Salary Report

Information Technology Job

Ruby
Development

United States Location

Boston - Worcester -
- Lawrence - Lowell - Brockton
MA - NH, USA Metropolitan Area

Competitive Position® Salary Report

Data Observed 1/2/25 to 12/31/25

Salary Average

$186,630

Experience Requirement

6 Years

Raise +1 Year

$14,071 at 7.54%

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Salary and Number of Jobs

Graph of succeeding salary information

About Salary and Jobs

Salary Range :

At required Experience of 6 Years: $186,630 is Salary average; 50% of Jobs pay between $178,672 & $194,588; and, 5% of Jobs top $206,192.

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.

$451,447 = 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 1/2/25 to 12/31/25.

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Top Salaries

Top Percentile of Job market Top Salary
2.5% $210,035
5% $206,192
10% $201,814
25% $194,588
33% $191,653
50% $186,630
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% $185,150 $188,110
25% $182,875 $190,385
33% $181,607 $191,653
50% $178,672 $194,588
67% $175,117 $198,143
95% $163,225 $210,035
Salary Average =

$186,630

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.

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Salary and Experience

Graph of succeeding salary information

Salary ±1 Year

Experience Salary Average Raise +1 Year
5 Years $172,457 $14,173 at 8.22%
6 Years $186,630 $14,071 at 7.54%

About Salary and Experience

Salary by Year :

Salary increases steadily 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: $149,631 at the low experience of 3 Years and 5 Months; $173,643 at the average experience of 5 Years and 1 Month; and, $197,190 at the top experience of 6 Years and 9 Months.

Experience End Points :

0 = Entry Level.

16 Years and 5 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 1/2/25 to 12/31/25.

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Salary by Year

Experience Salary Average Raise +1 Year
4 Years $158,118 $14,339 at 9.07%
5 Years $172,457 $14,173 at 8.22%
6 Years $186,630 $14,071 at 7.54%

Salary and Experience Range

95% of Jobs require Experience between the Low and Top

Qualifications

Description

Application development, using Ruby programming language, is the position's primary responsibility.

Skills

The qualifications of this information technology Job:
  • Ruby;
  • 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:
Project Lead,
Development Manager, Lead Developer, Project Lead, Project Manager, Project Supervisor, Team Lead, Team Supervisor or Technical Lead,
4.1% of job descriptions;
Bachelor of Arts/Science Degree,
5.4% of job descriptions;
PostgreSQL,
37.8% of job descriptions;
Golang,
43.2% of job descriptions;
Microsoft Azure,
4.1% of job descriptions;
AWS (Amazon Web Services),
16.2% 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).