Bash salary: $171K median
From 353 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
$171Kmedian advertised salary
$142K – $214Kmiddle half of roles
$176Kaverage advertised salary
353roles counted
Bash salary by level
Lead roles advertise a median of $221K, 12% more than senior roles ($198K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $198K | $170K–$218K | 119 |
| Lead and above | $221K | $182K–$249K | 42 |
| No level in title | $146K | $125K–$177K | 188 |
Bash salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $190K | 111 |
| 🇺🇸California | $186K | 177 |
| 🇺🇸Washington, DC | $186K | 18 |
| 🇺🇸New York | $182K | 29 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $170K | 319 |
| 🇺🇸Los Angeles | $158K | 38 |
| 🇺🇸Seattle | $151K | 42 |
| 🇺🇸Texas | $149K | 16 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Cloudflare | $262K | 17 |
| Roblox | $259K | 4 |
| Wayve | $254K | 4 |
| Pure Storage | $228K | 8 |
| Zoox | $219K | 8 |
| Anaplan | $216K | 3 |
| Okta | $214K | 5 |
| Scale AI | $210K | 3 |
| 1X | $208K | 5 |
| Anthropic | $205K | 3 |
| Apex Technology | $200K | 3 |
| Crusoe | $188K | 7 |
| Lightmatter | $186K | 3 |
| Harvey | $182K | 6 |
| Braze | $180K | 3 |
| Fivetran | $171K | 4 |
| SambaNova | $170K | 3 |
| Sardine | $168K | 3 |
| RapidFort, Inc. | $165K | 4 |
| Muon Space | $165K | 4 |
| Databricks | $158K | 6 |
| Samsara | $157K | 14 |
| GitLab | $154K | 3 |
| Skydio | $154K | 3 |
| True Anomaly | $150K | 7 |
Highest-paying open Bash roles
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- Design Verification Engineer, HardwareRiver AI Inc. · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA; Austin, TX$200K - $420KPythonCI/CDBash
- Radar LeadWayve · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale, California USA$315K - $408KLeadPythonAngularBash
- Senior Security Engineer - Detection & ResponseLambda · 🇺🇸San Francisco Office (Fremont St)$266K - $395KSeniorRustGoPython
- Principal Security Software Engineer, Application SecurityRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$326K - $385KLeadGoPythonC#
- SOC EngineerReplit · 🇺🇸Foster City, CA$250K - $374KGoPythonGCP
- Security Engineer - Incident ResponseReplit · 🇺🇸Foster City, CA$230K - $360KGoPythonGCP
- Senior Customer Engineer AI/ Start Up'sCloudflare · Hybrid$214K - $336KSeniorGoPythonTypeScript
- Senior Customer Engineer, Enterprise - San FranciscoCloudflare · Hybrid$214K - $336KSeniorGoPythonJavaScript
- Principal Technical Product Manager, Hyperscale Line of BusinessPure Storage · 🇺🇸Santa Clara, California$269K - $329KLeadPythonLinuxBash
- Senior/Staff Software Engineer - Embedded Linux Operating SystemsZoox · 🇺🇸Foster City, CA$237K - $322KLeadRustPythonC++
- Senior Software Engineer - Robot Software InfrastructureZoox · 🇺🇸Foster City, CA$219K - $315KSeniorRustPythonC++
- Security Software Engineer, Detection & ResponseVercel · 🇺🇸Hybrid - San Francisco, New York City, London$208K - $312KRustGoPython
- DevOps Engineer, Infrastructure & SecurityScale AI · 🇺🇸Washington, DC$149K - $311KPythonDockerTerraform
- Senior Staff Automation EngineerCrusoe · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA - US$250K - $300KLeadPythonPostgreSQLDocker
- Hardware Engineer, TestOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$177K - $300KPythonMachine LearningBash
- Senior Solutions Engineer, EnterpriseTailscale · 🇺🇸Remote (United States)$250K - $300KRemoteSeniorGoPythonTerraform
- Principal Hardware Systems EngineerPure Storage · 🇺🇸Santa Clara, California$244K - $298KLeadPythonBash
- Head of IT Systems EngineeringAsana · 🇺🇸San Francisco$252K - $296KLeadPythonFigmaBash
- Senior Hardware Engineer - InfrastructureRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$243K - $295KSeniorGoPythonLinux
Questions about Bash pay
- What is the average Bash salary?
- $176K a year on average and $171K at the median, across 353 open Bash postings at tech 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 $142K to $214K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest Bash pay?
- Cloudflare ($262K), Roblox ($259K), Wayve ($254K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- 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 Bash roles at tech companies is $171K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $142K to $214K. Counted from 353 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Hiring Right Now, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/bash/
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