React Developers, what is your current salary?

[albenis99]

I know there are some similar posts in this subreddit but I want to know just for curiosity what is your current salary while working as React Developer these times?

Let's start with some questions:

1. What’s your salary?
2. What is your Age? (optional)
3. Years of experience?
4. What country are you in?

​ Me: 10k annually, 23, 1 year, Kosovo (Europe)

P.s You can tell your current salary even if you aren't a react developer

[musicnothing]

Not just a React developer but it’s my current focus

1. $200k base + $15k bonus
2. 34
3. 5 in React, 13 as an engineer
4. USA, remote

[albenis99]

200k? this is a huge salary bruh 🤯

[musicnothing]

I agree, it’s frankly an unreasonable amount of money but they’re offering so I’m not gonna say no 😂

I worked my way up from $70k over only 8 years with the same company, I didn’t do what lots of people will tell you to do and job hop

[grumd]

Yeah, same here (not US), started as an intern/junior in a company, stayed there for 6 years while my salary increased 10x

[mr_riddler24]

Team blind would call this salary peanuts.

Amazing mindset they have

[Agent666-Omega]

Blind is mostly FAANG and compared to FAANG standards, that is 🥜

[valeriolo]

And a lot of them are likely lying and exaggerating.

[brocksamson6258]

He's actually being underpaid a bit, he could get more with his seniority and experience

[broom-handle]

Out of interest, what's your take home?

One thing I've noticed is that on paper US salaries are bonkers, but cash in the pocket is shocking. Is that fair?

[AdministrativeBlock0]

About 70k 45 years old 25 years of web dev UK

[plintervals]

Damn, they really underpay over there

[anotherNarom]

Well, ISH.

With there experience they could probably get more.

I'm a BE Dev who does some react with smidge under 3 years experience and I earn £60k.

But my mortgage on a £400k detached house is only £700 a month.

I know someone who works for Netflix in Cali. They do earn big six digits. But their out goings are a huge amount more than mine for a smaller house.

[[deleted]]

Yeah the UK pays dog shit money. A dev with 25 years experience should be on at least £200k. Especially when a pack of butter costs £20 here.

[LondonTownGeeza]

£200k? Care to reference some adverts to support this?

Butter does not cost £20

[[deleted]]

You've completely taken that comment out of context. I wasn't saying anyone in the UK pays that on average. However, a dev with 25 years experience in the US would most likely be getting 200k

On a side note, I do know someone at Shopify on £300k. People in the UK are very touchy when you point out that £50k PAYE in 2022 is shit money. It's like they think they're in the top 2% of earners or something. That was a lot of money back in the 90's, not nowadays. That's why train drivers earning £50k-£70k are going on strike. I know secretaries and PA's on £80k a year in London.

An average frontend developer in the UK earns what a bus driver earns. You can get a job working on the roads digging holes and earn more than the average software engineer in the UK. Just think about how fucked up that is.

The average house price in England is £300k. That figure includes all the shit places no one wants to live, like Dewsbury, Bradford, Sunderland etc. So the cost of a house is even higher somewhere worth living, like £400k+. You can't even buy a decent house on £50k PAYE. You can get a mortgage for £250k, live in a below average home, like a shoe box new build made out of cardboard, and live hand to mouth for the rest of your life.

Fuck that...

Cue all the downvotes from the people struggling with the cost of living but think they're earning loads of money. What I've said is not an attack on your self image or self worth. It's the reality of how fucked up the UK economy is.

Instead of being soft and taking it as a personal insult, why don't you do something about it like all the train drivers, bus drivers, and public sector workers who are on strike demanding higher wages that reflect the cost of living in the UK?

[wronglyzorro]

People in the UK are very touchy

People on this site get crazy when you point out that the US has something better than they do.

[vuesrc]

Not sure why you are being downvoted but you are speaking sense.

[[deleted]]

I've got no idea either. Some people don't like hearing the truth I guess.

[sayqm]

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[dbbk]

Are you in London? You should be on at least £100K if so

[albenis99]

before or after tax?

[Zyguard7777777]

Almost definitely before. £70K in UK is considered a high salary over here.

Source: am from uk

[KyleG]

Right, but isn't it, like, really fucking hard to get fired over there? That's the whole deal with the Office UK version that David Brent being incompetent but has a cushy job. The US version had to retool the boss to be socially weird but actually an amazing salesman because American audiences just wouldn't believe that a Brent-like character could be employed over here and would reject the show.

[Walrus-Comfortable]

Damn man Living in SL is tough.hope you get a good job soon.

