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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.

35,478

Current tech listings in your selection

23,856

Usable salary ranges · USD

8,931

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.

23,856 salary ranges · USD / year

Median advertised salary

$164k

The middle of the advertised range midpoints.

Average midpoint: $169k / year

25th percentile
$135k
75th percentile
$195k

Where advertised ranges land

Number of listings by annual salary midpoint

4
$0
72
$50k
640
$75k
2832
$100k
5405
$125k
5421
$150k
4167
$175k
4089
$200k
885
$250k
341
$300k
Each listing contributes one midpoint. These are advertised ranges, not accepted offers or total compensation.

Matching tech roles

35,478

Companies represented

8,931

Salary ranges in USD

23,856

Fully remote roles

5.4%

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

—

3 salary ranges

25th percentile unavailable; 75th percentile unavailable

2026-Q1

$175k

249 salary ranges

25th percentile $145k; 75th percentile $200k

2026-Q2

$155k

10,299 salary ranges

25th percentile $126k; 75th percentile $178k

2026-Q3

$160k

41,799 salary ranges

25th percentile $130k; 75th percentile $190k

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

    15,985 roles · 11,057 salary ranges

    $170k
  2. 02

    AI & data

    5,504 roles · 3,627 salary ranges

    $166k
  3. 03

    Product & design

    5,354 roles · 3,597 salary ranges

    $168k
  4. 04

    Hardware & robotics

    4,633 roles · 2,962 salary ranges

    $142k
  5. 05

    Infrastructure & security

    4,002 roles · 2,613 salary ranges

    $160k

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

    7,628 roles · 5,553 salary ranges

    $175k
  2. 02

    Product Manager

    2,671 roles · 1,715 salary ranges

    $160k

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

    35,478 roles · 23,856 salary ranges

    $164k

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

    2,062 roles · 1,739 salary ranges

    $184k
  2. 02

    San Francisco, United States

    1,623 roles · 1,308 salary ranges

    $213k

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

    7,054 roles · 5,478 salary ranges

    $188k
  2. 02

    Financial Services

    3,188 roles · 2,247 salary ranges

    $178k

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

    341 roles · 279 salary ranges

    $275k
  2. 02

    Social Networking Platforms

    45 roles · 45 salary ranges

    $229k

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

    12,522 roles · 8,998 salary ranges

    $170k
  2. 02

    ci/cd

    5,773 roles · 3,945 salary ranges

    $162k

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

    vectordbs

    23 roles · 23 salary ranges

    $258k
  2. 02

    model quantization

    25 roles · 20 salary ranges

    $250k

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

    35,478 roles · 23,856 salary ranges

    $164k

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

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.

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Who’s backing them

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The small print, in plain English

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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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    Engineering Manager

    1,759 roles · 1,016 salary ranges

    $174k
  • 04

    QA Engineer

    1,753 roles · 1,153 salary ranges

    $134k
  • 05

    Mechanical Engineer

    1,728 roles · 1,082 salary ranges

    $135k
  • 06

    Electrical Engineer

    1,724 roles · 1,073 salary ranges

    $133k
  • 07

    Fullstack Engineer

    1,453 roles · 1,030 salary ranges

    $170k
  • 08

    Senior Product Manager

    1,398 roles · 1,042 salary ranges

    $185k
  • 09

    Security Engineer

    1,383 roles · 923 salary ranges

    $159k
  • 10

    Devops Engineer

    1,302 roles · 862 salary ranges

    $157k
  • Bands show the middle 50% of salary midpoints. A dash means fewer than 5 usable salary ranges.

  • 03

    Austin, United States

    873 roles · 385 salary ranges

    $171k
  • 04

    Seattle, United States

    768 roles · 661 salary ranges

    $186k
  • 05

    Sunnyvale, United States

    643 roles · 564 salary ranges

    $210k
  • 06

    Boston, United States

    589 roles · 480 salary ranges

    $167k
  • 07

    Chicago, United States

    567 roles · 468 salary ranges

    $150k
  • 08

    Washington, United States

    565 roles · 441 salary ranges

    $163k
  • 09

    Atlanta, United States

    530 roles · 246 salary ranges

    $147k
  • 10

    San Jose, United States

    479 roles · 422 salary ranges

    $203k
  • Bands show the middle 50% of salary midpoints. A dash means fewer than 5 usable salary ranges.

  • 03

    IT Services and IT Consulting

    2,426 roles · 1,427 salary ranges

    $150k
  • 04

    Defense and Space Manufacturing

    2,412 roles · 1,807 salary ranges

    $146k
  • 05

    Technology, Information and Internet

    1,355 roles · 966 salary ranges

    $190k
  • 06

    Hospitals and Health Care

    928 roles · 637 salary ranges

    $149k
  • 07

    Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing

    823 roles · 654 salary ranges

    $155k
  • 08

    Semiconductor Manufacturing

    717 roles · 517 salary ranges

    $159k
  • 09

    Information Technology & Services

    624 roles · 432 salary ranges

    $125k
  • 10

    Business Consulting and Services

    598 roles · 353 salary ranges

    $146k
  • Bands show the middle 50% of salary midpoints. A dash means fewer than 5 usable salary ranges.

  • 03

    Computer Games

    57 roles · 44 salary ranges

    $228k
  • 04

    Computer Hardware Manufacturing

    208 roles · 175 salary ranges

    $220k
  • 05

    Robotics Engineering

    129 roles · 75 salary ranges

    $210k
  • 06

    Automotive

    34 roles · 24 salary ranges

    $204k
  • 07

    Non-profit Organizations

    327 roles · 298 salary ranges

    $193k
  • 08

    Technology, Information and Internet

    1,355 roles · 966 salary ranges

    $190k
  • 09

    Mental Health Care

    85 roles · 81 salary ranges

    $188k
  • 10

    Software Development

    7,054 roles · 5,478 salary ranges

    $188k
  • Bands show the middle 50% of salary midpoints. A dash means fewer than 5 usable salary ranges.

  • 03

    sql

    5,494 roles · 3,693 salary ranges

    $160k
  • 04

    aws

    5,290 roles · 3,658 salary ranges

    $173k
  • 05

    java

    4,620 roles · 3,390 salary ranges

    $173k
  • 06

    kubernetes

    4,606 roles · 3,270 salary ranges

    $175k
  • 07

    stakeholder management

    4,242 roles · 2,908 salary ranges

    $166k
  • 08

    project management

    4,143 roles · 2,379 salary ranges

    $139k
  • 09

    data analysis

    3,431 roles · 2,369 salary ranges

    $162k
  • 10

    technical leadership

    3,305 roles · 2,304 salary ranges

    $174k
  • Bands show the middle 50% of salary midpoints. A dash means fewer than 5 usable salary ranges.

  • 03

    sglang

    34 roles · 22 salary ranges

    $249k
  • 04

    vision-language models

    35 roles · 27 salary ranges

    $244k
  • 05

    product judgment

    37 roles · 29 salary ranges

    $239k
  • 06

    hiring

    52 roles · 41 salary ranges

    $236k
  • 07

    llm inference

    38 roles · 32 salary ranges

    $235k
  • 08

    representation learning

    26 roles · 23 salary ranges

    $235k
  • 09

    inference

    22 roles · 20 salary ranges

    $235k
  • 10

    developer tools

    48 roles · 39 salary ranges

    $230k
  • Bands show the middle 50% of salary midpoints. A dash means fewer than 5 usable salary ranges.

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