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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Top 10% earn above
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$41,180,576,478
Listings with salary
300
326
Remote/hybrid
23%
24%
Top skills: Frontend Engineer
reacttypescriptjavascriptfrontend-developmentweb-development
Top skills: Backend Engineer
backend-developmentsoftware-engineeringbackend-engineeringsenior-backend-engineersoftware engineering
Both roles pay about the same at the median.
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