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# 2024 Icelandic Developer Survey: Compensation, Technologies, and more

**[Alex Harri](https://daily.dev/sources/alexharri)** · 16 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Analysis of Iceland's first-ever comprehensive developer survey (425 respondents), covering compensation, programming languages, technology stacks, and demographics. C# is the top back-end language (46.1%), followed by TypeScript and Python. Typical developer salaries range from USD 85K–120K yearly. React dominates front-end, AWS leads cloud providers, and GitHub Actions is the most popular CI/CD tool. macOS is the most common developer OS, and 15.9% of developers work in startups. The post also contextualizes salaries with Icelandic tax rates, employer benefits, and parental leave policies.

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