State of HTML 2024

Germany had a great showing this year, and while it didn't overtake the U.S. for number one it definitely punched above its weight.

Many thanks to our volunteer translators for making the surveys available in so many different languages!

Despite the survey's length, an overwhelming majority of respondents took the time to complete it from start to finish!

State of HTML respondents had a median age of 35 – close to State of CSS's 34, and quite a bit older than State of JS's 31.

The difference between surveys also holds when looking at years of web development experience: an average of 12 years here, compared to 9 years for State of JS respondents.

The larger the company, the higher the salary. Although if you're good enough, our data shows that you can earn a decent living no matter your company's size.

While we often hear tales of six-figure salaries out of Silicon Valley, the reality is that most front-end developers throughout the world earn far less, as becomes apparent when directly comparing the U.S. and the rest of the world.

While having a degree will ensure you earn more, turns out it doesn't necessarily have to be related to programming – a good sign for the many among us who discovered a passion for web development further along in life.

Unlike past surveys, we didn't observe a significant income difference between genders this time. That being said, this lone datapoint does not mean we should disregard the challenges faced by women in our industry.

Non-white respondents were more likely to be younger and have less experience – which hopefully points to a ongoing diversification of the industry.

Thanks to the continued efforts of accessibility advocates, we now accept the fact that disabilities (permanent or not) should be taken into account as part of the design & development process.

A majority of respondents knew about the survey from previous years, but many also found it through a banner on the 2024 State of CSS survey results. And for the first time, Mastodon overtook X as a traffic source, possibly due to the later penalizing tweets containing outbounds links.