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Buildkite salary: $217K median

The median advertised Buildkite salary is $217K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $192K to $260K: counted from 73 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $104 an hour or $18,083 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $330K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.

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$217Kmedian advertised salary
$192K – $260Kmiddle half of roles
$233Kaverage advertised salary
73roles counted

Buildkite salary by level

Lead roles advertise a median of $237K, 14% more than senior roles ($209K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.

LevelMedian salaryMiddle halfRoles
Senior$209K$192K–$220K34
Lead and above$237K$226K–$261K15
No level in the title$256K$192K–$336K23

Buildkite salary by location

NameMedian salaryRoles counted
🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area$220K33
🇺🇸California$220K42
🇺🇸United States$219K67

Skills that pay more for Buildkite roles

SkillMedian with itAbove the medianPostings
Gradle$260K+$42K9
Kotlin$258K+$41K10
TypeScript$256K+$39K17
React$235K+$18K13
Kafka$235K+$18K16

Top-paying companies

NameMedian salaryRoles counted
OpenAI$350K6
Block$293K4
Loancrate$235K3
Zoox$225K5
Brex$216K5
1X$210K3
CoreWeave$204K3
Coinbase$202K3
Elastic$193K4
Fivetran$192K12
Applied$167K4

Highest-paying open Buildkite roles

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Questions about Buildkite pay

What is the average Buildkite salary?
$233K a year on average and $217K at the median, across 73 open Buildkite 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 $192K to $260K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
Which companies advertise the highest Buildkite pay?
OpenAI ($350K), Block ($293K), Loancrate ($235K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
Is a buildkite a high-paying job?
The median Buildkite posting advertises $217K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 25% above the middle of the market.
How much can you earn as a buildkite?
A tenth of the postings offer $330K a year or more; the highest open Buildkite role advertises up to $625K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
What is the Buildkite salary per hour and per month?
The median of $217K a year is about $104 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $18,083 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $93 to $125 an hour.
Which skills pay more for Buildkite roles?
Postings that ask for Gradle (+$42K, 9 postings), Kotlin (+$41K, 10 postings), TypeScript (+$39K, 17 postings) advertise more than the $217K median of all Buildkite 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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