Developer Engineer Salary in Detroit, Michigan

How much does a Developer Engineer make in Detroit, MI?

As of March 01, 2025, the average annual salary for a Developer Engineer in Detroit, MI is $133,327. According to Salary.com, salaries can range from a low of $110,450 to a high of $158,524, with most professionals earning between $121,352 and $146,516.

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Design and implementation of end to end secure and reliable Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment CI/CD DevOps pipelines including version control, test automation and automated deployment.

October 01, 2022

Hands on ETL development (data transformations and data movement) using Ab Initio, Ab Initio Express IT, DQE (Data Quality) and Metadata Portal as key tools.

October 28, 2022

Develop and Organize Tests- Create structured, clean, and cohesive test cases for all new features and/or functional changes in the software, organized into repeatable test suites.

February 11, 2023

Supports the generation of technical engineering products by using the appropriate standards, processes, procedures, and tools throughout the FPGA development life cycle.

February 23, 2023

Participate in and provide consulting to project teams on design development, integration opportunities, planning of systems and assures it is aligned to our established strategies, guiding principles, rationales and practices.

February 27, 2023

Building a high quality mobile application that leverages CMT mobile sensing capabilities and presents an intuitive, user friendly and engaging app experience.

March 18, 2023

Lead and support ongoing ETL efforts for Development, QA/test cycles and Production Support environments.

March 23, 2023

Assists in the development of processes, procedures and jobs to monitor and/or automate tasks required to maintain databases.

April 04, 2023

Provide day-to-day operations support and configuration management and serve as the point of contact for differentiating functional issues from technical issues and resolving technical issues.

April 08, 2023

Demonstrated success in development and implementation of configured and/or custom software solutions using Visual Basic or VB Script, C#, SQL, Java, and/or HTML Style Sheets or equivalent.

April 21, 2023

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Average Salary Range for Developer Engineer in Detroit, MI

Average Base Salary

Core compensation

121352

146516

133327

Average Total Cash Compensation

Includes base and annual incentives

126066

155703

140039

What is the average salary for Developer Engineer in 2025?

These charts show the average base salary (core compensation), as well as the average total cash compensation for the job of Developer Engineer in Detroit, MI. The base salary for Developer Engineer ranges from $121,352 to $146,516 with the average base salary of $133,327. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $126,066 to $155,703 with the average total cash compensation of $140,039.

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	Average Salary	Average Salary Range
Base Salary	$133,327	$121,352 - $146,516
Bonus	$6,712	$4,714 - $9,186
Total Pay	$140,039	$126,066 - $155,703

* Base Salary represents gross income before taxes and deductions. It does not include additional pay such as benefits, bonuses, profit sharing or commissions.

* Total Pay combines base salary, bonuses, profit sharing, tips, commissions, overtime pay and other forms of cash earnings, as applicable for this job.

Developer Engineer Salary Near Detroit, MI

CITY, STATE	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE	COMPARE TO Detroit, MI
CITY, STATE Dearborn, MI	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $121,726 - $146,967	COMPARE TO Detroit, MI
CITY, STATE Dearborn Heights, MI	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $121,661 - $146,888	COMPARE TO Detroit, MI
CITY, STATE Livonia, MI	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $121,340 - $146,502	COMPARE TO Detroit, MI
CITY, STATE Taylor, MI	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $121,533 - $146,734	COMPARE TO Detroit, MI
CITY, STATE Westland, MI	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $122,496 - $147,897	COMPARE TO Detroit, MI
CITY, STATE Southfield, MI	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $121,468 - $146,656	COMPARE TO Detroit, MI

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About Detroit, Michigan

Detroit (/dɪˈtrɔɪt/, locally also /ˈdiːtrɔɪt/; French: Détroit, lit. 'strait') is the largest and most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan, the largest United States city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of Wayne County. The municipality of Detroit had a 2017 estimated population of 673,104, making it the 23rd-most populous city in the United States. The metropolitan area, known as Metro Detroit, is home to 4.3 million people, making it the second-largest in the Midwest after the Chicago metropolitan area. Regarded as a major cultural center, Detroit is known for its co...

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