Data centers salary: $188K median
The median advertised Data centers salary is $188K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $152K to $235K: counted from 380 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $91 an hour or $15,688 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $305K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll Data centers jobs
$188Kmedian advertised salary
$152K – $235Kmiddle half of roles
$200Kaverage advertised salary
380roles counted
Data centers salary by level
Lead roles advertise a median of $231K, 26% more than senior roles ($184K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $184K | $156K–$212K | 83 |
| Lead and above | $231K | $202K–$260K | 114 |
| No level in the title | $166K | $127K–$215K | 180 |
Data centers salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $212K | 189 |
| 🇺🇸California | $210K | 213 |
| 🇺🇸Boston, MA | $202K | 19 |
| 🇺🇸New York, NY | $199K | 64 |
| 🇺🇸Denver, CO | $192K | 22 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $189K | 362 |
| 🇺🇸Seattle, WA | $188K | 53 |
| 🇺🇸Dallas, TX | $143K | 19 |
| 🇺🇸Texas | $138K | 24 |
Skills that pay more for Data centers roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Firmware | $214K | +$26K | 44 |
| Incident response | $208K | +$20K | 38 |
| Optics | $204K | +$16K | 52 |
| Patient care | $204K | +$15K | 51 |
| Kubernetes | $204K | +$15K | 45 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Anthropic | $362K | 19 |
| OpenAI | $286K | 21 |
| Armada | $261K | 6 |
| SambaNova | $245K | 7 |
| Galaxy | $225K | 11 |
| Astera Labs | $222K | 4 |
| Pure Storage | $212K | 5 |
| Lightmatter | $203K | 50 |
| Lambda | $188K | 20 |
| Lightning AI | $188K | 9 |
| Cloudflare | $185K | 10 |
| SpaceX | $185K | 11 |
| Valar Atomics | $185K | 3 |
| Crusoe | $178K | 61 |
| CoreWeave | $176K | 75 |
| Anduril Industries | $170K | 9 |
| Rubrik | $156K | 5 |
| Meade | $139K | 4 |
| AMAX | $105K | 4 |
| Pico | $85K | 3 |
Highest-paying open Data centers roles
All Data centers jobs- Vice President, Platform OperationsNetskope · 🇺🇸United States$298K - $500KLead and aboveCDNNetwork engineeringData centers
- Warehouse and Logistics Manager - North AmericaAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY$405K - $485KData centersERPProcurement
- Staff Software Engineer - Infrastructure StorageLambda · 🇺🇸San Francisco Office (Fremont St)$314K - $465KHybridLead and aboveRustC++Machine Learning
- Staff Electrical Engineer - Low VoltageLambda · 🇺🇸San Francisco Office (Fremont St)$349K - $465KHybridLead and aboveMachine LearningPE licenseData centers
- Director, Capacity Planning & EngineeringRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$399K - $458KLead and aboveKubernetesData centers
- Mechanical Engineer, Hardware SystemsOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$266K - $455KData centers3D modelingHigh-performance computing
- Performance Modeling LeadOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$347K - $445KHybridLead and aboveMachine LearningQuantitative analysisNetwork engineering
- Senior Data Center Capacity Delivery ManagerAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY$365K - $435KSeniorData centers
- Senior Director, Fleet ManagementCrusoe · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA - US$325K - $370KLead and aboveData centersLoad testingFirmware
- Vice President, Information TechnologyCrusoe · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA - US$330K - $360KLead and aboveSAPData centersHelp desk
- IT LeadRiver AI Inc. · 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area$280K - $360KLead and aboveMachine LearningData centersITSM
- Machine Learning Infrastructure ResearcherLightmatter · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA$300K - $350KMachine LearningLLMAI
- Senior Account ManagerLightmatter · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA$300K - $350KSeniorData centersHigh-performance computingOptics
- Engineering Manager, Kubernetes Bare Metal InfrastructureTogether AI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$300K - $350KTerraformLinuxKubernetes
- Head of Production, Compute & CommsAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Costa Mesa, California, United States$261K - $346KLead and aboveExcelComputer VisionSecurity clearance
- Vice President & Deputy General Counsel, EnergyCoreWeave · 🇺🇸Livingston, NJ / New York, NY / Sunnyvale, CA / San Franc…$275K - $330KLead and aboveData centersM&ARegulatory compliance
- Network Infrastructure ArchitectSambaNova · 🇺🇸San Jose, California, United States$250K - $330KNetwork engineeringData centersBGP
- Cloud Platform ArchitectSambaNova · 🇺🇸Austin, Texas, United States; San Jose, California, Unite…$245K - $325KRustGoPython
- Delivery Manager, Capacity ProgramsBaseten · 🇺🇸San Francisco$260K - $325KHybridMachine LearningPMPNetwork engineering
- VP, Chiller SolutionsLG Electronics · 🇺🇸Alpharetta, GA$250K - $325KLead and aboveData centersPipeline managementEvent marketing
Questions about Data centers pay
- What is the average Data centers salary?
- $200K a year on average and $188K at the median, across 380 open Data centers 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 $152K to $235K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest Data centers pay?
- Anthropic ($362K), OpenAI ($286K), Armada ($261K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is a data centers a high-paying job?
- The median Data centers posting advertises $188K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 8% above the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as a data centers?
- A tenth of the postings offer $305K a year or more; the highest open Data centers role advertises up to $500K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the Data centers salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $188K a year is about $91 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $15,688 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $73 to $113 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for Data centers roles?
- Postings that ask for Firmware (+$26K, 44 postings), Incident response (+$20K, 38 postings), Optics (+$16K, 52 postings) advertise more than the $188K median of all Data centers 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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