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5,463 developers took part in this second edition of the State of Devs survey.

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It's no secret that U.S. developers tend to earn higher salaries, and the data once again confirms this trend.

But while U.S. respondents earn a lot, they also work a lot. On the other hand, the United Kingdom, Norway and Denmark stand out as ranking in the top 10 for both highest income and fewest hours worked.

Note that this year we additionally asked respondents for their country of origin, although no big differences were observed.

Where do you currently reside?
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الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية
02
ألمانيا
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03
المملكة المتحدة
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04
فرنسا
05
كندا
06
أستراليا
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هولندا
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إسبانيا
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بولندا
10
السويد
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Migration Experience

Looking at immigration experience reveals that respondents who have immigrant parents or are immigrants themselves tend to earn significantly more (although speculating on the causes of this correlation is beyond the scope of this survey).

And while Japan shows the highest immigration levels among respondents, this is almost certainly due to the survey failing to reach the native Japanese population more than to any real demographic trend.

On the other hand, despite being known as “a nation of immigrants”, only ١٨٪؜ of respondents from the U.S. have immigrant roots, versus ٢١٪؜ overall.

Were you born in your current country of residence?
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Yes
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Yes, to one or more immigrant parents
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No, in a different country
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No, in a different country to one or more immigrant parents
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Native Languages

When comparing the lists of native languages (tab 1) and languages learned later on (tab 2), one entry stands out: while only ٢٢ respondents speak Japanese natively, ١٤٥ of them have learned it, reflecting the country's strong cultural pull.
What are your native languages?
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English
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German
03
French
04
Spanish
05
Russian
06
Portuguese
07
Dutch
08
Polish
09
Italian
10
Swedish
11
Ukrainian
12
Czech
13
Hungarian
14
Hindi
15
Norwegian
16
Finnish
17
Romanian
18
Hebrew
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Slovak
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Chinese
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Percentage of women and non-binary respondents among those who specified their gender.

الجنس

Looking at the data reveals that while most factors are not strongly correlated with gender, a few key areas definitely are.

For example, men tend not to experience workplace discrimination as much, and are also much more likely to identify as straight/heterosexual.

أي من الخيارات التالية يصفك، إن وجد؟ الرجاء اختيار واحدة.
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رجل
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امرأة
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غير ثنائي
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غير مدرج
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رغم علمنا أن تجميع ونشر بيانات متنوعة يمكن أن تكون مشكلة حساسة، إلا أننا نعتقد أن الحصول على هذه البيانات مهم للمساعدة في قياس وتحسين جهود الاستبيان من حيث الشمولية والتعبير.

Sexual Orientation

Sexual orientation is an area that lacks both data and representation in the developer community, and for that reason we decided to add it to the survey this year.

Straight/heterosexual respondents are more likely to identify as right-wing, and less likely to experience neurodivergent conditions, while both gay/lesbian and bisexual groups are more likely to be worried about rising intolerance as a global issue.

What is your sexual orientation?
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Straight/heterosexual
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Gay or lesbian
3
Bisexual
4
Questioning/unsure
5
asexual
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pansexual
7
queer
8
Other Answers
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العرق والإثن

As one might expect, race is strongly correlated with native language (note that Country and Country of Origin are automatically filtered out here).

Another correlation worth pointing out: white respondents are more likely to be older and have more years of programming experience, which has been a recurring finding since tracking this datapoint.

أي من الخيارات التالية يصفك، إن وجد؟ الرجاء اختيار واحدة.
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أبيض
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من أصل أسباني أو لاتيني
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شرق أسيوي
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متعدد الأعراق
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شرق أوسطي
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جنوب شرق أسيوي
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جنوب أسيوي
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أسود أو من أصول إفريقية
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أمريكي أصلي أو من سكان جزر المحيط الهادئ أو أسترالي من السكان الأصليين
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Slav
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European
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رغم علمنا أن تجميع ونشر بيانات متنوعة يمكن أن تكون مشكلة حساسة، إلا أننا نعتقد أن الحصول على هذه البيانات مهم للمساعدة في قياس وتحسين جهود الاستبيان من حيث الشمولية والتعبير.

Relationship Status

As one might expect, respondents in a relationship have more children–but not that much more. With an average of only ٠٫٩ children, even they are far below the often-cited 2.1 children population replacement rate.
What is your current relationship status?
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Married/in a relationship
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Single
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It's complicated
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Number of Kids

The global fertility collapse is in full display in this dataset, with families with 4 kids or more accounting for less than 2% of respondents.

One cause is that respondents are waiting to have children later in life (the average number of children in the 20-29 age bracket is a mere ٠٫١), resulting in a much shorter window before the eventual biological cutoff.

How many children do you have?
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None
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5 or more
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