Salary insights

Salary in Information technology in the United States

Market pay levels based on 1 275 offers with salary.

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Recalculated from open vacancies where the employer states pay.

Median150 403 $Half of offers pay more, half pay less
Average148 859 $Arithmetic mean of all offers
Lower quartile137 608 $25% of offers pay less
Upper quartile160 760 $25% of offers pay more

How pay is distributed

The band covers the middle half of the market (25th–75th percentile), the line marks the median.

Lower quartile137 608 $
Median150 403 $
Upper quartile160 760 $

What the numbers mean

  • Half of all offers fall between 137 608 $ and 160 760 $.
  • Every fourth offer pays more than 160 760 $.
  • The upper quartile is 17% above the lower one.
  • The average is close to the median, so offers are spread evenly.
  • The estimate uses 1 275 vacancies with a stated salary.

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Ramp United States ·

Software Engineer, Security, Stablecoin

189 000 – 330 000 $

About Ramp Ramp is building the smart infrastructure for finance teams, embedded in the transaction flow of every dollar a business spends. We automate how over $200B in annualized spend fl…

Full timeRemoteUnited States
HackerOne United States ·

Senior Director, Community

247 000 – 302 000 $

HackerOne is a global leader in Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM). The HackerOne Platform unites agentic AI solutions with the ingenuity of the world’s largest community of secur…

Full time6+ yearsRemoteUnited States
HackerOne United States ·

Senior Manager, AI Engineering

240 000 – 280 000 $

HackerOne is a global leader in Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM). The HackerOne Platform unites agentic AI solutions with the ingenuity of the world’s largest community of secur…

Full time3–6 yearsRemoteUnited States
Thumbtack United States ·

Senior Software Engineer, Developer Experience

179 400 – 272 800 $

Thumbtack helps millions of people confidently care for their homes. Thumbtack is the one app you need to take care of and improve your home — from personalized guidance to AI tools and a b…

Full time3–6 yearsRemoteUnited States
Boulevard United States ·

Director of Engineering, Cloud & Reliability

209 500 – 270 000 $

Who is Boulevard? Boulevard provides the first and only client experience platform for appointment-based, self-care businesses. We empower our customers to give their clients more of the ma…

Full time6+ yearsRemoteUnited States
Transportation Security Administration Springfield ·

Executive Director for Information Assurance & Cyber Security Division

151 661 – 228 000 $

Summary The Information Assurance & Cyber Security Division (IACSD) is comprised of five branches with the common goal of protecting information, data source codes, and information systems…

Full timeOn-siteSpringfield

Frequently asked questions

Why show the median instead of the average?

The median (150 403 $) is the middle of the market: half of the offers pay more and half pay less. Unlike the average (148 859 $), it is not skewed by a handful of very high salaries.

What does the typical range mean?

From 137 608 $ to 160 760 $ is the middle half of all offers — the 25th to 75th percentile. A quarter of vacancies pay below 137 608 $ and a quarter above 160 760 $.

Where does the data come from?

From 1 275 open vacancies with a stated salary that Finder collects from public sources. Numbers are recalculated as the selection changes.

How do I tell whether I am paid fairly?

Compare your pay with the median and the quartiles: near 150 403 $ is the market level, above 160 760 $ is the strong quarter, below 137 608 $ is a reason to negotiate. Use the “Compare my salary” button on this page.

How we calculate salaries

Short methodology and the data behind these numbers.

  1. 1We collect offersOnly vacancies from open sources where the employer states pay are used.
  2. 2We normalise themA salary range is reduced to one comparable value per vacancy.
  3. 3We compute percentilesMedian, quartiles and the average are calculated from at least 5 offers; otherwise the wider country market is shown.
  4. 4We refresh the numbersStatistics are recomputed as new vacancies appear and closed ones drop out.

Figures are pay as published by employers: taxes, bonuses and seniority inside a grade are not accounted for.