Mobile Developer salary
What a mobile developer actually earns, from 222 live job postings blended with the official US OEWS (Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics) wage anchor. Pick a market for its median and range, then read the seniority split, the trend, and the country comparison below. Updated 2026-09-06.
Switch the market above to see mobile developer pay in the 3 countries our sources cover, each with its own cost of living. The trend, seniority, and state detail below are United States data, where the official record runs deepest.
What the number means
A mobile developer earns a blended US median near 126,321 dollars, with the typical middle running from 100,350 dollars to 156,445 dollars. The official OEWS median is higher, 133,080 dollars, because job ads skew toward the roles that pay below the occupation-wide average. The official trend has moved up about 10 percent since 2021. By seniority, posted pay runs from roughly 72,800 dollars to 102,905 dollars. Demand is rated high, and 12% of postings are fully remote. The nearest adjacent move on our skill graph is product analyst, at 18 percent coverage; the instrument maps the rest.
Open mobile developer roles
Live openings tagged to this occupation, from company career pages and remote boards. Apply at the source.
Lead Mobile Engineer - React Native at DiliTrustParis - La DéfenseTodayApply- iOS Developer (all genders) at BORAAustria · RemoteTodayApply
- Android Developer (m/w/d) at apploft GmbHRemoteTodayApply
Senior iOS Developer at ElevusPortugal · Remote1d agoApply
Pessoa Desenvolvedora Flutter Pleno at FCamaraBrazil · Remote2d agoApply
Senior Mobile Engineer at InstacartUnited States - Remote$214k–$222k3d agoApply
By seniority
Posted-median pay by seniority signal in the title, from our corpus. Noisy at the edges where sample sizes are small.
By country
- United States$100,350$126,321$156,445
- United Kingdom$67,877$76,057$104,831
- India$11,222$14,615$21,792
Switzerland · official wage bands
median CHF 9'949/month
Swiss postings do not state pay, so these are not posted salaries: they are the federal wage survey (Lohnstrukturerhebung 2024) for the ISCO group 25 Spezialisten in der Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologie: standardized gross monthly, full-time, 13th salary included pro rata. The band covers the whole occupation group, which is coarser than this occupation alone.
Annual ≈ CHF 119'388 at the median. Source: Bundesamt für Statistik, LSE 2024.
Top-paying US states
OEWS median by state, highest first.
- California$170,910
- Washington$166,910
- New York$161,260
- Colorado$134,540
- New Jersey$132,400
- Texas$130,500
Roles that pay more, that these skills already reach
Median pay from each destination’s own postings, with the readiness a mobile developer profile already covers.
- 600 open software engineer roles$185,617 median · +$59,296 · 40% readiness
- 53 open developer advocate roles$168,381 median · +$42,060 · 27% readiness
- 600 open backend developer roles$130,255 median · +$3,934 · 32% readiness
Every measured move out of this role, ranked by readiness: alternative careers for a mobile developer.
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Related salaries
- Product Analyst salary$101,131 median
- Software Engineer salary$185,617 median
- Frontend Developer salary$116,599 median
Quick answers
How much does a mobile developer make?
The blended US median is about 126,321 dollars, with a typical range from 100,350 dollars to 156,445 dollars, against an official OEWS median of 133,080 dollars.
Is mobile developer a good career in 2026?
Demand for the role is rated high in our July 2026 corpus, with 12% of postings fully remote. The pay is shown above by seniority and by country.
What can a mobile developer move into?
The nearest adjacent role on our skill graph is product analyst, at 18 percent skill coverage. Run the instrument for the full set of reachable moves.
Method: bands are the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles of live US postings with stated pay, shrunk toward the official OEWS anchor by sample size (the “blended” figure). Trend is the OEWS annual median for SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code 15-1252. Unemployment is the 2025 BLS (Bureau of Labor Statistics) CPS (Current Population Survey) annual-average rate for “Software developers.” Live corpus 222 observations, 2026-09-06. Definitions in the glossary.