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State of JavaScript 2023

Demografie

This year, 23,540 respondents took part in the survey. And in order to help highlight different voices and surface deeper insights, we made a special effort to provide new ways to break our data down.

Jouw land of regio

While 16% of respondents came from the U.S., we also had strong representation from the JavaScript community in Germany, France, and the U.K.,(19% combined).

0%
6%
11%
17%
23%
29%
1

USA

2,747
2

France

1,323
3

Germany

1,308
4

United Kingdom

844
5

Poland

638
6

Russia

597
7

Canada

566
8

Spain

548
9

India

538
10

Netherlands

457
11

Brazil

393
12

Sweden

387
13

Italy

351
14

Australia

340
15

Ukraine

333
16

China

282
17

Japan

280
18

Czechia

246
19

South Korea

245
20

Colombia

219
21

Over Limit

5,069
0%
6%
11%
17%
23%
29%
% of question respondents
17,711
75%
Where do you currently reside?

Taal

The language respondents selected to fill out the survey.

0%
17%
33%
50%
67%
83%
1

Engels

18,744
2

Frans

851
3

Russisch

779
4

Spaans

673
5

Duits

489
6

Chinees (Versimpeld)

361
7

Japans

217
8

Pools

217
9

Chinese (Traditioneel)

94
10

Nederlands

90
0%
17%
33%
50%
67%
83%
% of question respondents
22,515
96%
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Survey Completion

The proportion of the survey filled out by respondents.

0%
12%
23%
35%
47%
59%
1

0-10%

1,704
2

10-20%

704
3

20-30%

730
4

30-40%

490
5

40-50%

328
6

50-60%

411
7

60-70%

410
8

70-80%

629
9

80-90%

2,850
10

90-100%

13,798
11

100

1,454
0%
12%
23%
35%
47%
59%
% of question respondents
23,508
100%
79%
92%

Age

Survey respondents were on average 31.7 years old, slightly lower than the State of HTML (33.6) and State of CSS (33.5) surveys.

0%
8%
16%
25%
33%
41%
1

<20

747
2

20-29

6,885
3

30-39

7,277
4

40-49

2,248
5

50-59

466
6

>60

103
0%
8%
16%
25%
33%
41%
% of question respondents
17,726
75%
31.7
31
How old are you, in years?

Jarenlange ervaring

Respondents had on average 9.3 years of web development experience.

0%
6%
13%
19%
25%
32%
1

0-4 years

5,234
2

5-9 years

5,706
3

10-14 years

3,300
4

15-19 years

1,725
5

20-24 years

1,221
6

25-29 years

538
7

Over 30 years

368
8

10-20

1
0%
6%
13%
19%
25%
32%
% of question respondents
18,093
77%
9.3
0.5
Hoe lang werk of studeer je al op dit gebied?

Bedrijfsomvang

Respondents tended to work for mostly mid-sized organizations, with a median company size of 75 employees.

0%
4%
9%
13%
18%
22%
1

1

1,487
2

1-5

1,381
3

5-10

1,152
4

10-20

1,447
5

20-50

2,150
6

50-100

1,863
7

100-1000

3,999
8

>1000

3,597
9

N/A

1,062
0%
4%
9%
13%
18%
22%
% of question respondents
18,138
77%
354.1
75
Hoe groot je bedrijf is.
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Jaarlijks salaris

Respondents had a median income of USD $75,000, noticeably higher than the $59,970 figure reported by the Stack Overflow Developer Survey.

0%
3%
7%
10%
13%
17%
1

$0k-$20k

2,417
2

$20k-$40k

2,479
3

$40k-$60k

2,935
4

$60k-$80k

2,242
5

$80k-$100k

1,773
6

$100k-$150k

2,117
7

$150k-$200k

1,066
8

>200k

824
9

N/A

1,684
0%
3%
7%
10%
13%
17%
% of question respondents
17,537
75%
$74,294
$70,000
In USD.

Higher Education Degree

Having a higher-education degree did not translate in meaningful differences in yearly income.

0%
11%
22%
33%
44%
55%
1

No

4,638
2

Yes, related field

9,906
3

Yes, unrelated field

3,501
0%
11%
22%
33%
44%
55%
% of question respondents
18,045
77%
Do you have a higher education degree?

Geslacht

0%
19%
37%
56%
75%
94%
1

Man

16,876
2

Woman

805
3

Non-Binary or GNC

257
4

Not Listed

68
0%
19%
37%
56%
75%
94%
% of question respondents
While we know collecting and publishing diversity data can be a sensitive issue, we do think it's important to obtain this data to help measure and improve the survey's efforts in terms of inclusivity and representativeness.
18,006
76%
Which one of the following options describes you?

Ras en etniciteit

The survey's non-white population tended to be younger and have less experience, confirming a trend first observed in other surveys. This might indicate that the next generation of front end developers will be more diverse than the current one.

0%
14%
28%
42%
56%
70%
1

White

10,951
2

Hispanic/Latin

1,671
3

East Asian

1,165
4

South Asian

715
5

Middle Eastern

622
6

SE Asian

603
7

Black/African Descent

471
8

Multiracial

364
9

Nat. American/Pac. Islander/Ind. Australian

63
10

Indian

0%
14%
28%
42%
56%
70%
% of question respondents
While we know collecting and publishing diversity data can be a sensitive issue, we do think it's important to obtain this data to help measure and improve the survey's efforts in terms of inclusivity and representativeness.
15,685
67%
Which of the following options describe you?

Disability Status

0%
17%
33%
50%
67%
84%
1

Cognitive impairments

1,806
2

Visual impairments

599
3

Hearing impairments

291
4

Mobility impairments

269
5

Autism

6

🚫 None

13,193
7

Other Answers

134
0%
17%
33%
50%
67%
84%
% of question respondents
15,772
67%
Which of the following disabilities do you experience?

Bron

0%
7%
14%
21%
28%
35%
1

State of JavaScript

6,727
2

Twitter/X

2,180
3

Google

1,693
4

1,113
5

YouTube

698
6

Daily Dev

586
7

Workplace

487
8

JavaScript Weekly

474
9

Discord

397
10

363
0%
7%
14%
21%
28%
35%
% of question respondents
Respondent source is computed based on referrer data, URL tracking data, and self-reported answers.
19,050
81%

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