What remote developer roles actually pay right now Glassdoor numbers are stale. Levels.fyi is great if you only care about FAANG. The mid-market — the Series B to Series D companies hiring most of the actual remote roles — has almost no public data. I have been collecting offer letters and recruiter screen numbers from a private network of 50 developers who landed remote roles between January and April 2026. Anonymized, normalized to USD, broken out by level and stack. Here is what the data shows. The headline numbers (US-based, fully remote) Junior (0-2 years): 25th percentile: $78,000 Median: $95,000 75th percentile: $112,000 Mid (3-5 years): 25th percentile: $115,000 Median: $140,000 75th percentile: $165,000 Senior (6+ years): 25th percentile: $155,000 Median: $185,000 75th percentile: $215,000 These are base only. Total comp including equity refresh and bonuses runs 15-30 percent higher at the median. What moves the number up The biggest factor is not years of experience. It is stack scarcity .…