AWS CDK salary: $193K median
The median advertised AWS CDK salary is $193K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $170K to $222K: counted from 40 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $93 an hour or $16,083 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $231K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll AWS CDK jobs
$193Kmedian advertised salary
$170K – $222Kmiddle half of roles
$191Kaverage advertised salary
40roles counted
Skills that pay more for AWS CDK roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rust | $222K | +$30K | 12 |
| ETL | $222K | +$30K | 5 |
| Node.js | $220K | +$26K | 6 |
| Java | $210K | +$17K | 9 |
| Incident response | $210K | +$17K | 10 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Bubble | $229K | 3 |
| Flex | $210K | 3 |
| Anduril Industries | $193K | 9 |
| Twitch | $148K | 3 |
Highest-paying open AWS CDK roles
All AWS CDK jobs- Staff Product Security EngineerTools For Humanity · 🇺🇸San Francisco$293K - $325KLead and aboveRustGoPython
- Security Engineer, CloudVercel · 🇺🇸Remote - United States$208K - $312KRemoteTerraformGCPCI/CD
- Senior Software Engineer, AI/ML PlatformAgility Robotics · 🇺🇸Hybrid- Any Office (Fremont, CA, Salem, OR, or Pittsburgh…$197K - $307KHybridSeniorTerraformGCPAzure
- AI Research EngineerCogent Security · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$100K - $300KHybridTerraformAIDatabricks
- AI Research ScientistCogent Security · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$100K - $300KHybridTerraformAIDatabricks
- Senior Applied AI EngineerBubble · 🇺🇸NYC, New York$201K - $261KSeniorRustPythonTypeScript
- Engineering ManagerBubble · 🇺🇸NYC, New York$200K - $258KRemoteRustPythonTypeScript
- Senior Software Security EngineerAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Washington, District of Columbia, United States$191K - $254KSeniorRustGoJava
- Senior Software Security EngineerAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Boston, Massachusetts, United States$191K - $254KSeniorRustGoJava
- Staff Software Engineer, BackendFlex · 🇺🇸USA$170K - $250KLead and aboveJavaTerraformSnowflake
- Staff Software Engineer, Fraud & Payment Risk PlatformFlex · 🇺🇸USA$170K - $250KLead and abovePythonJavaTerraform
- Full Stack Tech Lead - SeniorMill · 🇺🇸San Bruno, California$210K - $250KLead and aboveTypeScriptReactNode.js
- Cloud Security EngineerApplied · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale$133K - $230KGoPythonC++
- DevSecOps Engineer - Physical AIApplied · 🇺🇸Washington, D.C.$160K - $225KGoPythonDocker
- Staff Software Engineer, FullstackPathAI · 🇺🇸Boston, MA (Hybrid)$146K - $224KHybridLead and abovePythonJavaScriptReact
- Senior Platform Engineer (Cloud Foundations)Heartflow · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California$180K - $215KSeniorPythonTerraformLinux
- Sr AI Engineer - ProductMeridianlink · 🇺🇸US Remote$126K - $215KRemoteSeniorTypeScriptReactPostgreSQL
- Sr AI Engineer - DataMeridianlink · 🇺🇸US Remote$126K - $215KRemoteSeniorTypeScriptReactPostgreSQL
- Backend Software Engineer, Weather & AviationSpire · 🇺🇸Boulder, Colorado, United States$171K - $202KGoPythonTypeScript
- Senior Platform Engineer (DevX)K2 Space · 🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA$165K - $200KSeniorGoPythonTypeScript
Questions about AWS CDK pay
- What is the average AWS CDK salary?
- $191K a year on average and $193K at the median, across 40 open AWS CDK 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 $170K to $222K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest AWS CDK pay?
- Bubble ($229K), Flex ($210K), Anduril Industries ($193K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is an aws cdk a high-paying job?
- The median AWS CDK posting advertises $193K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 11% above the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as an aws cdk?
- A tenth of the postings offer $231K a year or more; the highest open AWS CDK role advertises up to $325K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the AWS CDK salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $193K a year is about $93 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $16,083 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $82 to $107 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for AWS CDK roles?
- Postings that ask for Rust (+$30K, 12 postings), ETL (+$30K, 5 postings), Node.js (+$26K, 6 postings) advertise more than the $193K median of all AWS CDK 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 AWS CDK roles at companies is $193K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $170K to $222K. Counted from 40 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/aws-cdk/
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