Senior Web Developer salary in New York, NY

Based on 47 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, Iselin, East Brunswick, Keasbey, Raritan.

Also listed as: Front End Developer, Developer User Interface

Median salary$85,000
Middle 50%$83.9k–$90.1k
vs. all levels here+7%comparison median $79,520
Filings47FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $83,949 and $109,080.
PercentileSalary
10th$83,949
25th$83,949
50th (median)$85,000
75th$90,050
90th$100,400

Salary by year

Median salary

$70k $85k $100k FY2020: median $84,323 (12 filings) FY2022: median $91,291 (13 filings) FY2026: median $84,000 (40 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 12 filings FY20 FY2021: 6 filings FY21 FY2022: 13 filings FY22 FY2023: 6 filings FY23 FY2024: 7 filings FY24 FY2025: 7 filings FY25 FY2026: 40 filings FY26 40
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$84,323$84,323$93,24212
FY2021–––6
FY2022$91,291$91,291$91,50013
FY2023–––6
FY2024–––7
FY2025–––7
FY2026$84,000$83,949$85,46040

Cost of living

New York's median senior Web Developer salary of $85,000 is worth about $75,500 at national average prices.

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

Compared with all workers here

All Web Developers in the New York, NY area earned a median of $104,820 in May 2025 (4,200 employed). The H-1B median here is $85,000, 19% lower.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS metropolitan area estimates. BLS wages include some incentive pay; H-1B figures are base salary.

Employers filing at this level

EmployerMedianFilings
Compunnel Software Grouptoo few4
Computer Squaretoo few4
Airsprootoo few2
Jetro Holdingstoo few2
Kanira Consultingtoo few2
Nile Techtoo few2
Tata Technologiestoo few2
YouShifttoo few2

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

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $60,000 16
Mid-level · Level II $71,053 62
Senior · Level III $85,000 47
Expert · Level IV too few 2

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Entry-level · Level I$47,112$60,00016
Mid-level · Level II$62,421$71,05362
Senior · Level III$83,949$85,00047

The prevailing wage is the minimum an employer must pay for this job and area. Amounts vary by county within a metro and by wage source.