Clojure vs Java

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Clojure Clojure

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Java

$135,000

median · per year, annualized USD

Median over time ▼ -26.3%
$183,201 $135,000
$106.5k 25th
$135k Median
$175k 75th
$79.1k
$200k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $5k – $300k · outliers off-axis
Disclosing
19.4%
Live roles
1,595
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Highest-paying jobs

CLEAR - Corporate

Senior Software Engineer, Java

CLEAR - Corporate · New York, New York, United States

$225,000 – $300,000
BO

Lead Java Software Engineer - Developer

Boeing · USA - Herndon, VA

$211,650 – $286,350 CLEAR - Corporate

Senior Software Engineer, Java

CLEAR - Corporate · Austin, Texas, United States

$210,000 – $280,000 Leidos

Java Developer (SME)

Leidos · Bethesda, MD

$154,050 – $278,475 Leidos

ETL Java Developer (SME)

Leidos · Bethesda, MD

$154,050 – $278,475 Early Warning Services

Principal Engineer, Zelle (Java, AWS)

Early Warning Services · San Francisco

$207,000 – $276,000
DR

Senior Software Engineer, Treasury and Reference Data (Java/Ruby/Python)

DRW · Chicago

$200,000 – $275,000 Early Warning Services

Distinguished Engineer - Java / AWS - Zelle

Early Warning Services · Scottsdale

$206,000 – $275,000 Captivation Software

Senior DevOps Engineer - AWS/Java/Linux/Ansible/Git/Python

Captivation Software · Hanover, MD

$130,000 – $270,000 Captivation Software

Platform Engineer (Hybrid) - Python/Java/AWS/Linux

Captivation Software · Columbia, MD - Hybrid

$130,000 – $270,000

Top companies hiring

Company Median Roles
Captivation Software $200,000 30
Elastic $119,897 18
Leidos $151,475 14
Referral Board $119,897 11
GDIT $185,000 9
PNC $122,188 9
Early Warning Services $191,750 8
Northrop Grumman $114,700 8

Java salary by location

Location Median Roles
San Francisco $186,750 8
Chicago $161,505 12
New York $155,000 23
Atlanta $143,005 6
Denver $141,269 6
Boston $127,663 4
Toronto $101,122 17

Clojure vs Java: which pays more?

Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so Clojure 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.

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