What remote developer roles actually pay right now

Glassdoor numbers are stale. Levels.fyi is great if you only care about FAANG. The mid-market — the Series B to Series D companies hiring most of the actual remote roles — has almost no public data.

I have been collecting offer letters and recruiter screen numbers from a private network of 50 developers who landed remote roles between January and April 2026. Anonymized, normalized to USD, broken out by level and stack. Here is what the data shows.

The headline numbers (US-based, fully remote)

Junior (0-2 years):

25th percentile: $78,000

Median: $95,000

75th percentile: $112,000

Mid (3-5 years):

25th percentile: $115,000

Median: $140,000

75th percentile: $165,000

Senior (6+ years):

25th percentile: $155,000

Median: $185,000

75th percentile: $215,000

These are base only. Total comp including equity refresh and bonuses runs 15-30 percent higher at the median.

What moves the number up

The biggest factor is not years of experience.…