Front-End Salaries

The national average in the U.S for a mid-level front-end developer is around $75k. Of course when you first start expect to enter the field at around 35k depending upon location and portfolio.

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NOTES:

A lead/senior front-end developer/engineer can potentially live wherever they want (i.e., work remotely) and make over $150k a year (visit angel.co, sign-up, review front-end jobs over $150k or examine the salary ranges on Stack Overflow Jobs).