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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.

4,644

Current tech listings in your selection

3,013

Usable salary ranges · USD

2,005

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.

3,013 salary ranges · USD / year

Median advertised salary

$157k

The middle of the advertised range midpoints.

Average midpoint: $163k / year

25th percentile
$128k
75th percentile
$190k

Where advertised ranges land

Number of listings by annual salary midpoint

0
$0
27
$50k
197
$75k
419
$100k
690
$125k
592
$150k
465
$175k
463
$200k
115
$250k
45
$300k
Each listing contributes one midpoint. These are advertised ranges, not accepted offers or total compensation.

Matching tech roles

4,644

Companies represented

2,005

Salary ranges in USD

3,013

Fully remote roles

4.1%

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.

2026-Q1

$185k

16 salary ranges

25th percentile $147k; 75th percentile $207k

2026-Q2

$149k

452 salary ranges

25th percentile $125k; 75th percentile $179k

2026-Q3

$153k

5,326 salary ranges

25th percentile $125k; 75th percentile $189k

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

    1,773 roles · 1,168 salary ranges

    $171k
  2. 02

    Infrastructure & security

    1,590 roles · 1,050 salary ranges

    $159k
  3. 03

    AI & data

    517 roles · 281 salary ranges

    $135k
  4. 04

    Hardware & robotics

    517 roles · 343 salary ranges

    $134k
  5. 05

    Product & design

    247 roles · 171 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

    858 roles · 611 salary ranges

    $180k
  2. 02

    Devops Engineer

    527 roles · 340 salary ranges

    $146k

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

    4,644 roles · 3,013 salary ranges

    $157k

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

    191 roles · 165 salary ranges

    $175k
  2. 02

    San Francisco, United States

    145 roles · 116 salary ranges

    $205k

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

    853 roles · 667 salary ranges

    $180k
  2. 02

    Financial Services

    502 roles · 305 salary ranges

    $169k

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

    Computer Hardware Manufacturing

    53 roles · 45 salary ranges

    $251k
  2. 02

    Research Services

    24 roles · 20 salary ranges

    $220k

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

    automation

    4,644 roles · 3,013 salary ranges

    $157k
  2. 02

    python

    1,979 roles · 1,360 salary ranges

    $155k

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

    technical strategy

    35 roles · 26 salary ranges

    $219k
  2. 02

    algorithms

    40 roles · 32 salary ranges

    $216k

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

    2,210 roles · 1,516 salary ranges

    $161k
  2. 02

    10+ years

    1,078 roles · 761 salary ranges

    $183k

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

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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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    Security Engineer

    420 roles · 291 salary ranges

    $167k
  • 04

    SRE Engineer

    299 roles · 213 salary ranges

    $175k
  • 05

    QA Engineer

    278 roles · 157 salary ranges

    $141k
  • 06

    Mechanical Engineer

    234 roles · 155 salary ranges

    $126k
  • 07

    Infrastructure Engineer

    196 roles · 121 salary ranges

    $164k
  • 08

    Electrical Engineer

    188 roles · 133 salary ranges

    $126k
  • 09

    Engineering Manager

    186 roles · 97 salary ranges

    $185k
  • 10

    Product Manager

    158 roles · 103 salary ranges

    $159k
  • Bands show the middle 50% of salary midpoints. A dash means fewer than 5 usable salary ranges.

  • 03

    Austin, United States

    140 roles · 73 salary ranges

    $151k
  • 04

    Nashville, United States

    110 roles · 85 salary ranges

    $156k
  • 05

    Seattle, United States

    107 roles · 92 salary ranges

    $185k
  • 06

    Chicago, United States

    102 roles · 88 salary ranges

    $146k
  • 07

    Washington, United States

    92 roles · 76 salary ranges

    $162k
  • 08

    Atlanta, United States

    87 roles · 35 salary ranges

    $145k
  • 09

    Sunnyvale, United States

    79 roles · 65 salary ranges

    $215k
  • 10

    Jersey City, United States

    63 roles · 57 salary ranges

    $184k
  • Bands show the middle 50% of salary midpoints. A dash means fewer than 5 usable salary ranges.

  • 03

    IT Services and IT Consulting

    468 roles · 287 salary ranges

    $151k
  • 04

    Professional Services

    256 roles · 235 salary ranges

    $126k
  • 05

    Defense and Space Manufacturing

    206 roles · 149 salary ranges

    $142k
  • 06

    Technology, Information and Internet

    151 roles · 112 salary ranges

    $174k
  • 07

    Hospitals and Health Care

    130 roles · 83 salary ranges

    $148k
  • 08

    Retail

    107 roles · 77 salary ranges

    $176k
  • 09

    Insurance

    94 roles · 58 salary ranges

    $153k
  • 10

    Semiconductor Manufacturing

    85 roles · 42 salary ranges

    $164k
  • Bands show the middle 50% of salary midpoints. A dash means fewer than 5 usable salary ranges.

  • 03

    Software Development

    853 roles · 667 salary ranges

    $180k
  • 04

    Computer and Network Security

    65 roles · 49 salary ranges

    $180k
  • 05

    Retail

    107 roles · 77 salary ranges

    $176k
  • 06

    Technology, Information and Internet

    151 roles · 112 salary ranges

    $174k
  • 07

    Non-profit Organizations

    36 roles · 33 salary ranges

    $170k
  • 08

    Financial Services

    502 roles · 305 salary ranges

    $169k
  • 09

    Semiconductor Manufacturing

    85 roles · 42 salary ranges

    $164k
  • 10

    Biotechnology Research

    38 roles · 30 salary ranges

    $159k
  • Bands show the middle 50% of salary midpoints. A dash means fewer than 5 usable salary ranges.

  • 03

    ci/cd

    1,062 roles · 714 salary ranges

    $166k
  • 04

    kubernetes

    855 roles · 606 salary ranges

    $165k
  • 05

    aws

    822 roles · 553 salary ranges

    $161k
  • 06

    terraform

    674 roles · 443 salary ranges

    $161k
  • 07

    infrastructure as code

    639 roles · 434 salary ranges

    $161k
  • 08

    observability

    615 roles · 415 salary ranges

    $176k
  • 09

    troubleshooting

    574 roles · 317 salary ranges

    $131k
  • 10

    sql

    564 roles · 318 salary ranges

    $135k
  • Bands show the middle 50% of salary midpoints. A dash means fewer than 5 usable salary ranges.

  • 03

    cloud-native architecture

    53 roles · 46 salary ranges

    $215k
  • 04

    infrastructure

    57 roles · 47 salary ranges

    $213k
  • 05

    people management

    38 roles · 32 salary ranges

    $211k
  • 06

    engineering management

    50 roles · 32 salary ranges

    $210k
  • 07

    ai security

    26 roles · 24 salary ranges

    $209k
  • 08

    developer experience

    31 roles · 22 salary ranges

    $206k
  • 09

    systems thinking

    56 roles · 40 salary ranges

    $203k
  • 10

    mentorship

    133 roles · 99 salary ranges

    $200k
  • Bands show the middle 50% of salary midpoints. A dash means fewer than 5 usable salary ranges.

  • 03

    2–5 years

    1,001 roles · 609 salary ranges

    $130k
  • 04

    0–2 years

    355 roles · 127 salary ranges

    $94k
  • Bands show the middle 50% of salary midpoints. A dash means fewer than 5 usable salary ranges.

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