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Web Developer Salary Benchmarks

Compensation data for the Web Developer role at US SaaS companies, based on 165 verified salaries.

Updated September 2026
Quartile breakdownAll SaaS roles
Base salary · US SaaS165 salaries
$55,991
Median base salary
Bottom 25% avg$15,246Top 25% avg$91,441
Average base salary
$56,253
Typical range (P25–P75)
$41,600–$62,315
Salaries analyzed
165

Hiring for this role? At the median, one Web Developer costs $55,991 a year in base salary.

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Overview
165 salaries

Web Developer Salary Overview

Bottom 25% AverageAverage of the lowest-paid quarter · 35 salaries
$15,246
Middle 50% AverageAverage of the middle half · 81 salaries
$52,686
Top 25% AverageAverage of the highest-paid quarter · 49 salaries
$91,441

Median Web Developer base pay by pay period

Per year
$55,991
Per month
$4,666
Every two weeks
$2,154
Per hour
$26.92
Base-pay equivalents before tax; hourly assumes 2,080 working hours a year.

Web Developers at SaaS companies build and maintain web applications, landing pages, and customer-facing interfaces. They collaborate with Frontend Engineers on UI implementation, Product Designers on visual design, and Backend Engineers on API integrations.

Web Developer compensation reflects the breadth of the role — spanning HTML/CSS, JavaScript frameworks, and often CMS or marketing automation tools. Many Web Developers progress into Software Engineer or Full Stack Engineer roles. View all SaaS salary benchmarks.

Quartile bands
Employees · annualized base

Detailed Web Developer Compensation Breakdown

Web Developer base salary by percentile band
Percentile BandSalary rangeAverage Base Salary# of salaries
Top 25%$62,315 and up$91,44149 salaries
Middle 50%$41,600–$62,315$52,68681 salaries
Bottom 25%Under $41,600$15,24635 salaries
Hiring budget
Base salary · fully loaded

What Does a Web Developer Cost to Hire?

Budget for Web Developer hires at the 25th percentile, median and 75th percentile of this benchmark, as base salary and as fully loaded cost.

Pay level
Hires
1

One Web Developer hire at the median: $55,991 a year in base salary, $69,989–$78,387 fully loaded.

Cost of one hire by pay level
Per hireP25MedianP75
Base salary / year$41,600$55,991$62,315
Base salary / month$3,467$4,666$5,193
Fully loaded / year1.25–1.4× base$52,000–$58,240$69,989–$78,387$77,894–$87,241
Fully loaded / month1.25–1.4× base$4,333–$4,853$5,832–$6,532$6,491–$7,270
Fully loaded adds employer payroll taxes, health and retirement benefits, software seats, and equipment at 1.25–1.4× base salary. That multiplier is a planning rule of thumb applied to this benchmark, not a surveyed cost figure. Commission, bonus, equity, and recruiting fees are not included.

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Key insights

What Drives Higher Web Developer Pay?

  • Modern framework expertise (React, Next.js, Vue)
  • Full-stack capabilities beyond front-end only
  • Performance optimization and accessibility knowledge
  • Company stage — product-focused SaaS pays more

Web Developer Compensation Structure

  • Base salary is the primary component (85–95% of total comp)
  • Equity grants less common than for Software Engineer title
  • Performance bonuses typically 5–15% of base
  • Freelance/contract premium of 20–40% for specialized work
FAQ
Web Developer salary

The median SaaS Web Developer base salary is $55,991, with a typical range of $41,600–$62,315. The average base is $56,253 across 165 verified salaries. Compensation depends heavily on whether the role is front-end focused or includes back-end responsibilities.

Software Engineers typically earn 10–25% more in base salary than Web Developers. The Software Engineer title implies broader system design and backend work, while Web Developer often focuses on web-specific technologies. Many Web Developers transition to the Software Engineer title as their scope expands.

Common progressions include Frontend Engineer (deeper specialization), Full Stack Engineer (broader scope), Software Engineer (general title), or Senior Software Engineer.

Equity is less common for the Web Developer title compared to Software Engineer or Frontend Engineer roles. However, early-stage startups often include equity for all technical roles. As Web Developers move into Software Engineer positions, equity becomes a more standard part of compensation.

On a median base salary of $55,991, a Web Developer at a US SaaS company makes about $4,666 a month, $2,154 every two weeks, or $26.92 an hour over 2,080 working hours a year. The middle half of salaries (25th–75th percentile) works out to $3,467–$5,193 a month. These are base-pay equivalents before tax, and they leave out bonus, commission, and equity.

Expect the lower half of this benchmark. Across 165 verified SaaS Web Developer salaries, the 25th percentile is $41,600 and the median is $55,991. A Web Developer at a seed or Series A startup, or at a bootstrapped company under roughly $10M ARR, will often land between those two figures. Base pay typically moves toward and past the $62,315 75th percentile as the company adds headcount and ARR. Those stage bands are a rule of thumb applied to this benchmark, not a breakdown by company size, which the dataset does not report.

Budget for more than base salary. On a median base of $55,991, the fully loaded cost of a US Web Developer is roughly $69,989–$78,387 per year once employer payroll taxes (~7.65% FICA plus federal and state unemployment), health and retirement benefits, software seats, and equipment are added. That 1.25–1.4x multiplier is a planning rule of thumb applied to the benchmark on this page, not a surveyed cost figure. Commission, bonuses, and equity sit on top where the role carries them. Also budget one-off hiring costs: agency recruiting fees commonly run 15–25% of first-year base, and a new hire takes weeks to months to reach full productivity.

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