Python Django & JavaScript - Boston, MA - Average Experience
Salary Report
Information Technology Job
Python
Django and
JavaScript
Development
United States Location
Boston - Worcester -
- Lawrence - Lowell - Brockton
MA - NH, USA Metropolitan Area
Competitive Position® Salary Report
Data Observed 10/2/25 to 9/28/26
Salary Average
$145,621
Experience Requirement
6 Years
Raise +1 Year
$14,439 at 9.92%
Salary and Number of Jobs
About Salary and Jobs
Salary Range :
At required Experience of 6 Years: $145,621 is Salary average; 50% of Jobs pay between $124,472 & $166,770; and, 5% of Jobs top $197,734.
Number of Jobs :
Most Jobs are available closest to the Salary Average.
Fewer Jobs are available at Lower and Higher Salaries.
Salary End Points :
$26,400 = annual salary at $15 per hour working between: 44 weeks at 40 hours a week, to, 52 weeks at 34 hours a week.
$389,357 = annual salary for the highest paying IT Job in the highest paying US City at the Top 2.5% Experience and Top 2.5% Salary.
Job Market :
Job offers, publicly posted in want ads by employers, were observed and measured from 10/2/25 to 9/28/26.
View: Documentation and Methodology.
Top Salaries
| Top Percentile of Job market | Top Salary |
|---|---|
| 2.5% | $208,044 |
| 5% | $197,734 |
| 10% | $186,025 |
| 25% | $166,770 |
| 33% | $158,967 |
| 50% | $145,621 |
Top Percentile of Job Market =
Number of Jobs Above the Top Salary
÷
Number of all Jobs at 6 Years Experience.
Salary Range and Jobs
Percentage of Jobs within Salary Lows and Highs
| Percent of Job Market | Salary Range | |
|---|---|---|
| Low Salary | High Salary | |
| 10% | $141,689 | $149,554 |
| 25% | $135,646 | $155,596 |
| 33% | $132,276 | $158,967 |
| 50% | $124,472 | $166,770 |
| 67% | $115,008 | $176,235 |
| 95% | $83,199 | $208,044 |
Salary Average =
$145,621
Mid Point between each Low/High pair.
Percent of Job Market =
Number of Jobs with Salary between Low/High pair
÷
Number of all Jobs at 6 Years Experience.
Salary and Experience
Salary ±1 Year
| Experience | Salary Average | Raise +1 Year |
|---|---|---|
| 5 Years | $131,025 | $14,597 at 11.14% |
| 6 Years | $145,621 | $14,439 at 9.92% |
| 7 Years | $160,061 | $14,345 at 8.96% |
About Salary and Experience
Salary by Year :
Salary increases rapidly in the first years, rises stably with greater experience and grows consistently into maturity.
Salary Growth Overall :
The increase in Salary average from low to high experience is more than that in the USA IT job market as a whole.
Salary and Experience Range :
Salary average rises with experience: $80,099 at the low experience of 1 Year and 9 Months; $145,621 at the average experience of 6 Years; and, $207,695 at the top experience of 10 Years and 4 Months.
Experience End Points :
0 = Entry Level.
16 Years and 4 Months = Top 2.5% Experience in the IT Job with the highest required experience in the USA.
Job Market :
Job offers, publicly posted in want ads by employers, were observed and measured from 10/2/25 to 9/28/26.
View: Documentation and Methodology.
Salary by Year
| Experience | Salary Average | Raise +1 Year |
|---|---|---|
| 2 Years | $84,462 | $16,342 at 19.35% |
| 3 Years | $100,804 | $15,355 at 15.23% |
| 4 Years | $116,159 | $14,866 at 12.80% |
| 5 Years | $131,025 | $14,596 at 11.14% |
| 6 Years | $145,621 | $14,440 at 9.92% |
| 7 Years | $160,061 | $14,345 at 8.96% |
| 8 Years | $174,406 | $14,288 at 8.19% |
| 9 Years | $188,694 | $14,254 at 7.55% |
| 10 Years | $202,948 | $14,237 at 7.02% |
Salary and Experience Range
95% of Jobs require Experience between the Low and Top
| Experience | Salary Average | Raise +1 Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Low | 1 Year and 9 Months | $80,099 | $16,743 at 20.90% |
| Average | 6 Years | $145,621 | $14,440 at 9.92% |
| Top | 10 Years and 4 Months | $207,695 | $14,233 at 6.85% |
Qualifications
Description
Application development, using Python programming language on Django framework with JavaScript web client interaction, is the position's primary responsibility.
Skills
The qualifications of this information technology Job:
- Python;
- Django;
- JavaScript;
-
- Software-Application Developer,
-
Agile, Application (App), Back End, Big Data, Cloud, .Net, Embedded, Front End, Full Stack, Machine Learning, Mobile, Portal, Software (SW), User Interface (UI), User Experience (UX) or Web,
and
Analyst, Architect, Developer, Engineer, Lead or Programmer.
