Django salary: $180K median
From 78 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
$180Kmedian advertised salary
$148K – $223Kmiddle half of roles
$190Kaverage advertised salary
78roles counted
Django salary by level
Lead roles advertise a median of $222K, 31% more than senior roles ($170K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $170K | $160K–$208K | 24 |
| Lead and above | $222K | $195K–$274K | 17 |
| No level in title | $168K | $140K–$213K | 35 |
Django salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸New York | $216K | 16 |
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $213K | 19 |
| 🇺🇸California | $210K | 20 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $185K | 69 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Suno | $296K | 3 |
| Mixpanel | $238K | 3 |
| Fora | $210K | 3 |
| GRVTY | $196K | 4 |
| Nextdoor | $188K | 4 |
| PathAI | $162K | 6 |
| Bobyard | $159K | 4 |
| Accenture Federal Services | $146K | 4 |
| Black Canyon Consulting | $129K | 4 |
Highest-paying open Django roles
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- Engineering Manager, GrowthSentry · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California$220K - $450KPythonTypeScriptReact
- Helix AI Engineer, BackendFigure · 🇺🇸San Jose, CA$200K - $400KGoPythonReact
- Senior / Staff Software Engineer, AI OperationsSuno · 🇺🇸Boston$229K - $364KLeadDjangoAIZendesk
- Staff / Senior Software Engineer, Product TeamsSuno · 🇺🇸NYC$228K - $363KLeadPythonTypeScriptReact
- Research Engineering Manager, STEMTuring · 🇺🇸United States$260K - $350KPythonPostgreSQLDocker
- Senior Backend Engineer (NYC)Dualentry · 🇺🇸New York City$200K - $330KSeniorPythonSQLPostgreSQL
- Director of AI ResearchOtter.ai · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA$244K - $313KLeadPythonLLMDjango
- Engineering Director, InfrastructureOtter.ai · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA$244K - $313KLeadPythonTerraformDjango
- Staff Software Engineer, InvestorsCarta · 🇺🇸New York, NY$240K - $300KLeadPythonReactPostgreSQL
- Member of Technical Staff, AgentsClera · 🇺🇸Palo Alto$200K - $300KRemotePythonTypeScriptReact
- Lead Backend Engineer (Modeling & Simulation)Code Metal · 🇺🇸Boston Hub$253K - $294KLeadPythonSQLPostgreSQL
- Member of Technical StaffFinch Legal · 🇺🇸New York City$180K - $280KPythonReactDjango
- Member of Technical Staff, Applied AIFinch Legal · 🇺🇸New York City$180K - $280KPythonReactLLM
- Senior Software Engineer, Data FoundationMixpanel · 🇺🇸San Francisco, US (Hybrid)$200K - $277KSeniorGoPythonReact
- Senior Software Engineer, ExperimentationMixpanel · 🇺🇸San Francisco, US (Hybrid)$236K - $277KSeniorPythonTypeScriptReact
- Staff Security EngineerJellyfish · 🇺🇸United States$185K - $270KRemoteLeadRustPythonTypeScript
- Founding Forward Deployed EngineerAlloy · 🇺🇸New York City, Remote$141K - $250KRemoteGoPythonTypeScript
- Lead Full Stack Engineer, Partner EcosystemAlloy · 🇺🇸New York City$198K - $250KLeadGoPythonTypeScript
- Senior Software Engineer II, InvestorsCarta · 🇺🇸New York, NY$212K - $250KSeniorPythonReactJava
Questions about Django pay
- What is the average Django salary?
- $190K a year on average and $180K at the median, across 78 open Django 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 $148K to $223K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest Django pay?
- Suno ($296K), Mixpanel ($238K), Fora ($210K), 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 Django roles at tech companies is $180K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $148K to $223K. Counted from 78 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Hiring Right Now, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/django/
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