Python salaries in United States
Python professionals in United States earn $144.2–218.2K per year on average, based on 216 jobs. Python roles in United States pay 11% above the board-wide average of $133.2–194.1K for Python jobs on Tech Jobs. Pay ranges from $87.6–106.9K for Entry level roles up to $192–317K at the Director level.
Average salary range
$144.2–218.2K
Based on 216 jobs · 11% more than the average salary on Tech Jobs
25th percentile
$109.5K
Average
$181.2K
75th percentile
$260K
Python salaries by seniority in United States
Python salaries in United States range from $87.6–106.9K for Entry level roles to $192–317K for Director positions.
| Seniority | Avg. salary | Jobs | vs Avg. on Tech Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry level | $87.6–106.9K | 7 | -41% |
| Associate | $87–118.1K | 5 | -37% |
| Mid-level | $131.6–196.2K | 57 | 0% |
| Senior | $153.1–234K | 143 | +18% |
| Director | $192–317K | 3 | +56% |
Top paying titles in United States
Highest paying job titles in United States, ranked by average salary.
Software Engineering
Avg. $143.5–222.3K · 85 jobs
Software Engineer
Avg. $147.8–227.6K · 57 jobs
Backend Engineering
Avg. $162.9–252.8K · 46 jobs
Cloud Engineering
Avg. $129.6–184.6K · 37 jobs
Machine Learning Engineer
Avg. $158.2–238.4K · 36 jobs
AI Engineer
Avg. $160.8–245.7K · 31 jobs
Other top paying skills in United States
Highest paying skills in United States beyond Python, ranked by average salary.
AWS
Avg. $144.5–215.6K · 120 jobs
Kubernetes
Avg. $144.3–215.2K · 85 jobs
SQL
Avg. $132.4–195K · 76 jobs
CI/CD
Avg. $140.7–238.4K · 76 jobs
Docker
Avg. $140.6–207.4K · 68 jobs
Java
Avg. $133.5–232K · 63 jobs
Other locations for Python
Compare Python salaries in other locations.
California
Avg. $163.9–247.8K · 91 jobs
San Francisco, CA
Avg. $181.5–276.8K · 37 jobs
New York
Avg. $166–227.2K · 21 jobs
Virginia
Avg. $127.7–195.8K · 16 jobs
Maryland
Avg. $128.2–221.7K · 14 jobs
Python salary FAQs for United States
All salary figures are converted to annual equivalents in USD. Averages are based on published jobs with salary data and filtered for statistical outliers.