Senior Frontend Developer salary in New York, NY

Based on 22 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level III in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Brooklyn, Whippany, Jersey City, Englewood Cliffs, Newark.

Median salary$164,058
Middle 50%$153.9k–$186.1k
vs. all levels here+7%comparison median $153,754
Filings22FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $94,135 and $239,357.
PercentileSalary
10th$151,819
25th$153,864
50th (median)$164,058
75th$186,116
90th$198,988

Salary by year

Median salary

$120k $150k $180k FY2020: median $135,000 (13 filings) FY2021: median $140,000 (14 filings) FY2022: median $135,000 (19 filings) FY2023: median $166,354 (10 filings) FY2025: median $167,903 (14 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 13 filings FY20 FY2021: 14 filings FY21 FY2022: 19 filings FY22 FY2023: 10 filings FY23 FY2024: 8 filings FY24 FY2025: 14 filings FY25 FY2026: 8 filings FY26 19
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020$135,000$117,021$154,40013
FY2021$140,000$127,500$140,87514
FY2022$135,000$123,807$152,25019
FY2023$166,354$139,433$213,45010
FY2024–––8
FY2025$167,903$153,864$188,95514
FY2026–––8

Cost of living

New York's median senior Frontend Developer salary of $164,058 is worth about $145,700 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; New York = 112.6).

Employers filing at this level

EmployerMedianFilings
Amazontoo few5
Metatoo few3

Employers with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $120,000 29
Mid-level · Level II $161,150 46
Senior · Level III $164,058 22
Expert · Level IV $225,000 19

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.