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Bazel salary: $198K median

The median advertised Bazel salary is $198K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $145K to $230K: counted from 172 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $95 an hour or $16,458 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $268K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.

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$198Kmedian advertised salary
$145K – $230Kmiddle half of roles
$202Kaverage advertised salary
172roles counted

Bazel salary by level

Lead roles advertise a median of $245K, 16% more than senior roles ($212K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.

LevelMedian salaryMiddle halfRoles
Senior$212K$198K–$222K66
Lead and above$245K$230K–$284K21
No level in the title$145K$142K–$198K84

Bazel salary by location

NameMedian salaryRoles counted
🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area$220K57
🇺🇸United States$198K168
🇺🇸California$198K118
🇺🇸Seattle, WA$145K30
🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA$145K46

Skills that pay more for Bazel roles

SkillMedian with itAbove the medianPostings
Rust$234K+$36K18
Buildkite$231K+$33K20
Infrastructure as code$228K+$30K18
AWS$220K+$23K27
TypeScript$219K+$22K24

Top-paying companies

NameMedian salaryRoles counted
OpenAI$346K4
Block$330K3
Zoox$230K7
Latitude AI$230K5
Anduril Industries$222K4
Fivetran$215K4
1X$210K4
Motional$198K8
Applied$194K4
SpaceX$145K80

Highest-paying open Bazel roles

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Questions about Bazel pay

What is the average Bazel salary?
$202K a year on average and $198K at the median, across 172 open Bazel 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 $145K to $230K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
Which companies advertise the highest Bazel pay?
OpenAI ($346K), Block ($330K), Zoox ($230K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
Is a bazel a high-paying job?
The median Bazel posting advertises $198K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 14% above the middle of the market.
How much can you earn as a bazel?
A tenth of the postings offer $268K a year or more; the highest open Bazel role advertises up to $625K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
What is the Bazel salary per hour and per month?
The median of $198K a year is about $95 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $16,458 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $70 to $111 an hour.
Which skills pay more for Bazel roles?
Postings that ask for Rust (+$36K, 18 postings), Buildkite (+$33K, 20 postings), Infrastructure as code (+$30K, 18 postings) advertise more than the $198K median of all Bazel 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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