Characteristics
A+ Skills
Additional IT skills requested in some job descriptions:
- Master of Arts/Science or Ph.D. Graduate Degree,
- 19% of job descriptions;
- Bachelor of Arts/Science Degree,
- 24.1% of job descriptions;
- Media,
- Advertising, Broadcasting, Entertainment, Marketing, Media, Public Relations, Publishing, Television or Video,
- 5.2% of job descriptions;
- AngularJS,
- 22.4% of job descriptions;
- Git,
- 5.2% of job descriptions;
- PostgreSQL,
- 67.2% of job descriptions;
- MySQL,
- 20.7% of job descriptions;
- Redis,
- 20.7% of job descriptions;
- Agile software methodology,
- 20.7% of job descriptions;
- Google App Engine (GAE),
- 6.9% of job descriptions;
- Microsoft Azure,
- 17.2% of job descriptions;
- AWS (Amazon Web Services),
- 65.5% of job descriptions.
Location
Boston, MA
- Connecticut,
- Thompson;
- Massachusetts,
- Abington, Acton, Acushnet, Amesbury, Arlington, Ashburnham, Ashby, Ashland, Auburn, Avon, Ayer, Barre, Bedford, Bellingham, Belmont, Berkley, Berlin, Beverly, Billerica, Blackstone, Bolton, Boston, Boxborough, Boxford, Boylston, Braintree, Bridgewater, Brighton, Bristol, Brockton, Brookfield, Brookline, Burlington, Cambridge, Canton, Carlisle, Carver, Charlton, Chelmsford, Chelsea, Clinton, Cohasset, Concord, Danvers, Dartmouth, Dedham, Dighton, Douglas, Dover, Dracut, Dudley, Dunstable, Duxbury, East Bridgewater, East Brookfield, Easton, Essex, Everett, Fairhaven, Fitchburg, Foxboro, Foxborough, Framingham, Franklin, Freetown, Gardner, Georgetown, Gloucester, Grafton, Groton, Groveland, Halifax, Hamilton, Hanover, Hanson, Harvard, Haverhill, Hingham, Holbrook, Holden, Holland, Holliston, Hopedale, Hopkinton, Hudson, Hull, Ipswich, Kingston, Lakeville, Lancaster, Lawrence, Leicester, Leominster, Lexington, Lincoln, Littleton, Lowell, Lunenburg, Lynn, Lynnfield, Malden, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Mansfield, Marblehead, Marion, Marlboro, Marlborough, Marshfield, Mattapoisett, Maynard, Medfield, Medford, Medway, Melrose, Mendon, Merrimac, Methuen, Middleborough, Middlesex, Middleton, Milford, Millbury, Millis, Millville, Milton, Nahant, Natick, Needham, New Bedford, Newbury, Newburyport, Newton, Norfolk, North Andover, North Brookfield, North Reading, Northborough, Northbridge, Norton, Norwell, Norwood, Oakham, Oxford, Paxton, Peabody, Pembroke, Pepperell, Plainville, Plymouth, Plympton, Princeton, Quincy, Randolph, Raynham, Reading, Revere, Rochester, Rockland, Rockport, Rowley, Rutland, Salem, Salisbury, Saugus, Scituate, Sharon, Sherborn, Shirley, Shrewsbury, Somerville, Southborough, Southbridge, Spencer, Sterling, Stoneham, Stoughton, Stow, Sturbridge, Sudbury, Suffolk, Sutton, Swampscott, Taunton, Templeton, Tewksbury, Topsfield, Townsend, Tyngsborough, Upton, Uxbridge, Wakefield, Walpole, Waltham, Wareham, Watertown, Wayland, Webster, Wellesley, Wenham, West Boylston, West Bridgewater, West Brookfield, West Newbury, Westborough, Westford, Westminster, Weston, Westwood, Weymouth, Whitman, Wilmington, Winchendon, Winchester, Winthrop, Woburn, Worcester and Wrentham;
- Maine,
- Berwick, Eliot, Kittery, South Berwick and York;
- New Hampshire,
- Allenstown, Amherst, Atkinson, Auburn, Barrington, Bedford, Brentwood, Brookline, Candia, Chester, Danville, Derry, Dover, Durham, East Kingston, Epping, Exeter, Farmington, Fremont, Goffstown, Greenland, Greenville, Hampstead, Hampton Falls, Hampton, Hillsborough, Hollis, Hooksett, Hudson, Kensington, Kingston, Lee, Litchfield, Londonderry, Madbury, Manchester, Mason, Merrimack, Milford, Milton, Mont Vernon, Nashua, New Castle, New Ipswich, Newfields, Newington, Newmarket, Newton, North Hampton, Pelham, Plaistow, Portsmouth, Raymond, Rochester, Rockingham, Rollinsford, Rye, Salem, Sandown, Seabrook, Somersworth, South Hampton, Strafford, Stratham, Weare, Wilton and Windham.
These locations are all included in the Boston, MA metropolitan area as defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB).