Side-by-side distribution
C# / .NET
$145,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 17.2%
- Live roles
- 262
Java
$133,632
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 16.2%
- Live roles
- 728
Highest-paying jobs
Staff Software Engineer, AI Code Review - Python, Go, Rust, C#
Senior C# Full Stack Developer
Staff Software Engineer, Liquidity Management (C#/.NET)
Backend C#/.NET Developer
Senior Software Engineer, Full Stack (Python, Java, Rust, C#, C++)
Senior Full Stack Developer - C#/Azure /Kafka
Software Engineer (C#)
Senior .NET Azure AI Developer - Baltimore, MD
Sr. Software Developer - C#/WPF for UI/UX Development
Sr. Software Developer - C#/WPF for UI/UX Development
Highest-paying jobs
Senior Software Engineer, Java
Senior Software Engineer, Java
Senior Software Engineer, Treasury and Reference Data (Java/Ruby/Python)
Software Engineer 2/3 - Java/AWS/Confluence/Jira/Gitlab/NiFi
Software Engineer 2 (Hybrid) - JavaScript/React/Angular/Java/Linux
Front-End Developer (Mid/Senior) - Java/Quarkus/HTML/CSS/JavaScript/Oracle/AWS
Front-End Developer (Mid/Senior) - Java/Quarkus/HTML/CSS/JavaScript/Oracle/AWS
Software Engineer 3 - Linux/Java/Jax-RS/REST/JSON/XML/Maven/Eclipse/Gitlab
Software Engineer - Java/OOP/Linux/Git/Maven/REST
Senior DevOps Engineer (Hybrid) - AWS/Java/Linux/Ansible/Git/Python
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Rockstar Games
|
$117,700 | 4 |
InfoTrack US
|
$142,500 | 3 |
|
Accenture Federal Services
|
$119,400 | 3 |
|
Ripple
|
$200,250 | 2 |
UpClear
|
$172,980 | 2 |
Virtu Financial
|
$165,000 | 2 |
|
Weekday AI
|
$163,800 | 2 |
|
Esri
|
$162,812 | 2 |
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
|
Captivation Software
|
$200,000 | 23 |
Elastic
|
$119,499 | 19 |
Referral Board
|
$119,439 | 11 |
SentinelOne
|
$165,000 | 4 |
|
CLEAR - Corporate
|
$245,000 | 3 |
|
Accenture Federal Services
|
$138,100 | 3 |
| AD Adyen | $211,500 | 2 |
PitchBook Data
|
$202,500 | 2 |
C# / .NET vs Java: which pays more?
The median for C# / .NET is $145,000 per year (typically $123,690–$174,000), versus $133,632 for Java ($102,368–$200,000). That puts C# / .NET about 9% ahead at the median.
Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so C# / .NET and Java are compared on equal terms regardless of the currency each role was originally posted in. Only roles that publish a salary range feed the medians; numbers refresh every few hours as new roles post and older ones close, so this comparison reflects the market right now rather than a fixed survey. Use it as a directional benchmark when weighing one path against the other.