Technology
Web Developer
Web developers create the sites and apps people use every day, working on the visual front end, the server-side back end, or both. It's one of the most accessible tech careers, with strong demand for portfolio-backed skills over formal degrees.
Median salary (BLS)
$84,000
10th–90th percentile (BLS)
$50k – $130k
Job outlook
+16% (much faster than average)
AI exposure
Early-career check: graduates of the matching programs below typically earn $109,000 ten years after starting college — an early-career figure, vs. the all-experience BLS median above. Source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard.
Plan a path to Web Developer
Education
Typical entry: Associate degree
Associate degree or bootcamp plus a strong portfolio is often enough.
Plan my path to this →Typical progression
Junior Web Developer
Entry / Junior
$50,000
~2 yrs to advance
Web Developer
Established
$84,000
~3 yrs to advance
Senior Web Developer
Senior
$107,000
Key skills
A typical day
- •Build user interfaces
- •Integrate backends and APIs
- •Test across devices
Fields of study
Computer Science · Web Development · Information Technology
Top colleges for Technology
Explore all- Massachusetts Institute of Technology4% admit · $124,000 grad pay
- Stanford University4% admit · $122,000 grad pay
- Carnegie Mellon University11% admit · $109,000 grad pay
- University of California, Berkeley11% admit · $97,000 grad pay
- Georgia Institute of Technology16% admit · $99,000 grad pay
Reputation-based selection; stats shown are outcome data per school.
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Mapped by field-of-study code (Computer Science, Web Development, Information Technology), not by job-title guessing.