruiting.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Cloud-Infrastructure-Engineer-_-_-USA.svg\" alt=\"Cloud Infrastructure Engineer _ _ USA\" class=\"wp-image-1225\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Salary: DevOps Specialist<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In the DevOps sector, the average salary will fall from $141,600 (2023) to <strong>$145,000 <\/strong>(2024). A minus of <strong>-9.38%<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1345\" height=\"321\" src=\"https:\/\/techrecruiting.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DevOps-Specialist-_-USA.svg\" alt=\"DevOps Specialist _ USA\" class=\"wp-image-1224\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Salary: Backend Developer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Backend developer registers an increase <strong>of +3,03%<\/strong>. It goes from an average of $165,000 (2023) to <strong>$170,000 <\/strong>(2024).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1345\" height=\"321\" src=\"https:\/\/techrecruiting.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Backend-Developer-_-USA.svg\" alt=\"Backend Developer _ USA\" class=\"wp-image-1223\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Salary: Frontend Developer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In the front-end sector, the average salary in 2024 is <strong>$135,000<\/strong>, a drop of <strong>-3.57%<\/strong> compared to the previous year ($140,000).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1345\" height=\"321\" src=\"https:\/\/techrecruiting.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Frontend-Developer-_-USA.svg\" alt=\"Frontend Developer _ USA\" class=\"wp-image-1222\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Salary: Full Stack Developer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Full stack developers earn an average of <strong>$130,000 <\/strong>in 2024, a reduction of <strong>-7.14%<\/strong>compared to 2023 ($140,000). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1345\" height=\"321\" src=\"https:\/\/techrecruiting.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Full-Stack-Developer-_-USA.svg\" alt=\"Full Stack Developer _ USA\" class=\"wp-image-1221\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Salary: Mobile Developer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Mobile developers report a significant increase <strong>of +13.5%. <\/strong>From an average of $163,000 (2023) to <strong>$185,000 <\/strong>(2024).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1345\" height=\"321\" src=\"https:\/\/techrecruiting.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Mobile-Developer-_-USA.svg\" alt=\"Mobile Developer _ USA\" class=\"wp-image-1220\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Salary: Embedded Developer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Embedded developers lose <strong>-7.14%<\/strong>. The average salary in 2024 will be <strong>$130,000 <\/strong>(2023: $140,000).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1345\" height=\"321\" src=\"https:\/\/techrecruiting.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Embedded-Developer-_-USA.svg\" alt=\"Embedded Developer _ USA\" class=\"wp-image-1219\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Salary: Security Professional<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Security professionals continued to record a sharp drop <strong>of -24,86%<\/strong>. From an average of $173,000 (2023), it goes down to <strong>$130,000 <\/strong>(2024).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1345\" height=\"321\" src=\"https:\/\/techrecruiting.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Security-Professional-_-USA.svg\" alt=\"Security Professional _ USA\" class=\"wp-image-1218\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The study also shows other salary data. For example, that of the Game Developer (2024: $125,000), the Site Reliability Engineer (2024: $166,500) or the System Administrator (2024: $83,080).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can find a detailed insight into the study here: <a href=\"https:\/\/survey.stackoverflow.co\/2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2024<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/thilo-elst\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2437\" height=\"1222\" src=\"https:\/\/techrecruiting.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/About-me-English.svg\" alt=\"About me\" class=\"wp-image-1244\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">FAQ<\/h2>\n\n\n<div id=\"rank-math-faq\" class=\"rank-math-block\">\n<div class=\"rank-math-list\">\n<div id=\"faq-question-1736433626493\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question\">How much does an AI developer earn in the USA?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer\">\n\n<p>An AI developer in the USA will earn an average of $160,000 in 2024.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-question-1736433840071\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question\">How much does a scientist in software development earn?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer\">\n\n<p>A scientist in software development will earn an average of $1,139,500 in 2024.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-question-1736433953593\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question\">How much does a QA \/ Test Engineer earn in the USA?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer\">\n\n<p>A QA\/test engineer in the USA will earn an average of $130,000 in 2024.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Stack Overflow Developer Survey will again survey the Stack Overflow community in 2024. 65,000 software developers worldwide took part in the study this year. How has the salary data compared to 2023? You can find an overview in this article. If you are also interested in German tech salaries, take a look here. 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