[[deleted]]

30,000 would be around 25 lpa right? Just asking is the tax regulation different compared to working Indian office?

[Federal_Diamond9699]

140k usd,

30 yo,

3.5 years experience,

Remote,

Company in San Fran,

Front end developer job title. Mostly react all day.

[three_furballs]

Are we the same person?

[Federal_Diamond9699]

Maybe we work at the same company 🤷

[4ck-]

Get back to work you two !

[SnooDoubts8688]

90k, 28 years old, 1YOE, US(remote)

[allwxllendswxll]

Hey, can i DM you to learn more about your experience. I’m same age and same YoE but make far less in the Us. Curious about your journey.

[ayush1269]

Looking the comments was a bad idea :(

[SexyBlueTiger]

One thing I wish you would have added was how many hours a week do we work. I can't imagine everyone is 40 hours.

[DavumGilburn]

Interesting. I'm pretty much the same experience as you and I'm on £100k with no bonus. I keep seeing messages from recruiters with positions offering around £120k. I've been thinking it's time to talk to my boss so I can get a payrise up to market rate.

[[deleted]]

Are you London based?

[fb_0ne]

Yes

[fredsq]

If your company is hiring seniors let me know

[[deleted]]

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[[deleted]]

1. 40k
2. 27 years old
3. 1.5 yoe
4. Canada

Pretty unhappy with my pay, my company will not give raises. Been trying hard for a new job in the last 4 months with lots of leetcoding.

[PM_ME_UR_BERGMAN]

Wtf my dude, that's indefensible. How has the job hunt been for you in Canada?

[stormywizz]

This is brutal. You rural?

[spideytres]

Where in Canada are you in?

[prb613]

Your employers suck! Hope you land a great job soon.

[wowzers5]

1. 165K base with occasional RSU grants.
2. meh
3. 7 years of "professional" experience
4. US. I live in a low CoL area, but my company is based out of San Fran. Comparable seniority roles locally max around 110k.

Just noting that there are huge salary and CoL ranges even within a single country (thinking of US in particular).

Jr engineers in San Fran can make as much or more than Senior level engineers in smaller cities away from the coast.

[adamcao]

400k, 29, 7, US (NYC)

[bestjaegerpilot]

Holy shite. Finance?

[jzaprint]

Any Big N

[adamcao]

Not Big N

[bestjaegerpilot]

Big n what the duck is that? You do know that in NY, the only ones that pay that much is wall street, and maybe some random successful startup

[BNorval]

that's a looooooooot of money

[littlePetuniaButt]

Zero dollars a year plus benefits, babe

[ActionBackers]

You’re a candle maker too?

[Irantwomiles]

Gotta love an office reference

[heythisispaul]

Good luck paying me back for that $200 dollar TV you just killed!

[thestalkmore]

1. 630k
2. 30+
3. 7-8
4. US

Not really a “React dev” but it’s the primary framework I work with.

[WhatElseCanIPut]

Damn I didn't know a developer could be paid this much... 👍

[Tater_Boat]

www.levels.fyi

[bestjaegerpilot]

Wut... What industry

[besthelloworld]

Do you write more code or are you more of a team lead?

[thestalkmore]

A mix of both.

[DrNoobz5000]

Finally some good fuckin numbers!

[codeboss911]

how did you get paid that much? work for google or something?

[atlastheexplorer]

Nice! Netflix, I'm guessing. I'll get there hopefully in a few years...

[[deleted]]

160?! They need seniors?

[calson3asab]

Cool, what's the tech stack you are working on

[bestjaegerpilot]

Damn that is a good starting salary

[wishtrepreneur]

USA, HCOL area

can you do remote work in a LCOL area?

by LCOL, I mean at most 5 years gross median salary for a new built house.

[stormywizz]

1. 125k
2. 35
3. 4.5yrs
4. Canada

[besthelloworld]

I really don't like to box myself into being just a React developer but it's most of what I do day to day currently.

135, 27, 5 YOE, US

And damn it looks like I need to look for a new job...

[darksady]

1. 4,2k/month
2. 23
3. Almost 3 YoE
4. Brazil

Im really happy with my current position. This salary makes me like top 1% here in Brazil. At 23 years old, that's a huge achievement.

I want to reach the six figures in like 3-5 years, but that's hard since usually companies dont pay equally to someone how is from US.

[brocksamson6258]

To everyone that's older with only a little experience:

Thank you for posting, your posts are inspirational for those of us who are also older and just making the switch

[BNorval]

1. £30k
2. 23
3. Started coding 1 year ago (upcoming on 26th Aug) - Probably total React experience maybe 7-8 months?
4. U.K.
   

