5 Highest Paying Programming Languages in India

4. Kotlin

Average Annual Salary: $14,720

Kotlin is a versatile, statically typed programming language designed for cross-platform development. Developed by JetBrains, it fully interoperates with Java, targeting the JVM while also compiling JavaScript for web applications and native code via LLVM, supporting iOS apps. Kotlin became Google’s preferred language for Android app development in 2019, gaining prominence since Android Studio 3.0. It offers concise syntax through type inference and has bidirectional record class interoperability with Java 16.