BGP salary: $209K median
The median advertised BGP salary is $209K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $160K to $245K: counted from 140 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $100 an hour or $17,396 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $290K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll BGP jobs
$209Kmedian advertised salary
$160K – $245Kmiddle half of roles
$210Kaverage advertised salary
140roles counted
BGP salary by level
Lead roles advertise a median of $242K, 13% more than senior roles ($215K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $215K | $189K–$255K | 70 |
| Lead and above | $242K | $222K–$294K | 21 |
| No level in the title | $160K | $143K–$195K | 49 |
BGP salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $230K | 42 |
| 🇺🇸Seattle, WA | $215K | 19 |
| 🇺🇸California | $213K | 67 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $205K | 115 |
Skills that pay more for BGP roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | $262K | +$54K | 14 |
| PCI DSS | $262K | +$54K | 15 |
| LLM | $262K | +$54K | 17 |
| JavaScript | $262K | +$54K | 14 |
| CDN | $262K | +$54K | 17 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| OpenAI | $324K | 5 |
| Lambda | $320K | 6 |
| Roblox | $281K | 4 |
| Cloudflare | $262K | 21 |
| Crusoe | $242K | 7 |
| Anduril Industries | $218K | 10 |
| CoreWeave | $212K | 6 |
| Lightning AI | $202K | 3 |
| SpaceX | $200K | 20 |
| Waymo | $195K | 3 |
| Phoenix Contact | $143K | 4 |
| Aviatrix | $138K | 4 |
Highest-paying open BGP roles
All BGP jobs- Network EngineerOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$347K - $510KHybridGoPythonTerraform
- Vice President, Platform OperationsNetskope · 🇺🇸United States$298K - $500KLead and aboveCDNNetwork engineeringData centers
- Network Infrastructure Engineer, Global Network Infra (WAN)OpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$266K - $445KHybridGoPythonNetwork engineering
- Staff HPC Network ArchitectLambda · 🇺🇸San Jose Office (First St)$284K - $420KHybridLead and aboveMachine LearningDistributed trainingNetwork engineering
- Senior Software Engineer - SDNLambda · 🇺🇸San Francisco Office (Fremont St)$266K - $395KHybridSeniorGoPythonTerraform
- Principal Network EngineerRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$295K - $345KLead and aboveGoPythonC++
- Senior Customer Engineer AI/ Start Up'sCloudflare · Hybrid$214K - $336KHybridSeniorGoPythonTypeScript
- Senior Customer Engineer, Enterprise AI - Bay AreaCloudflare · Hybrid$214K - $336KHybridSeniorPythonJavaScriptGCP
- Principal Network Production Engineer, SparkCrusoe · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA - US$285K - $335KLead and abovePythonCI/CDAnsible
- Principal Software EngineerCrusoe · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA - US$285K - $335KLead and aboveRustGoC++
- Network Infrastructure ArchitectSambaNova · 🇺🇸San Jose, California, United States$250K - $330KNetwork engineeringData centersBGP
- Sr. Network EngineerxAI · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$180K - $330KSeniorPythonTerraformAnsible
- Software Engineer - Networking (Agent Infra)Baseten · 🇺🇸San Francisco$160K - $330KHybridRustGoC++
- Director, Infrastructure EngineeringRunPod · 🇺🇸Remote - USA$225K - $325KRemoteLead and aboveTerraformKubernetesAnsible
- Principal Network Engineer, Backbone/Edge NetworkRoblox · 🇺🇸Ashburn, Virginia, United States$266K - $321KLead and aboveGoPythonC++
- Staff Engineer - Cloud NetworksDatadog · 🇺🇸Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Denver, Colorado, USA; New Yo…$244K - $305KLead and aboveGCPAzureAWS
- Member of Technical Staff - MachinesModal · 🇺🇸San Francisco$250K - $300KGoPythonLinux
- Principal Hardware Systems EngineerPure Storage · 🇺🇸Santa Clara, California$244K - $298KLead and abovePythonBashNetwork engineering
- Cloud - Bare Metal Infrastructure EngineerRender · 🇺🇸Remote: United States$230K - $290KRemoteGoPythonLLM
- Principal Network Engineer (Starlink Ground Network)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$200K - $285KLead and abovePythonLinuxBash
Questions about BGP pay
- What is the average BGP salary?
- $210K a year on average and $209K at the median, across 140 open BGP 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 $160K to $245K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest BGP pay?
- OpenAI ($324K), Lambda ($320K), Roblox ($281K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is a bgp a high-paying job?
- The median BGP posting advertises $209K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 20% above the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as a bgp?
- A tenth of the postings offer $290K a year or more; the highest open BGP role advertises up to $510K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the BGP salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $209K a year is about $100 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $17,396 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $77 to $118 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for BGP roles?
- Postings that ask for SOC 2 (+$54K, 14 postings), PCI DSS (+$54K, 15 postings), LLM (+$54K, 17 postings) advertise more than the $209K median of all BGP 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 BGP roles at companies is $209K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $160K to $245K. Counted from 140 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/bgp/
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