.NET salary: $174K median
From 178 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
$174Kmedian advertised salary
$142K – $198Kmiddle half of roles
$176Kaverage advertised salary
178roles counted
.NET salary by level
Lead roles advertise a median of $198K, 3% more than senior roles ($191K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $191K | $160K–$198K | 52 |
| Lead and above | $198K | $175K–$225K | 45 |
| No level in title | $142K | $138K–$162K | 80 |
.NET salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $210K | 36 |
| 🇺🇸California | $192K | 88 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $174K | 170 |
| 🇺🇸Atlanta | $174K | 31 |
| 🇺🇸Los Angeles | $168K | 50 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Roblox | $356K | 5 |
| Ripple | $220K | 3 |
| Cerebras | $218K | 16 |
| McMaster-Carr | $216K | 3 |
| Mozilla | $188K | 4 |
| NetDocuments | $180K | 4 |
| eClinical Solutions | $167K | 4 |
| Rocket Lab | $164K | 3 |
| Box | $153K | 4 |
| OneTrust | $150K | 45 |
| SpaceX | $142K | 62 |
Highest-paying open .NET roles
All .NET jobs- SVP, MarketingOneTrust · 🇺🇸Atlanta, Georgia$270K - $405K.NET
- Principal Software Engineer, Core ServicesRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$345K - $399KLeadRustC#.NET
- Principal Software Engineer, Creator AnalyticsRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$345K - $399KLeadGoPythonJava
- GTM Applications EngineerCursor · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$240K - $325KGoPythonTypeScript
- Senior Manager, Reliability & Platform EngineeringMcMaster-Carr · 🇺🇸Chicago, IL (Elmhurst)$270K - $310KSeniorPythonTypeScriptJavaScript
- Senior Staff Design Verification EngineerCerebras · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale, CA$250K - $300KLeadPython.NETVerilog
- Lead RTL Design EngineerCerebras · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale, CA$200K - $299KLeadPython.NETMachine Learning
- Principal ArchitectOneTrust · 🇺🇸Atlanta, Georgia$196K - $295KLead.NET
- Manager, Software Engineering, Finance (Application Software)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Hawthorne, CA$195K - $290KGoPythonJavaScript
- Manager, Software Engineering, People (Application Software)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Hawthorne, CA$195K - $290KGoPythonJavaScript
- Developer & Agent Experience EngineerWorkOS · 🇨🇦🇺🇸United States & Canada$175K - $275KRemoteGoPythonTypeScript
- Staff Software Engineer, AI PlatformRipple · 🇺🇸Chicago, Illinois, United States$208K - $260KLeadTypeScriptNode.jsC#
- Senior Technical Success ManagerNew Relic · 🇺🇸Atlanta, Georgia, USA; Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Chicag…$203K - $254KSeniorGoPythonNode.js
- Staff Software Engineer, Liquidity Management (C#/.NET)Ripple · 🇺🇸New York, NY, United States$196K - $245KLeadTypeScriptJavaScriptReact
- Lead Software EngineerMcMaster-Carr · 🇺🇸Chicago, IL (Elmhurst)$192K - $240KLeadRustPythonTypeScript
- Senior Software Engineer .NET SDK - Langauge ClientsClickHouse · 🇺🇸New York$147K - $238KRemoteSeniorRustGoPython
- Senior Technical Consultant, OktaOkta · 🇺🇸Washington, DC$157K - $235KSeniorJavaScriptReactJava
- Staff Software ArchitectTaskrabbit · 🇺🇸New York, New York, United States; San Francisco, Califor…$160K - $235KLeadTypeScriptNode.jsJava
- Senior Software Engineer IRocket Lab · 🇺🇸Long Beach, CA$132K - $234KSeniorTypeScriptSQLC#
- Senior Solutions Engineer, EnterpriseSentry · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California$190K - $230KSeniorPythonJavaScriptReact
Questions about .NET pay
- What is the average .NET salary?
- $176K a year on average and $174K at the median, across 178 open .NET 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 $142K to $198K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest .NET pay?
- Roblox ($356K), Ripple ($220K), Cerebras ($218K), 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 .NET roles at tech companies is $174K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $142K to $198K. Counted from 178 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Hiring Right Now, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/dotnet/
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