Side-by-side distribution
JavaScript
$175,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 21.2%
- Live roles
- 198
PHP
$96,132
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 4.3%
- Live roles
- 187
Highest-paying jobs
Polyglot Engineer (JS/Python/Go)
Polyglot Engineer (JS/Python/Go)
Senior Software Engineer (Node), JavaScript SDK
Senior Software Engineer (Frameworks), JavaScript SDK
Software Engineer 2 (Hybrid) - JavaScript/React/Angular/Java/Linux
Software Engineer 3 -AWS/Docker/Kubernetes/Java/JavaScript/MongoDB/Elasticsearch
Software Engineer 2 - Grafana/Bash/Python/JavaScript
Full-Stack Developer - Python/JavaScript/CSS/REST/Docker
Software Engineer - Python/FASApi/JavaScript/JSON/CSS/MongoDB/Docker
Automated Test Engineer (Hybrid) - Cypress/JavaScript/Agile/Git/Jira/AWS/CI/CD
Highest-paying jobs
Senior Full Stack Developer (PHP + React.js)
Senior Software Engineer (PHP)
Senior Python Engineer - PHP
Senior Product Engineer (Python & PHP)
PHP Developer
Senior Software Engineer (PHP)
Contractor: PHP Website Developer
Senior Software Engineer (PHP)
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Air Apps
|
$61,110 | 10 |
|
Captivation Software
|
$200,000 | 6 |
Mindrift
|
$124,800 | 5 |
|
Sentry
|
$206,644 | 4 |
| YL YLD | $773,411 | 2 |
Virtu Financial
|
$175,000 | 2 |
Oscilar
|
$157,563 | 2 |
LangChain
|
$200,000 | 1 |
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
|
Arbor Education
|
$107,472 | 2 |
| NM NMI | $98,996 | 2 |
|
STACK IT Recruitment
|
$120,000 | 1 |
|
TELUS Digital
|
$85,000 | 1 |
|
Newsela
|
$60,000 | 1 |
|
Nfq
|
$8,695 | 1 |
JavaScript salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $235,000 | 3 |
| Toronto | $178,288 | 3 |
| New York | $175,000 | 3 |
| London | $83,649 | 3 |
JavaScript vs PHP: which pays more?
The median for JavaScript is $175,000 per year (typically $101,938–$200,000), versus $96,132 for PHP ($71,619–$110,760). That puts JavaScript about 82% ahead at the median.
Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so JavaScript and PHP 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.