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The tech hiring indexUnited States & Europe

Good work. Real numbers.

A wider lens on tech salaries. Explore the US and Europe by role, location, and the skills you bring to the table.

Find your place in the numbers ↗
The transatlantic editionUS ↔ Europe
UNITED STATESEUROPETWO REGIONS. A WORLD OF POSSIBILITY.
A wider view of work.By Clera

Built on approximately 9,209,796 source job postings, including historical listings. Explore the current tech subset below.

36,519

Current tech listings in your selection

24,231

Usable salary ranges · USD

8,264

Companies behind the numbers

Your market. Your role. Your next move.
Compare tech salaries

Country

City

Industry

Detailed role

Role family

Skill

Experience

Currency

Annual advertised pay · original currency · no currency conversion

Salary snapshotSalary historyRoles, cities & industriesExplore moreHow we calculate

01 / The salary picture

Know where you stand.

24,231 salary ranges · USD / year

Median advertised salary

$170k

The middle of the advertised range midpoints.

Average midpoint: $174k / year

25th percentile
$135k
75th percentile
$205k

Where advertised ranges land

Number of listings by annual salary midpoint

8
$0
245
$50k
1306
$75k
2722
$100k
4040
$125k
4982
$150k
4000
$175k
4803
$200k
1485
$250k
640
$300k
Each listing contributes one midpoint. These are advertised ranges, not accepted offers or total compensation.

Matching tech roles

36,519

Companies represented

8,264

Salary ranges in USD

24,231

Fully remote roles

5.1%

The longer view

How advertised pay is moving.

Quarterly advertised salary midpoints by UTC posting date across current and expired source postings, for the latest eight calendar quarters through today. The current quarter is partial. All selected filters apply. Missing dates are excluded, and quarters with fewer than five salary observations are withheld. This is changing posting composition, not wage growth for a fixed workforce.

Salary by posting quarter

Annual salary midpoints · USD

Solid green: median. Dashed lines: 25th and 75th percentiles. The current quarter is incomplete; changes also reflect the mix of jobs in our coverage.

2025-Q4

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4 salary ranges

25th percentile unavailable; 75th percentile unavailable

2026-Q1

$174k

314 salary ranges

25th percentile $140k; 75th percentile $210k

2026-Q2

$159k

11,077 salary ranges

25th percentile $125k; 75th percentile $188k

2026-Q3

$165k

43,731 salary ranges

25th percentile $128k; 75th percentile $198k

02 / Pick your lane

Different roles. Different ranges.

From software and AI to infrastructure and product. Compare the broad families of tech work.

Explore a little deeperMedian / year
  1. 01

    Software engineering

    36,519 roles · 24,231 salary ranges

    $170k

Bands show the middle 50% of salary midpoints. A dash means fewer than 5 usable salary ranges.

03 / Role specialties

Get specific about your next role.

Explore the most represented specialties in this selection, with salary counts alongside every figure.

Explore a little deeperMedian / year
  1. 01

    Software Engineer

    16,750 roles · 11,785 salary ranges

    $173k
  2. 02

    Engineering Manager

    4,474 roles · 2,649 salary ranges

    $190k
  3. 03

    QA Engineer

    4,384 roles · 2,604 salary ranges

    $130k
  4. 04

    Solutions Architect

    2,649 roles · 1,756 salary ranges

    $180k
  5. 05

    Fullstack Engineer

    2,638 roles · 1,778 salary ranges

    $160k
  6. 06

    Principal Engineer

    2,247 roles · 1,671 salary ranges

    $168k
  7. 07

    Support Engineer

    1,270 roles · 677 salary ranges

    $106k
  8. 08

    Forward Deployed Engineer

    857 roles · 553 salary ranges

    $193k
  9. 09

    Backend Engineer

    395 roles · 259 salary ranges

    $185k
  10. 10

    Frontend Engineer

    264 roles · 161 salary ranges

    $169k

Bands show the middle 50% of salary midpoints. A dash means fewer than 5 usable salary ranges.

04 / Country comparison

Same ambition. Different markets.

Compare countries within your selected region. Salaries stay in their original currency.

Explore a little deeperMedian / year
  1. 01

    United States

    36,519 roles · 24,231 salary ranges

    $170k

Bands show the middle 50% of salary midpoints. A dash means fewer than 5 usable salary ranges.

05 / Tech hubs

Find your corner of the market.

Cities with the most matching listings. We use the first listed city and exclude postings that span multiple countries.

Explore a little deeperMedian / year
  1. 01

    New York, United States

    1,820 roles · 1,498 salary ranges

    $188k
  2. 02

    San Francisco, United States

    1,610 roles · 1,236 salary ranges

    $216k

06 / Industry landscape

The industries hiring your skills.

