Developer Engineer Salary in Philadelphia, PA

How much does a Developer Engineer make in Philadelphia, PA?

As of April 01, 2025, the average annual salary for a Developer Engineer in Philadelphia, PA is $138,612. According to Salary.com, salaries can range from a low of $114,827 to a high of $164,818, with most professionals earning between $126,162 and $152,329.

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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 Philadelphia, PA

Average Base Salary

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126162

152329

138612

Average Total Cash Compensation

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131062

161879

145594

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 Philadelphia, PA. The base salary for Developer Engineer ranges from $126,162 to $152,329 with the average base salary of $138,612. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $131,062 to $161,879 with the average total cash compensation of $145,594.

View Average Salary for Developer Engineer as table

	Average Salary	Average Salary Range
Base Salary	$138,612	$126,162 - $152,329
Bonus	$6,981	$4,899 - $9,549
Total Pay	$145,594	$131,062 - $161,879

* 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 Philadelphia, PA

CITY, STATE	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE	COMPARE TO Philadelphia, PA
CITY, STATE Camden, NJ	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $126,162 - $152,329	COMPARE TO Philadelphia, PA 0%
CITY, STATE West Chester, PA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $123,712 - $149,371	COMPARE TO Philadelphia, PA
CITY, STATE Doylestown, PA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $130,363 - $157,401	COMPARE TO Philadelphia, PA
CITY, STATE Trenton, NJ	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $130,761 - $157,882	COMPARE TO Philadelphia, PA
CITY, STATE Wilmington, DE	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $123,953 - $149,662	COMPARE TO Philadelphia, PA
CITY, STATE New Castle, DE	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $123,953 - $149,662	COMPARE TO Philadelphia, PA

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