Junior Developer Salary in Chicago, Illinois

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How much does a Junior Developer make in Chicago, IL? The average Junior Developer salary in Chicago, IL is $75,042 as of March 01, 2025, but the salary range typically falls between $66,785 and $85,496. Salary ranges can vary widely depending on many important factors, including education, certifications, additional skills, the number of years you have spent in your profession. With more online, real-time compensation data than any other website, Salary.com helps you determine your exact pay target.

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Percentile	Salary	Location	Last Updated
10th Percentile Junior Developer Salary	$59,268	Chicago,IL	March 01, 2025
25th Percentile Junior Developer Salary	$66,785	Chicago,IL	March 01, 2025
50th Percentile Junior Developer Salary	$75,042	Chicago,IL	March 01, 2025
75th Percentile Junior Developer Salary	$85,496	Chicago,IL	March 01, 2025
90th Percentile Junior Developer Salary	$95,014	Chicago,IL	March 01, 2025

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Junior Test Engineer

Online Development - Knoxville , TN

Website The Junior Test Engineer is a key contributor in a multi-disciplinary team working on designing, implementing, and delivering our systems and solutions. This position is responsible for ...

LinkedIn - 7 days ago

Senior Fixed Income Analytics Developer - Hedge Fund

Analytic Recruiting Inc. - New York , NY

Mentor junior developers and work cross-functionally to deliver projects efficiently. * Innovation: Stay updated on the latest technologies and propose solutions to enhance system performance

LinkedIn - 22 days ago

iOS Developer - Austin (Preferred) | Backup: Southlake or Denver | On-site 4 days per week

SPECTRAFORCE - Austin , TX

Experience conducting code reviews and mentoring junior developers. * Knowledge of reactive architecture (preferred). * Experience building native features as modules (plus). * Strong understanding ...

LinkedIn - 2 days ago

Electrical Engineer Supervisor

Planet Forward - Denver , CO

Mentor junior engineers and provide guidance to help them grow in their professional careers. Required: * Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) degree from an accredited university

LinkedIn - Today

Senior Mechanical Engineer

Delivered Talent Group - Orange County , CA

Provide guidance and mentorship to junior engineers, designers, and drafters, overseeing project workflows. * Conduct peer reviews of engineered systems and offer insights to improve design accuracy

LinkedIn - 2 days ago

Senior Rail Bridge Engineer - Kiewit Infrastructure Engineers

Kiewit - Fort Worth , TX

Demonstrated history of being a technical specialist or Project Manager on mid-size projects, and supervise more junior engineers in the performance of engineering tasks * Strong all-around ...

LinkedIn - 3 days ago

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Junior Developer in Chicago, IL

Understand and follow company policies surrounding data governance, security, and API development.

March 25, 2023

Junior Developer in Coral Springs, FL

Design, develop, and unit test applications in accordance with established standards.

December 17, 2022

Document and demonstrate solutions by developing documentation, flowcharts, layouts, diagrams, charts, code comments and clear code.

February 18, 2023

Assist in the collection and documentation of user's requirements, development of user stories.

April 05, 2023

Prepare and install solutions by determining and designing system specifications, standards, and programming.

April 06, 2023

Junior Developer in St. Louis, MO

Create and maintain data transforms between Saleforce and external systems.

March 10, 2023

Develop custom visualforce pages and lightning components using apex, html and javascript to support Salesforce.

April 04, 2023

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These charts show the average base salary (core compensation), as well as the average total cash compensation for the job of Junior Developer in Chicago, IL. The base salary for Junior Developer ranges from $66,785 to $85,496 with the average base salary of $75,042. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $67,834 to $87,909 with the average total cash compensation of $76,771.

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About Chicago, Illinois Chicago (/ʃɪˈkɑːɡoʊ/ (listen), locally also /-ˈkɔː-/), officially the City of Chicago, is the most populous city in Illinois, as well as the third mos....More

Chicago, Illinois area prices were up 0.8% from a year ago

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