Swift developers in the US bill roughly $40 to $138 per hour on vetted marketplaces, with agencies charging $120 to $215. Full-time base salaries generally range from $105,000 to $178,000. Swift is the language of the Apple ecosystem, and its rates track iOS closely: American consumer revenue concentrates on the App Store, so the work is disproportionately revenue-critical.
Vetted marketplace
$40–138
per hour · USA, 2026
Vetted marketplace · like HireDeveloperUSA.com
$40–$138/hour
Development agency
$120–$215/hour
In-house full-time · base salary
$105,000–$178,000/year
Add 25–40% for benefits, payroll taxes and overhead before comparing with hourly swift developers rates.
Junior
$40 – $68/hour
Mid-level
$68 – $100/hour
Senior
$100 – $138/hour
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Between $40 and $138 per hour on vetted marketplaces depending on seniority, $120 to $215 through an agency, or $105,000 to $178,000 in base salary full-time.
For practical purposes yes; Swift is the modern language of iOS. The distinction only matters for legacy Objective-C codebases, where you should screen for both languages explicitly.
Senior base salaries typically land between $145,000 and $178,000, and large consumer-app companies pay above that in total compensation.
For new projects, yes. For maintaining an established app, UIKit depth matters more, and the strongest hires demonstrate both plus judgment about when to migrate screens.
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