Entry-level Full Stack Developer salary in Philadelphia, PA

Based on 46 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level I in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Malvern, Wilmington, Newark, West Chester, Paoli.

Median salary$85,000
Middle 50%$84.8k–$88.1k
vs. all levels here−20%comparison median $106,040
Filings46FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $68,047 and $115,000.
PercentileSalary
10th$84,781
25th$84,781
50th (median)$85,000
75th$88,097
90th$106,688

Salary by year

Median salary

$70k $85k $100k FY2024: median $84,781 (21 filings) FY2025: median $84,781 (35 filings) FY2026: median $88,088 (11 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 1 filings FY20 FY2021: 7 filings FY21 FY2022: 5 filings FY22 FY2023: 8 filings FY23 FY2024: 21 filings FY24 FY2025: 35 filings FY25 FY2026: 11 filings FY26 35
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–––1
FY2021–––7
FY2022–––5
FY2023–––8
FY2024$84,781$80,080$85,00021
FY2025$84,781$84,781$88,08835
FY2026$88,088$88,088$106,68811

Cost of living

Philadelphia's median entry-level Full Stack Developer salary of $85,000 is worth about $82,900 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Philadelphia = 102.6).

Employers filing at this level

EmployerMedianFilings
Comcast$84,78113
Bridge Flairtoo few4
Encora Digitaltoo few2
Etekservetoo few2
FiniteTektoo few2
Talent EXPtoo few2

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

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $85,000 46
Mid-level · Level II $106,000 79
Senior · Level III $132,550 14
Expert · Level IV $146,078 26

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.