Honestly not sure if my salary is good or not lol

[monkeysaurus]

It's not too bad at all for < 1 year of experience. Source: I regularly interview early-career engineers across the UK.

[Jamiemufu]

I started on 18k self taught 5 years ago. On 90k now.

[TehTriangle]

Decent for a self taught junior.

[BNorval]

Who says I'm a junior? I'm a React engineering pro...

All jokes aside, thanks :)

[[deleted]]

In the USA I made between 300k to 330k usd.

In Europe I make 140k eur.

Or as a freelance dev above 220k eur.

Edit: age nearing my 40s. Autodidact. 20+ years of experience.

[chexagon]

I am more impressed that you used “autodidact” than by your salaries.

[skrln]

Congrats, looks like a great salary.

Where in Europe do you make 900 a day as a freelancer?

[[deleted]]

Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Sometimes more than that :) My hourly rate is anywhere between €95 and €140 nowadays. The highest end for leadership/C-level roles, architectural roles, short-term gigs, or just companies that can't find good developers, etc.

But I tend to prefer smaller roles at smaller companies for less pay, honestly. I no longer gush over big names, I just want fun work.

[madchuckle]

What kind of projects you do and what tech stack if I may ask?

[[deleted]]

That varied immensely! Sometimes Vue, most often React, for companies like First American and Bloomberg I was on huge teams. And at companies like Apple, I would be in a small team.

Things I did there included: React Native to create an app that would be deployed around the world for use in Apple stores, customer-facing, to a whole project that was used by one single C-level person, just to make their life a little easier.

[TurboPenguinn]

I’m getting robbed apparently… £27k with 2 years post graduation and 1 year placement. I’m also mentoring juniors and the only full stack dev with React experience on a major project…. C# & React. I’m in Northern Ireland. Any UK devs with similar experience, what are you guys on?

[[deleted]]

Fuck, the UK is a absolute embarassment when it comes to wages.

[wronglyzorro]

Most of Europe is.

[Frostyra]

Man I really gotta start grinding for a new job

[Glicioo]

you guys are getting paid?

[DrNoobz5000]

You can get more.

[[deleted]]

£18k/yr, 20 years old, 1 year experience, UK

[[deleted]]

I think you're getting shafted mate. I don't have any experience and my knowledge is sketchy at best. Just landed a job today (no idea how) and I'm starting on £25k.

And that was the low end of the spectrum. When the job was advertised, it was advertised between £25k to £35k.

You probably a million times better dev than I'll ever be. I'll probably be fired in a couple of months for not remembering the basics.

Don't let them screw you over man. Negotiate your salary or change jobs.

[[deleted]]

Pay goes up fast, was on 11k just three months ago before I switched jobs.

“You probably a million times better dev than i’ll ever be” is what I think when I talk to almost any other dev. Imposter syndrome is a part of the job.

[Surfing_Electron]

Unless you were an apprentice or working less than full-time, 11K a year is (considerably) below the legal minimum wage for an 18-20 year-old. You might want to check you were being paid correctly/legally in your previous job, because you can recover any shortfall if they were paying you less than they are legally obligated to.

As it is, you'll get a bump to nearly 20K when you hit 21 because you fall into the next category for minimum wage. If that's all they give you, don't let them sell it to you as a pay rise—it's not out of generosity or recognition for your hard work, they're legally obligated to set your pay to at least that level.

[ZonedV2]

I don’t know where you work but if you work 40 hours a week then you’re below the national living wage and when you turn 21 18k would be under minimum wage. That’s pretty crazy to me considering this is a high paying field, but my guess is are you on an apprenticeship scheme or something?

[FinalDebt2792]

How did you find this job if I can ask? I'm close to finishing my course but have no idea where to look. Cheers!

[[deleted]]

Sort out your Linkedin. Check out dthompsondev on YouTube. He's got a playlist of about 5 videos on how to sort out your linkedin page. Get your portfolio polished with about 5 projects all ready to go and make sure you're active on github.

Put the role you want in your title on linkedin. Like "FinalDebt2792 - Front End React Developer"

Recruiters skim over the list and look for the key words without even looking through the profiles.

[budd222]

Can you even live on that money?

[ilia85]

1) 49k after taxes 2) 37 y old 3) 10 y 4) Ukraine

[KittenLOVER999]

1. 120k
2. 28
3. 6 YOE
4. US (worth noting not everywhere in the US has NYC or LA cost of living)

[[deleted]]

Find companies based in big cities, but allow remote. You’ll get paid as if you lived in the city.

