Java jobs with salary
How much do Java jobs pay?
10,372 open tech jobs at 2,044 companies ask for Java. 4,864 of them (47%) show the pay. The median posted base pay is $195K a year, from the 4,138 jobs with a yearly range in US dollars. The middle half of these jobs is from $163K to $225K. The numbers come from the companies' own job postings on Nov 10, 2026. They show base pay only, without stock or a bonus.
Companies with the most Java jobs with posted pay
| Company | Jobs with posted pay | Median posted base pay |
|---|---|---|
| Capital One | 405 | $221K |
| Amazon.com Services LLC | 136 | $169K |
| 98 | $213K | |
| Walmart | 96 | $195K |
| SpaceX | 87 | $163K |
| Accenture Federal Services | 63 | $140K |
| Meta | 55 | $220K |
| Salesforce | 50 | $217K |
| Palantir Technologies | 45 | $168K |
| Careers Peraton | 44 | $146K |
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How much do Java jobs pay?
The median posted base pay for open jobs that ask for Java is $195K a year. The middle half of these jobs is from $163K to $225K. The numbers come from 4,138 jobs with a yearly range in US dollars.
Which companies hire for Java and post the pay?
The companies with the most open Java jobs with posted pay are Capital One, Amazon.com Services LLC, Google, Walmart, SpaceX.
Which job types ask for Java?
Software engineering (6,587 jobs), Infra, platform & SRE (1,660 jobs), ML / AI engineering (1,583 jobs). One job can have more than one job type.
How do we know that a job asks for Java?
We read the text of each job. A job is in this list when its text names Java. The text can name a skill as a requirement or as a plus, so read the job before you apply.
A skill page needs 50 or more open jobs that name the skill, and 20 or more of them with a yearly posted range in US dollars. The median uses the middle point of each posted range. We do not use a range with a bottom below $15,000, a top above $1,000,000, or a top that is more than four times the bottom.