This article is part of an ongoing series that will take a deeper look at the jobs featured in our annual Austin Tech Salaries Guide.
The salary range for front end developers in Austin is between $75,000 and $95,000, according to the latest data compiled by Built In.
Job Outlook
With coding skills in high demand, and the Austin startup market booming, client side development is an essential need for any tech company.
Due to the growing popularity of mobile devices and online shopping, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) projects that web developer jobs will grow 27% from 2014 to 2024—much faster than the average for any other occupation.
At any given time, our job board has numerous front end developer jobs on offer, and generally these positions are in demand and well-paid.
Job Seekers: View open front end developer jobs
Austin vs. National Average
On average, a front end developer in the U.S. makes $96,817, according to research from CyberCoders, a leading recruiting firm in the U.S.
Built In Austin’s salary range of $75,000 to $95,000 is based on a survey of hiring managers at local tech companies. Salary is dependent on company size, employee experience, and the negotiating ability of the employers and applicants.
Based on our data, front end developer salaries sit comfortably in the mid range of the Austin tech market.
Backend developers typically deal with a wider range of web technologies and complex infrastructure than their front end development counterparts, which often places them in a higher salary bracket, but this isn’t always the case and ultimately depends on the company’s product, approach, and needs.
The breadth of a developer’s skill set can greatly impact his/her earning potential. It’s not uncommon for many startups, and even some larger tech companies, to seek front end developers who are also skilled in backend development disciplines, such as PHP, Ruby and .Net development.
Skills Required
A front end developer works closely with product development, designers, marketers, SEO and other engineers to accomplish a variety of extremely important objectives:
- Implement front end interface
- Write clean and high performance code that is responsive across multiple devices
- Collaborate with the engineering department, and other departments, in an agile software development environment
- Work with designers to turn wireframes and mockups into the real thing
- Architect and build scalable, maintainable, testable, and reusable applications
- Work with the SEO team to build a search engine-friendly site architecture
A good front end developer not only has a strong understanding of how to build websites, apps and programs, but also an eye for maintaining design integrity and an understanding of user experience.
