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Mobile app developer salary - a culmination of multiple mobile tech
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According to Glassdoor, the average compensation for Mobile app developers in the United States is around $97/year. According to the platform, the typical wage range for a mobile app developer is between $65k and $146k per year.
As per data by ZipRecruiter, this figure is slightly higher, at $102,539/yr. However, the range indicated by ZipRecruiter differs significantly. The lower limit is as low as $36k/year, yet rates reach higher than the same upper amount by Glassdoor, at $157k/year.
Talent.com, another portal, is significantly higher than both of these, in terms of average and lower limits, at $112k/yr and $92k/yr, respectively. Talent.com's upper limit is roughly $151k/year, which is not that a significant gap from the other two sites.
Salary levels for entry-level mobile app developers and senior developers varied across these three platforms. Glassdoor reported an average pay of $82k/year, while ZipRecruiter reported an average salary of $87k/year and Talent.com reported an average salary of $100k/year. Salary limits for junior developers are as follows: Glassdoor - $55-$123k/yr, and ZipRecruiter - $28-$160k/yr. Talent.com didn’t have a well-defined range for this.
We also looked at senior developer wages across the three platforms and found the following:
- Glassdoor: $85-$191k/year, with a median pay of around $126k/year.
- ZipRecruiter: $81-$158k per year, with an average of $128k per year.
- Talent.com: $120k per year on average.
Mobile App Developer Salary By Location
Web developer salaries vary greatly by region. According to the data we have collected, the average annual salary for web developers in Germany and Canada is around $50k-$70k per year. In Australia this amount approaches $100,000 annually. However, in Pakistan, India, and Egypt, these rates are much lower, as shown in the chart above.
When seeking to hire mobile app developers for your company, it is recommended to explore developers across different regions before finalizing your selection.
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Mobile App Developer Salary VS Other Technologies
Mobile app development can cover a variety of technologies and we've compared the average salary with that for individual technologies in this above graph. As can be seen, the total amount is roughly the same as all the other mobile app tech and slightly higher than web developer salaries.
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