Senior Full Stack Developer salary in New York, NY

Based on 57 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level III in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Jersey City, Whippany, Iselin, Edison, Parsippany.

Median salary$162,500
Middle 50%$153.8k–$170.6k
vs. all levels here+27%comparison median $128,230
Filings57FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $84,538 and $217,200.
PercentileSalary
10th$141,576
25th$153,830
50th (median)$162,500
75th$170,600
90th$187,000

Salary by year

Median salary

$110k $145k $180k FY2020: median $125,000 (33 filings) FY2021: median $125,600 (37 filings) FY2022: median $139,000 (78 filings) FY2023: median $145,000 (27 filings) FY2024: median $154,900 (35 filings) FY2025: median $162,500 (37 filings) FY2026: median $162,718 (20 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 33 filings FY20 FY2021: 37 filings FY21 FY2022: 78 filings FY22 FY2023: 27 filings FY23 FY2024: 35 filings FY24 FY2025: 37 filings FY25 FY2026: 20 filings FY26 78
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$125,000$119,500$130,00033
FY2021$125,600$123,614$139,12937
FY2022$139,000$125,479$148,75078
FY2023$145,000$133,390$159,99727
FY2024$154,900$142,563$164,05035
FY2025$162,500$153,830$173,50037
FY2026$162,718$158,104$166,97520

Cost of living

New York's median senior Full Stack Developer salary of $162,500 is worth about $144,400 at national average prices.

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

Employers filing at this level

EmployerMedianFilings
Barclays$164,85023
ACE American Insurance Companytoo few5
JetBlue Airwaystoo few2
Populus Grouptoo few2
Stripetoo few2

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

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $100,069 109
Mid-level · Level II $131,997 189
Senior · Level III $162,500 57
Expert · Level IV $181,314 37

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.