Salary of a front-end developer

‍What is the average salary of a front-end developer?
‍The average salary of a front-end developer in the Netherlands is €44,900 per year. If you compare this with the salary of 'Jan Modaal', the average Dutchman, you earn 1.23 times his gross salary. Not crazy, right? A front-end developer earns a gross of €3,465 per month for a 40-hour working week. That is €649 more than the average income in 2020.

The average salary of a front-end developer worldwide
If you have it average salary from a front-end developer in the Netherlands compared to the rest of the world, you can see that people earn quite well here. This is because we are number 15 among the highest-paying countries. The highest-paying country is Switzerland, where, as a front-end developer, you earn an average of €52,600 per year. The worst-paying country is India, where only €3,600 a year is credited to your bank account.

What is the salary of a junior front-end developer?
On average, a junior front-end developer in the Netherlands earns around €2,800 gross per month. This amounts to roughly more than €36,000 gross per year. With the average salary, you can buy around 465 bins of Ben & Jerry's Cookie Dough.

In order to properly compare the salary, we compare it to the market average. The average salary of a starter in the Netherlands is between €1,500 and €2,800 per month. The average starting salary of a junior front-end developer is therefore at the higher end of the market average. These figures vary so much as the starting salary depends very much on the level of education and the sector in which you will be working.

Average hourly rate for junior front-end developer
Would you rather be your own boss? A junior front-end developer (0-3 years of work experience) charges an average of between €40 and €60 per hour excluding VAT. Make sure you don't count yourself too rich as a self-employed person at this rate. First, keep in mind that you will not be working full-time on assignments all year round. This is because you may temporarily be unable to find a client or that you want to go on vacation for a longer period of time. Secondly, you will have to take into account that you are not automatically insured against disability. As a self-employed person, you have to pay for all these things yourself. So really take this into account! Especially when you start freelancing for the first time.

What is the salary of a mid-level front-end developer?
A medior developer with approximately 3 to 5 years of experience earns an average of €3,480 gross per month in the Netherlands. This means that your salary is approximately €45,000 per year. Your monthly gross income is €664 more than the average. This equates to 110 tubs of ice cream, 58 months of Netflix or an extra 330 croquette sandwiches per month.

Average hourly rate for medior front-end developer
The average hourly rate that a mid-level front-end developer charges is between €60 and €75 per hour.

What is the salary of a senior front-end developer?
With their 5 or more years of experience, a senior front-end developer earns an average of €3,755 per month. This is approximately 1.46 times modal. The average annual salary of a senior front-end developer is €53,200.

The 3 cities where you earn the most on average as a senior front-end developer are: 1. Hoofddorp with €79,380 per year, 2. Veenendaal with €68,693 per year and Eindhoven at number 3 with a respective €61,432 per year. Watch here the whole overview.

Average hourly rate for senior front-end developer
The average hourly rate that a senior front-end developer charges is between 70 and 100 euros per hour.

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