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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.

9,777

Current tech listings in your selection

6,946

Usable salary ranges · USD

2,134

Companies behind the numbers

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

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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.

6,946 salary ranges · USD / year

Median advertised salary

$170k

The middle of the advertised range midpoints.

Average midpoint: $174k / year

25th percentile
$136k
75th percentile
$203k

Where advertised ranges land

Number of listings by annual salary midpoint

4
$0
54
$50k
305
$75k
798
$100k
1154
$125k
1387
$150k
1273
$175k
1503
$200k
339
$250k
129
$300k
Each listing contributes one midpoint. These are advertised ranges, not accepted offers or total compensation.

Matching tech roles

9,777

Companies represented

2,134

Salary ranges in USD

6,946

Fully remote roles

3.4%

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.

2026-Q1

$163k

85 salary ranges

25th percentile $143k; 75th percentile $200k

2026-Q2

$150k

3,568 salary ranges

25th percentile $120k; 75th percentile $187k

2026-Q3

$161k

14,420 salary ranges

25th percentile $126k; 75th percentile $197k

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

    7,850 roles · 5,559 salary ranges

    $170k
  2. 02

    AI & data

    1,015 roles · 776 salary ranges

    $183k
  3. 03

    Infrastructure & security

    808 roles · 542 salary ranges

    $175k
  4. 04

    Hardware & robotics

    79 roles · 53 salary ranges

    $145k
  5. 05

    Product & design

    25 roles · 16 salary ranges

    $192k

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

    5,378 roles · 3,750 salary ranges

    $170k
  2. 02

    Fullstack Engineer

    1,102 roles · 830 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

    9,777 roles · 6,946 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

    508 roles · 428 salary ranges

    $185k
  2. 02

    McLean, United States

    349 roles · 332 salary ranges

    $211k

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

    2,415 roles · 1,999 salary ranges

    $190k
  2. 02

    Financial Services

    1,772 roles · 1,249 salary ranges

    $190k

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

    Entertainment Providers

    64 roles · 57 salary ranges

    $237k
  2. 02

    Research Services

    34 roles · 31 salary ranges

    $200k

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

    java

    9,777 roles · 6,946 salary ranges

    $170k
  2. 02

    python

    5,962 roles · 4,332 salary ranges

    $179k

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

    26 roles · 26 salary ranges

    $263k
  2. 02

    model evaluation

    55 roles · 53 salary ranges

    $258k

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

    4,636 roles · 3,411 salary ranges

    $173k
  2. 02

    10+ years

    2,363 roles · 1,827 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

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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.

New YorkSan FranciscoSeattleBostonAustin

Who’s backing them

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Snapshot: Sep 12, 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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    QA Engineer

    354 roles · 240 salary ranges

    $122k
  • 04

    Data Engineer

    336 roles · 230 salary ranges

    $158k
  • 05

    Devops Engineer

    292 roles · 204 salary ranges

    $166k
  • 06

    Engineering Manager

    288 roles · 198 salary ranges

    $204k
  • 07

    Security Engineer

    254 roles · 174 salary ranges

    $181k
  • 08

    Applied Scientist

    228 roles · 214 salary ranges

    $187k
  • 09

    Solutions Architect

    204 roles · 150 salary ranges

    $190k
  • 10

    AI Engineer

    160 roles · 129 salary ranges

    $201k
  • Bands show the middle 50% of salary midpoints. A dash means fewer than 5 usable salary ranges.

  • 03

    Seattle, United States

    309 roles · 251 salary ranges

    $187k
  • 04

    San Francisco, United States

    227 roles · 187 salary ranges

    $216k
  • 05

    Redmond, United States

    221 roles · 217 salary ranges

    $190k
  • 06

    Austin, United States

    219 roles · 100 salary ranges

    $174k
  • 07

    Sunnyvale, United States

    205 roles · 180 salary ranges

    $211k
  • 08

    Jersey City, United States

    199 roles · 186 salary ranges

    $184k
  • 09

    Chicago, United States

    191 roles · 163 salary ranges

    $155k
  • 10

    Plano, United States

    186 roles · 58 salary ranges

    $192k
  • Bands show the middle 50% of salary midpoints. A dash means fewer than 5 usable salary ranges.

  • 03

    IT Services and IT Consulting

    1,074 roles · 676 salary ranges

    $140k
  • 04

    Defense and Space Manufacturing

    776 roles · 517 salary ranges

    $145k
  • 05

    Technology, Information and Internet

    295 roles · 229 salary ranges

    $181k
  • 06

    Retail

    241 roles · 197 salary ranges

    $176k
  • 07

    Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing

    199 roles · 146 salary ranges

    $158k
  • 08

    Hospitals and Health Care

    196 roles · 152 salary ranges

    $144k
  • 09

    Computers and Electronics Manufacturing

    170 roles · 9 salary ranges

    $120k
  • 10

    Information Technology & Services

    167 roles · 124 salary ranges

    $125k
  • Bands show the middle 50% of salary midpoints. A dash means fewer than 5 usable salary ranges.

  • 03

    Non-profit Organizations

    28 roles · 23 salary ranges

    $193k
  • 04

    Software Development

    2,415 roles · 1,999 salary ranges

    $190k
  • 05

    Financial Services

    1,772 roles · 1,249 salary ranges

    $190k
  • 06

    IT System Data Services

    53 roles · 50 salary ranges

    $183k
  • 07

    Technology, Information and Internet

    295 roles · 229 salary ranges

    $181k
  • 08

    Computer and Network Security

    96 roles · 70 salary ranges

    $179k
  • 09

    Real Estate

    63 roles · 53 salary ranges

    $177k
  • 10

    Retail

    241 roles · 197 salary ranges

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

  • 03

    aws

    2,910 roles · 2,092 salary ranges

    $176k
  • 04

    ci/cd

    2,889 roles · 1,982 salary ranges

    $161k
  • 05

    kubernetes

    2,671 roles · 1,939 salary ranges

    $178k
  • 06

    c++

    2,426 roles · 1,888 salary ranges

    $176k
  • 07

    sql

    2,407 roles · 1,625 salary ranges

    $161k
  • 08

    javascript

    2,280 roles · 1,654 salary ranges

    $161k
  • 09

    distributed systems

    2,041 roles · 1,664 salary ranges

    $192k
  • 10

    docker

    2,029 roles · 1,432 salary ranges

    $169k
  • Bands show the middle 50% of salary midpoints. A dash means fewer than 5 usable salary ranges.

  • 03

    system optimization

    25 roles · 21 salary ranges

    $248k
  • 04

    ai infrastructure

    27 roles · 25 salary ranges

    $234k
  • 05

    technical strategy

    79 roles · 62 salary ranges

    $232k
  • 06

    engineering management

    61 roles · 49 salary ranges

    $229k
  • 07

    product strategy

    32 roles · 27 salary ranges

    $225k
  • 08

    data infrastructure

    36 roles · 30 salary ranges

    $222k
  • 09

    responsible ai

    35 roles · 34 salary ranges

    $221k
  • 10

    explainable ai

    22 roles · 21 salary ranges

    $221k
  • Bands show the middle 50% of salary midpoints. A dash means fewer than 5 usable salary ranges.

  • 03

    2–5 years

    2,107 roles · 1,451 salary ranges

    $143k
  • 04

    0–2 years

    671 roles · 257 salary ranges

    $95k
  • Bands show the middle 50% of salary midpoints. A dash means fewer than 5 usable salary ranges.

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