Company industries by posting volume. These describe the employer, not the job function.

Explore a little deeperMedian / year
  1. 01

    Software Development

    7,809 roles · 6,109 salary ranges

    $190k
  2. 02

    Defense and Space Manufacturing

    3,043 roles · 2,202 salary ranges

    $151k

07 / Highest-paying industries

Where industry pay runs higher.

Ranked by median advertised salary. At least 20 usable salary ranges per industry, in your selected currency.

Explore a little deeperMedian / year
  1. 01

    Research Services

    265 roles · 219 salary ranges

    $300k
  2. 02

    Computer Hardware Manufacturing

    367 roles · 337 salary ranges

    $236k

08 / Skills in demand

What’s in your toolkit?

The skills most often mentioned in matching listings. One listing can mention several skills.

Explore a little deeperMedian / year
  1. 01

    python

    12,682 roles · 9,030 salary ranges

    $173k
  2. 02

    java

    7,847 roles · 5,561 salary ranges

    $170k

09 / Highest-paying tech stacks

Skills in higher-paying roles.

Ranked by median, with at least 20 usable salary ranges per skill. A skill alone does not explain the difference in pay.

Explore a little deeperMedian / year
  1. 01

    infrastructure scaling

    21 roles · 20 salary ranges

    $265k
  2. 02

    technical roadmap planning

    41 roles · 27 salary ranges

    $257k

10 / Years of experience

Room for your next step.

Compare the source’s experience bands. These are listing requirements, not the average experience of people hired.

Explore a little deeperMedian / year
  1. 01

    5–10 years

    15,985 roles · 11,057 salary ranges

    $170k
  2. 02

    10+ years

    10,314 roles · 7,394 salary ranges

    $200k

Keep looking. Get specific.

There’s more behind the number.

Explore salaries by role, skill, or industry. Then meet the companies, cities, and investors behind the work.

Popular roles

Software EngineerElectrical EngineerMechanical EngineerProduct ManagerEngineering ManagerQA EngineerSolutions ArchitectFullstack EngineerSecurity EngineerDevops EngineerData EngineerPrincipal EngineerSenior Product ManagerData ScientistData AnalystAI EngineerSupport EngineerDesign LeadershipEmbedded Software EngineerProduct DesignerMachine Learning EngineerInfrastructure EngineerForward Deployed EngineerSRE Engineer

Skills & technologies

pythonsqlci/cdawsjavaproject managementstakeholder managementkubernetes

Industries

Software DevelopmentFinancial ServicesDefense and Space ManufacturingIT Services and IT ConsultingTechnology, Information and InternetHospitals and Health CareAviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing

US tech hubs

Meet the companies behind each city.

New YorkSan FranciscoSeattleBostonAustin

Who’s backing them

Explore investors and their portfolio companies.

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The small print, in plain English

Good data shows
its working.

Snapshot: Sep 11, 2026

What we count

The approximate source corpus includes historical listings. This explorer uses unexpired, non-agency postings with a tech-role classification and no elapsed application deadline and a primary listed US or European country. Europe includes the UK and Switzerland. No posting-date cutoff.

What the numbers mean

Annual advertised salary-range midpoints in the selected original currency. Only explicitly yearly records with both bounds ordered and between 10,000 and 1,000,000 contribute. Percentiles use linear interpolation.

Enough data to be useful

We publish salary comparisons from 5 valid ranges. Small samples can still move a lot. Always check the count alongside the number.

A snapshot, with limits

  • Source corpus size is an estimate, not the number of current tech jobs. Filtered job counts and salary sample counts are exact for this query. This is a snapshot of source listings, not a representative market census or salaries paid.
  • Currency changes affect salary statistics only. No currency conversion. Supported salary currencies: USD, EUR, GBP and CHF. Hourly, monthly, unspecified-period, partial and implausible ranges are excluded; equity and bonuses are excluded.
  • Salary statistics and histograms are withheld below five observations. Highest-paying skill and industry rankings require at least 20 salary observations per group and rank by median. Experience groups use source-provided experience bands, not job-title seniority.
  • Each unique source posting counts once in its primary listed country. Reposts and cross-source duplicates may remain. Worldwide or secondary-only locations do not enter regional totals.
  • Tech groups use existing role classifications. Unclassified postings are excluded. Skill options show the 100 most frequent supplied skills; the query returns up to 20 skills by posting count, and comparison cards display up to 10 rows. Remote share counts explicitly fully remote listings divided by all matched jobs.
  • Industry uses the employer LinkedIn industry, not a claim that every employer is a tech company. Cities use the first supplied city for postings whose listed countries all agree; multi-country postings, missing cities and missing industries are excluded from their respective breakdowns. City options show the top 100 by posting count; city and industry queries return up to 30 groups, and comparison cards display up to 10 rows. Detailed roles use the existing source taxonomy.
  • Companies use available LinkedIn organization identifiers, domains or names. Unknown companies are excluded from the company count. Unexpired source records may still represent filled roles; no real-time employer verification is implied.

