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Frontend Engineer Career Market Report 2026

1,173 active jobs. 618 companies. Median salary $160K. Data from Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, Ashby, SmartRecruiters, Workable, and 14 additional ATS sources. Last computed: 2026-06-01.

1,173
Active Job Openings
618
Companies Hiring
$160K
Median Salary (US)
80%
With Salary Data

About This Report

The Frontend Engineer market data on this page is updated daily from 800,000+ active job postings across 20 ATS platforms.

Greenhouse Lever Workday Ashby SmartRecruiters Workable + 14 more ATS sources

Salary: Extracted via NLP. Only USD $5K-$3M included. Skills: Named entity recognition, noise-filtered (generic soft skills excluded). Experience: Inferred from title + description. Coverage: 80% of positions include salary data.

Key Findings

Median salary: $160K in the US

Middle 50% of salaries range from $139K to $250K.

React is the most-demanded skill at 66%

TypeScript demand rose +14.3pp — fastest-growing skill

Binance leads hiring with 13 open positions

Biggest salary jump: Senior → Staff (+$32K, +22%)

Salary increase: +$32K · Sample: Senior → Staff

AI automation risk: medium (score 55/100)

Score: 55/100 · AI/LLM demand: 49% of postings

Week-over-week changes reflect dataset expansion, not market surge

Recent growth in tracked postings is from adding new data sources, not a one-week hiring boom. Interpret trend data with this in mind.

Salary by Experience Level

LevelJobsP25MedianP90
Senior48$102K$150K$198K
Staff16$150K$182K$295K
Mid-Level7$115K$167K$270K

What jumps out

Senior → Staff: +$32K (22%) — the biggest single-step increase. The salary curve is back-loaded: the largest raises come at transitions where scope changes from executing tasks to owning outcomes, or from owning outcomes to shaping architecture across teams.

Salary by Country

CountryJobsMedianCurrency
United States50$168KUSD
Remote13$160KUSD
Canada6$150KUSD

Work Mode

ModeShare
On-Site5.8%
Remote24.7%
Hybrid4.1%

~80% of postings do not specify work mode. Figures show only positions where it is explicitly stated.

Top Skills in Demand

React
66%
TypeScript
63%
JavaScript
62%
AI/LLM
49%
HTML/CSS
38%
CI/CD
21%
Angular
20%
Next.js
20%
Vue
15%
AWS
15%
Node.js
13%
Redux
13%

Skills on the Rise

TypeScript ↑+14.3ppJavaScript ↑+14.2ppReact ↑+11.6ppQuality Assurance ↑+11.1ppAI/LLM ↑+11.1pp

Declining in Demand

Agile ↓-12.0pp

Top Companies Hiring

CompanyOpeningsShare
Binance131.1%
Toss121.0%
eventmobi121.0%
Amazon110.9%
Eurofins110.9%
Aboutyougmbh100.9%
Verkada90.8%
Clickup90.8%

Top Countries by Job Volume

CountryJobs
United States240
Remote92
India84
United Kingdom62
Germany29
Canada26
Poland22
Taiwan21

Education Requirements

LevelSharePositions
Associate Degree56.6%533
Master's Degree12.3%116
Bachelor's Degree7.1%67
PhD / Doctorate0.2%2

Certifications

All certifications below 1% threshold. Certifications carry minimal weight in this profession's hiring decisions.

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