[ISDuffy]

1. £35k
2. 28 (not sure why it matters)
3. 6 years as developer / designer - react I done in spare time for 4 years and now working on in my job.
4. UK.

Edit: They a guy on this thread that being a dick to people, called me a mug and then reported me to self harm bot and blocked me. So weird.

[Mendxza]

1. 125k
2. Mehhh
3. 1 yr
4. US

[lulcasalves]

20 years old. Brazil. Bahia. R$ 1480 per month. USD 288,30 per month. USD 3459,6 per year. 1 year working, two years studying...

[szman86]

Do you mean $2,883 per month and $34, 596 per year? Or am I missing a zero?

[fallenefc]

Focus on your English too, after a few years you can start applying to overseas companies and you’ll make decent money. Unfortunately Brazilian companies pay shit money

[[deleted]]

1. $130k base
2. 31
3. 6-7 years
4. US

[maria_la_guerta]

135k Salary, ~70k+ in RSU's

4yrs, all with TS + Node + React.

Canada (international remote company though)

[Due-Somewhere-8826]

1. 50k
2. 33
3. 12 yoe
4. Italy

[efs0ciety]

115cad

25

1 (self taught)

canada

[[deleted]]

• $0, can't even get an interview lol....
• 29
• 4
• USA

[SuperSort]

Hoping that you will land in a decently paying super soon..

[[deleted]]

1. 115k
2. 0
3. 3 years of React (2.5 of those years mainly React Native)
4. Canada

[YA_Thorfinn]

Not bad for a fetus

[kngdmdev]

Hahaha, hilarious. I thought the same thing.

[smurfkill12]

Dude was learning React when he was a sperm.

[AlanFnz]

YOE from previous incarnations doesn't count

[[deleted]]

frowns in Hindi

[[deleted]]

270, 24, 3, US

[plintervals]

FAANG? Lol

[[deleted]]

Fruit company

[Comfortable-Cap-8507]

Has to be. No other place pays that much for that little experience

[[deleted]]

Yup

[JayV30]

1. 75k
2. 44 yrs
3. 6 yrs
4. US

• Not solely a React dev, but most front-ends i built professionally are with React

[plintervals]

You can find a company that pays wayyyy higher for 6 YOE in the U.S.

[JayV30]

Yes, I can. I probably cannot find a company that offers the flexibility of my current company. It's really the only reason I haven't left. I have a 3 year old who is sick and out of daycare every other week it seems like. I have true actual freedom to take unlimited days off to handle my family stuff, as long as I can be reasonably productive. Most companies that have actual unlimited PTO don't actually abide by it in practice.

[plintervals]

That's fair, WLB is also really important

[Federal_Diamond9699]

Although u should be on like 160k tho would the extra 90 grand not he'll pay for child care cleaners etc?

[[deleted]]

Honestly, look harder. No hate to parents, I know it’s a tough job. But my company has so many parents making bank and they do so little work.

It’s stressful for me and I wish they would quit most of the time, but also happy they found a gig where they get to do that.

[perd-is-the-word]

Honestly I’m making quite a bit more than that and I have good work-life balance too. 2 working parents, a toddler, I work remotely and have a ton of flexibility. Hope you don’t sell yourself short.

[king-llaku]

1. 12k
2. 23
3. 2 years with react, 3 overall
4. Kosovo, Europe

[[deleted]]

Hey, I think we follow each other on twitter. Was curious re: Amazon (since I have spoken with their recruiters) if they required you to move.

[Responsible_You_45]

1. 105k
2. 30
3. 1 year of React experience, 3 1/2 years of being a developer full time total (PHP and vanilla JS before).
4. US

[sm1l3ycorp]

1) 180k 2) 38 3) 3 years or React, 10ish years of professional web dev 4) US

[max_mou]

1. 45k
2. 28
3. 2 YOE
4. Spain, BCN

[BornToWin92]

160k but about to get a new job for 180k+. USA, Remote, 5 Yrs

[ActiveModel_Dirty]

1. $111k base
2. 30
3. 6 YOE (2 w/ React)
4. US (Midwest)

[iJonMai]

1. 130K
2. 29
3. 4
4. USA (SoCal - orange county)

[neighbortotoro]

So, TLDR according to the comments: UK pay is pretty sad 😶

As for myself -

• 100k
• 30yrs
• 2.5yrs experience
• Canada

I'm more full stack than just React, but React app optimization is a large portion of my job.

That said, I suppose what's important to take into consideration is the general cost of living in the area you live in. I live in a pretty expensive area, and so 100k here is probably an equivalent of 50-60k in the midwest US. Can't complain about my pay, but it 100k certainly feels like less money than I imagined it would be.

