Frontend Engineer vs Backend Engineer
Side-by-side salary and market comparison from real job listings.
Frontend Engineer
Backend Engineer
Median salary
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25th percentile
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$15,900,000
75th percentile
$72,800,078,000
$175,000,175,000
Top 10% earn above
$39,300,080,100
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Listings with salary
301
306
Remote/hybrid
23%
25%
Top skills: Frontend Engineer
reacttypescriptseniorjavascriptdev
Top skills: Backend Engineer
software-engineeringbackend-engineeringbackend-developmentapi-developmentsoftware engineering
Both roles pay about the same at the median.
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