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    Austin, United States

    909 roles · 417 salary ranges

    $174k
  • 04

    Sunnyvale, United States

    726 roles · 642 salary ranges

    $213k
  • 05

    Seattle, United States

    722 roles · 601 salary ranges

    $198k
  • 06

    San Diego, United States

    586 roles · 486 salary ranges

    $164k
  • 07

    San Jose, United States

    554 roles · 476 salary ranges

    $208k
  • 08

    Chicago, United States

    550 roles · 441 salary ranges

    $157k
  • 09

    Boston, United States

    531 roles · 427 salary ranges

    $170k
  • 10

    Washington, United States

    486 roles · 381 salary ranges

    $175k
  • Bands show the middle 50% of salary midpoints. A dash means fewer than 5 usable salary ranges.

  • 03

    IT Services and IT Consulting

    3,030 roles · 1,864 salary ranges

    $151k
  • 04

    Financial Services

    2,969 roles · 2,023 salary ranges

    $184k
  • 05

    Technology, Information and Internet

    1,344 roles · 910 salary ranges

    $190k
  • 06

    Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing

    999 roles · 763 salary ranges

    $156k
  • 07

    Semiconductor Manufacturing

    982 roles · 656 salary ranges

    $164k
  • 08

    Hospitals and Health Care

    797 roles · 541 salary ranges

    $153k
  • 09

    Motor Vehicle Manufacturing

    529 roles · 244 salary ranges

    $159k
  • 10

    Retail

    529 roles · 385 salary ranges

    $176k
  • Bands show the middle 50% of salary midpoints. A dash means fewer than 5 usable salary ranges.

  • 03

    Social Networking Platforms

    42 roles · 42 salary ranges

    $229k
  • 04

    Computer Games

    60 roles · 44 salary ranges

    $228k
  • 05

    Automotive

    39 roles · 29 salary ranges

    $226k
  • 06

    Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals

    56 roles · 24 salary ranges

    $210k
  • 07

    Mental Health Care

    60 roles · 55 salary ranges

    $203k
  • 08

    Robotics Engineering

    108 roles · 63 salary ranges

    $195k
  • 09

    Non-profit Organizations

    324 roles · 296 salary ranges

    $193k
  • 10

    Software Development

    7,809 roles · 6,109 salary ranges

    $190k
  • Bands show the middle 50% of salary midpoints. A dash means fewer than 5 usable salary ranges.

  • 03

    ci/cd

    6,862 roles · 4,659 salary ranges

    $165k
  • 04

    aws

    5,880 roles · 4,135 salary ranges

    $175k
  • 05

    technical leadership

    5,497 roles · 3,974 salary ranges

    $195k
  • 06

    c++

    5,436 roles · 4,056 salary ranges

    $174k
  • 07

    typescript

    5,367 roles · 3,664 salary ranges

    $174k
  • 08

    kubernetes

    5,150 roles · 3,744 salary ranges

    $180k
  • 09

    distributed systems

    4,959 roles · 3,893 salary ranges

    $199k
  • 10

    software engineering

    4,596 roles · 3,223 salary ranges

    $185k
  • Bands show the middle 50% of salary midpoints. A dash means fewer than 5 usable salary ranges.

  • 03

    data platform architecture

    25 roles · 20 salary ranges

    $256k
  • 04

    fine tuning

    22 roles · 22 salary ranges

    $254k
  • 05

    recommendation systems

    43 roles · 38 salary ranges

    $254k
  • 06

    large-scale system design

    39 roles · 39 salary ranges

    $254k
  • 07

    model deployment

    118 roles · 109 salary ranges

    $252k
  • 08

    technical vision

    27 roles · 20 salary ranges

    $251k
  • 09

    roadmap planning

    63 roles · 48 salary ranges

    $251k
  • 10

    customer-facing

    36 roles · 27 salary ranges

    $250k
  • Bands show the middle 50% of salary midpoints. A dash means fewer than 5 usable salary ranges.

  • 03

    2–5 years

    8,127 roles · 5,001 salary ranges

    $137k
  • 04

    0–2 years

    2,088 roles · 778 salary ranges

    $92k
  • 05

    Experience not specified

    5 roles · 1 salary ranges

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  • Bands show the middle 50% of salary midpoints. A dash means fewer than 5 usable salary ranges.

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