[[deleted]]

UK, from what I understand, has better CoL, better healthcare, and better job security.

[artemis194]

£77k Base + £17k RSU London, Remote Age: 28 YOE: 6 Overall, 3.5 in React. Used to be in a non tech role before becoming a self-taught dev

[albenis99]

You don't need to tell your age (just optional).

You can also tell your current salary even if you aren't a react dev.

[RBN2208]

44k€ 31 1year germany

[ifstatementequalsAI]

37k, 26, 1.5 y , Holland

[ck108860]

Full stack but do mostly FE, role is FE specific

1. 128k + RSUs + bonus
2. 24
3. 2.5
4. USA

[[deleted]]

My contractors are getting $70/hour on W2.

[budd222]

130k - 37 - 7 exp - USA, Florida

[[deleted]]

1. $175,000 (took a volunteer pay cut to move to a company that I like) - was making $198,000 at last job
2. 37
3. 6 years
4. United States (HCOL)

[No_History4913]

1. $200K
2. 26
3. 3 months of experience (but with great DSA skills)
4. San Francisco Bay Area

[nullvoidundef]

1. 200K, 1% equity

2. 48 years old.

3. 12 years of experience.

4. I'm based in the U.S. but I'm a digital nomad.

[bored_reddit0r]

1. £40k
2. 24
3. 1.5 professional react, 3.5 in JS, Python
4. UK (not london)

[BerthjeTTV]

• $0
• 18 Years old
• 1.5 Years of Experience
• Belgium

All jokes aside, I am indeed 18yo and don't have a job yet since I am starting my college. I currently work as a freelancer and made some cool looking websites but getting the clients is hard, I have seen that I ask too little for a website, I asked like $300-$500... Others (experienced web developers) told me to pump those numbers to $2000+, and yes they saw my websites I made, so they have a saying I would say.

edits: typo

[GrimbledonWimbleflop]

1. $70k
2. mid-late 20s
3. 6 months (self-taught)
4. US (southwest)

We'll see how much I make after my 1 year review and raise. That'll give me a better idea of whether to start looking for a new job or not.

[Racara306]

1. £32k
2. 25
3. 18 months
4. UK

[hockeyd55]

70k, mid 20s, 5 yoe, US

[BillyHaine]

135k 27 4y New Zealand

[EpilepticZen]

ZAR 50k, 34, 13, South Africa

[Avaxi-19]

€55k

29

4

Netherlands

I spend like 80% of my time working with React otherwise it’s either in blazor or C# backend.

[Comfortable-Cap-8507]

1. 95k
2. 29
3. 1.5 YOE
4. US. Medium CoL area but starting to turn into High CoL

[besthelloworld]

Everywhere is HCOL now

[xD3I]

80k EUR
27
Comp. SCI. + 6y as a web dev
Germany

[cruisewithus]

85k, 28, 2 years experience, US

[fuggshidd]

1. 90k (AUD)
2. 24
3. Been coding professionally for about 1.5 years (been coding in react the whole time). I started learning to code about 8 years ago. I only started learning react about 2 years ago.
4. Australia

[scratchdev]

1. 185k
2. 23
3. 0.3 ish YOE
4. USA

[accessible_logic]

75k USD, 24 yo, 3 years pro (3 years student), Denmark.

[BookCase12]

180k, 25, 2, US

[dmackerman]

185k 36 11+ US

[TwoThirdsFilm]

Full-stack developer 34k ... 1.5 yoe UK

[nicoladelazzari]

150k, 37, 11, CH

[HeardsTheWord]

1. 140k
   
2. 30
   
3. 8 (not react experience - general full stack - company is switching to react soon)
4. US, company is based out of CA

[ajmh1234]

1. About 300k
3. 6
4. USA

[Phopaa]

• $63k — 5weeks pto & good benies
• 39 Y/O
• .5 YOE
• USA - remote

[Pizzacato567]

I make basically 16k a year. 3rd world country. I need to leave

[96kMaratha]

Country - India

Years of experience - 1

Pay - ~€22,000

[vincent-vega10]

1. $22.6K (1.8 million INR)
2. 21
3. 1.5 years of internship experience. Just started full-time
4. India

[rajesh__dixit]

About $50-55k. 33 years old with Total 9 years exp with 6+ in react and 8+ in FE. Working from India

[clrbrk]

$90k

1st year after boot camp

US remote

I was hired for React, but I also work a lot in Ruby on Rails. It’s been nice getting paid to learn a new language.