Arista salary: $202K median
The median advertised Arista salary is $202K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $165K to $235K: counted from 50 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $97 an hour or $16,875 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $310K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll Arista jobs
$202Kmedian advertised salary
$165K – $235Kmiddle half of roles
$207Kaverage advertised salary
50roles counted
Arista salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸California | $215K | 26 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $202K | 47 |
Skills that pay more for Arista roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| CI/CD | $317K | +$114K | 8 |
| Incident response | $238K | +$35K | 11 |
| Data centers | $238K | +$35K | 10 |
| Prometheus | $234K | +$31K | 8 |
| Grafana | $234K | +$31K | 10 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Lambda | $330K | 3 |
| OpenAI | $324K | 3 |
| Crusoe | $242K | 5 |
| SpaceX | $215K | 13 |
| Captivation Software | $200K | 3 |
| Anduril Industries | $171K | 4 |
| Pico | $158K | 4 |
Highest-paying open Arista roles
All Arista jobs- Network EngineerOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$347K - $510KHybridGoPythonTerraform
- Networking Operating System Firmware EngineerOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$225K - $423KHybridRustGoPython
- Senior Software Engineer - SDNLambda · 🇺🇸San Francisco Office (Fremont St)$266K - $395KHybridSeniorGoPythonTerraform
- Senior Software Development EngineerLambda · Bellevue Office$284K - $378KHybridSeniorTerraformMachine LearningLinux
- Principal Network Production Engineer, SparkCrusoe · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA - US$285K - $335KLead and abovePythonCI/CDAnsible
- Sr. Network EngineerxAI · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$180K - $330KSeniorPythonTerraformAnsible
- Principal Network Engineer (Starlink Ground Network)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$200K - $285KLead and abovePythonLinuxBash
- Senior Engineering Manager, OperationsCrusoe · 🇺🇸Bellevue, WA - US$230K - $280KSeniorPythonPrometheusGrafana
- Sr. Network Security EngineerSpaceX · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$165K - $280KSeniorNetwork engineeringTCP/IPVPN
- Senior Network EngineerTogether AI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$190K - $280KSeniorPythonGCPAzure
- Network Engineer 2 - Cisco/AristaCaptivation Software · 🇺🇸Annapolis Junction, MD$130K - $270KSecurity clearanceNetwork engineeringCisco
- Network Engineer 2 (Travel Required) - Cisco/Jira/LatteArt/STE/STN/SSP/CiscoCaptivation Software · 🇺🇸Annapolis Junction, MD$130K - $270KJiraSecurity clearanceNetwork engineering
- Network EngineerQube Research & Technologies · 🇺🇸Chicago$180K - $250KAgileLoad balancingNetwork engineering
- Network & Infrastructure EngineerRigetti · 🇺🇸Berkeley, CA or Fremont, CA$190K - $240KDockerTerraformLinux
- Senior Network EngineerCloudflare · Hybrid$168K - $231KHybridSeniorPythonTypeScriptLLM
- Senior Network EngineerIEX Group · 🇺🇸Chicago$200K - $225KSeniorPythonGCPAzure
- Senior Systems Reliability EngineerIEX Group · 🇺🇸Remote - Must reside in California or Oregon$180K - $225KRemoteSeniorRustPythonJava
- Senior Network EngineerCoinbase · 🇺🇸Remote - USA$186K - $219KRemoteSeniorPythonLinuxAnsible
- Senior Network EngineerPico · 🇺🇸New York City, NY$190K - $210KSeniorPythonLinuxJira
- Network Operations EngineerQube Research & Technologies · 🇺🇸New York$150K - $200KJiraPrometheusGrafana
Questions about Arista pay
- What is the average Arista salary?
- $207K a year on average and $202K at the median, across 50 open Arista postings at companies that state pay (November 2026). The median is the better guide: a few very high offers pull the average up.
- What is the typical range?
- The middle half of the postings offer $165K to $235K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest Arista pay?
- Lambda ($330K), OpenAI ($324K), Crusoe ($242K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is an arista a high-paying job?
- The median Arista posting advertises $202K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 16% above the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as an arista?
- A tenth of the postings offer $310K a year or more; the highest open Arista role advertises up to $510K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the Arista salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $202K a year is about $97 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $16,875 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $79 to $113 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for Arista roles?
- Postings that ask for CI/CD (+$114K, 8 postings), Incident response (+$35K, 11 postings), Data centers (+$35K, 10 postings) advertise more than the $202K median of all Arista postings with pay.
- Where do these figures come from?
- From the pay ranges employers print in their own job postings, read from their careers pages every hour. The midpoint of each range is counted. These are advertised ranges for open roles, mostly in the United States and in US dollars, not what people are actually paid.
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The median advertised salary for Arista roles at companies is $202K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $165K to $235K. Counted from 50 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/arista/
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