Salaries in United States
The average salary in United States is $140.6–218.1K per year, based on 370 jobs. Jobs in United States pay 12% above the average salary of $127.9–191.1K for jobs listed on Tech Jobs. Browse salary data across 16 locations in United States.
Median salary
$169.4K
Based on 370 jobs · 12% more than the average salary on Tech Jobs
25th percentile
$103.9K
Average
$179.4K
75th percentile
$254.5K
Cities with salary data in United States
Average salaries across 16 cities in United States, ranked by average salary.
California
District of Columbia
Massachusetts
Washington
Top paying titles in United States
Highest paying job titles in United States, ranked by average salary.
Software Engineering
Avg. $131.6–196.6K · 179 jobs
Backend Engineering
Avg. $137.9–209.9K · 104 jobs
Software Engineer
Avg. $130.3–195.9K · 89 jobs
Cloud Engineering
Avg. $126.7–177K · 64 jobs
Backend Development
Avg. $119.7–172.9K · 54 jobs
Machine Learning Engineering
Avg. $144–204.3K · 49 jobs
Machine Learning Engineer
Avg. $146.6–215.5K · 48 jobs
Platform Engineering
Avg. $142.4–199.2K · 48 jobs
Data Engineering
Avg. $120.5–169.4K · 46 jobs
AI Engineering
Avg. $140.7–211.6K · 43 jobs
Top paying skills in United States
Highest paying skills in United States, ranked by average salary.
Python
Avg. $133.2–194.1K · 354 jobs
AWS
Avg. $124.5–185.2K · 225 jobs
Kubernetes
Avg. $125.7–185K · 163 jobs
SQL
Avg. $120.8–171.2K · 146 jobs
CI/CD
Avg. $121.1–192.9K · 146 jobs
Docker
Avg. $120.8–176.5K · 135 jobs
Azure
Avg. $117.8–168.3K · 111 jobs
Java
Avg. $122.1–195.2K · 107 jobs
React
Avg. $120.9–188.3K · 105 jobs
Machine Learning
Avg. $140.3–203.4K · 95 jobs
Top paying companies
Highest paying companies, ranked by average salary.
RRemote
Avg. $53.3–119.9K · 18 jobs
IInstacart
Avg. $154.9–188.3K · 14 jobs
CCACI, INC.-FEDERAL
Avg. $103.8–221.7K · 13 jobs
NNVIDIA USA
Avg. $169.8–291.9K · 13 jobs
FFortinet, Inc.
Avg. $100.9–128.7K · 9 jobs
GGD Information Technology, Inc.
Avg. $144.2–191.3K · 8 jobs
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United States salary FAQs
All salary figures are converted to annual equivalents in USD. Averages are based on published jobs with salary data and filtered for statistical outliers.