Side-by-side distribution
JavaScript
$147,750
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 22.6%
- Live roles
- 239
Python
$163,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 15.7%
- Live roles
- 1,065
Highest-paying jobs
JavaScript of Senior Software Engineer, AI Training
Automated Test Engineer (Hybrid) - Cypress/JavaScript/Agile/Git/Jira/AWS/CI/CD
Junior Systems Engineer (Hybrid) - Jira/Confluence/Agile/Java/JavaScript
Front-End Developer (Mid/Senior) - Java/Quarkus/HTML/CSS/JavaScript/Oracle/AWS
Technical AI Requirements Systems Engineer (Mid/Senior) (Hybrid) - Java/JavaScript/AI/ML
Front-End Developer/508 Compliance Specialist (Hybrid) - JavaScript/MongoDB/HTML/Cypress/AWS
Software Engineer 1/2/3 (Hybrid) - JavaScript/React/Angular/Java/Linux
Software Engineer - Python/FASApi/JavaScript/JSON/CSS/MongoDB/Docker
Sr./Staff JavaScript Developer - Web SDK
Frontend Developer - TS/SCI with Polygraph
Highest-paying jobs
Python Senior Software Engineer, AI Training
Software Engineer (C++ or Python) – 2027 Grads
GenAI Python Systems Engineer –Senior Manager
Senior Software Engineer (Networking, Python, C/C++)
Senior Software Engineer, Treasury and Reference Data (Java/Ruby/Python)
Software Engineer 1 - Python/PySpark/AWS
Platform Engineer (Hybrid) - Python/Java/AWS/Linux
Platform Engineer - Python/Java/AWS/Linux
Software Integration Engineer 3 (On-Call) - Linux/Bash/Python/Docker/Kubernetes/Helm/Grafana/Jira
Software Engineer 2 - Linux/Bash/Python/HashiCorp/Docker/Ansible/HPC
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Air Apps
|
$58,701 | 11 |
Esri
|
$112,580 | 9 |
|
Captivation Software
|
$200,000 | 7 |
Virtu Financial
|
$175,000 | 2 |
|
Oscilar
|
$158,083 | 2 |
Accenture Federal Services
|
$140,800 | 2 |
HelloFresh
|
$96,943 | 2 |
D2B
|
$24,363 | 2 |
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
|
Captivation Software
|
$200,000 | 33 |
Northbeam
|
$185,000 | 12 |
Travelers
|
$144,750 | 8 |
Bank of America
|
$141,400 | 7 |
| PA PayPal | $199,600 | 5 |
Leidos
|
$151,475 | 5 |
Anduril Industries
|
$222,000 | 4 |
OpenDataJobs
|
$123,750 | 4 |
JavaScript salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| New York | $173,750 | 4 |
| San Francisco | $172,500 | 3 |
| Denver | $112,580 | 9 |
| Toronto | $97,594 | 5 |
Python salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| Austin | $202,000 | 5 |
| San Francisco | $200,000 | 3 |
| Boston | $200,000 | 3 |
| Atlanta | $184,700 | 3 |
| Chicago | $165,000 | 11 |
| New York | $162,500 | 14 |
| Los Angeles | $150,000 | 3 |
| Toronto | $94,897 | 7 |
JavaScript vs Python: which pays more?
The median for JavaScript is $147,750 per year (typically $96,951–$200,000), versus $163,000 for Python ($129,375–$200,000). That puts Python about 10% ahead at the median.
Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so JavaScript and Python 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.