Top 10 Highest Paying Programming Languages 2021

As an IT business consultant, I would suggest you top 10 highest paying programming languages. But before that, I like to add, most of the programming languages pay high. It depends upon the programmer's skills and the knowledge he/she possesses of their respective programming language.

Top 10 Highest Paying Programming Languages 2021



The top 10 Highest Paying Programming Languages are:


  1. Scala - Highest paying programming language. It is the alternative of Java language, a combination of OOPs and Functional Programming. Salary: Scala's average salary is $115,446 across the world, while, in India, it is INR 1,007,861.
  2. Ruby - One of the oldest but still used by small businesses and startups because it has the lowest turnaround time. Salary: Ruby's average salary is around $91,876 across the world, and, in India, it's INR 799,802.
  3. Go - In 2009, Google develops this language. Big businesses like Netflix and Dropbox still use this language. Salary: Go's average salary is around $115,685 across the world and, in India, it's INR 1,154,896.
  4. Objective-C: If you want to develop an application in Apple Network, you know Objective-C. This programming language is purely used to develop Mac OS X & iOS. Salary: Objective-C's average salary is around $101,085 across the world, and in India, it's INR 574,286.
  5. Kotlin: It's an easily typed language that JetBrains develop. This language has been named as a language for the development of the Android apps officially. Salary: Kotlin's average salary is $98,763 across the world, and in India, it's INR 466,347.
  6. Python - In top programming, python stand in every list. All-rounder programming language is highly used in web development, Data science, machine learning, Mathematical calculations, and more. Salary: Python's average salary is around $79,395 across the world, and in India, it's INR 755,012.
  7. Java: Most demanded programming language. It is used in the banking sector and automated testing. Salary: Java's average salary is $85,086 across the world, and in India, it's INR 709,387.
  8. C# - This language is developed for software development, web development, and networking—an open-source network developed by Microsoft. Salary: The average salary of C# is around $81,999 across the world, and, in India, it's INR 646,535.
  9. Swift - Swift is a primary language for app development for iOS, macOS, tvOS, and watchO. Salary: Swifts' average salary is around $97,271 across the world, and, in India, it's INR 585,671.
  10. Perl - Last but not least, Perl is again a general-purpose, most dynamic, and interpreted programming language developed in 1987 by Larry Wall. Salary: Perl's average salary is around $93,368 across the world, while, in India, it's INR 847,995.

Highest Paying Programming Languages Worldwide


According to Stack overflow survey

  • Clojure - $72,000
  • Rust - $65,714
  • Elixir - $65,000
  • F# - $64,516
  • Go - $64,516
  • Perl - $63,068
  • Groovy - $61,809
  • Ruby - $60,000
  • Scala - $60,000
  • R - $57,125
  • CoffeeScript - $55,054
  • Lua - $54,919
  • TypeScript - $54,299
  • Haskell - $53,763
  • Objective-C - $53,763
  • Python - $53,763
  • Swift - $53,763
  • C# - $53,750
  • C++ - $51,324
  • VBA - $50,476
  • JavaScript - $50,000
  • Matlab - $50,000
  • SQL - $50,000
  • VB. NET Shop - $50,000
  • C - $49,423

Highest Paying Programming Languages India

  • Python - $8,809
  • Java - $7,341
  • JavaScript - $7,047
  • C# - $6,901
  • SQL - $6,695
  • C++ - $6,622
  • C - $6,240
  • PHP - $5,286
As an IT Analyst I have come through most of the programming languages:

Java/C/c++/Ruby/Python/JSP/PHP/ASP/JavaScript/Assembly/Go etc. Why i wrote these languages in a mixed order:

we should know about general purpose programming languages and programming we use for a specific task.

Top 10 Highest Paying Programming Languages 2021


Highest Paying Programming Languages 2021


Every programming language is best for a specific task, for example in the above line some language are best for System programming, in some we write OS, some are better for web and online solutions.

For example if i want to develop a web application in Assembly language, this is not really a good idea, I should select Php or others which works best with web and online applications.

same thing if i am developing an OS or system applications in PHP/JSP it will be a bad idea.

Conclusion: 

We should study the task then we should select which programming language will handle our task in a more better way.

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