Top paying technologies among developers worldwide 2024

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Ahmed Sherif,
Aug 13, 2024

In 2024, the median annual compensation of developers using Erlang developers reached over 100 thousand U.S. dollars, making Erlang developers among the highest-paid developers globally by technology. High-paying technologies included Elixir, Clojure, and Scala, among others.

Top paying technologies among developers worldwide as of 2024, by annual compensation (in U.S. dollars)

CharacteristicAnnual compensation in U.S. dollars
Erlang 100,636
Elixir 96,000
Clojure 95,541
Nim 94,924
RB 90,221
Perl 90,000
Scala 88,619
Apex 82,500
F# 80,555
Lisp 80,555
Groovy 79,330
Go 76,433
Rust 76,292
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July 2024

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May 19 to June 20, 2024

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23,352 respondents

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Original question: "What is your current total annual compensation (salary, bonuses, and perks, before taxes and deductions)?"

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