Stack Overflow salary median rose 5% in a year, but the same developer got 1%
dima806_dima · x · 2026-10-18
Dima Yakubovskyi analyzes the Stack Overflow salary survey: the median salary jumped 5% year over year, but holding the developer fixed, most of that raise disappears — the same developer only got about 1%.
The takeaway: the median gain comes mostly from shifting sample composition (regions, stacks, respondent mix), not from actual individual raises.
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