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EKS salary: $200K median

The median advertised EKS salary is $200K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $174K to $235K: counted from 193 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $96 an hour or $16,667 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $271K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.

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$200Kmedian advertised salary
$174K – $235Kmiddle half of roles
$206Kaverage advertised salary
193roles counted

EKS salary by level

Lead roles advertise a median of $232K, 21% more than senior roles ($192K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.

LevelMedian salaryMiddle halfRoles
Senior$192K$174K–$213K89
Lead and above$232K$210K–$265K47
No level in the title$188K$148K–$230K56

EKS salary by location

NameMedian salaryRoles counted
🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area$232K62
🇺🇸California$218K78
🇺🇸United States$200K178
🇺🇸New York, NY$192K24
🇺🇸Boston, MA$174K15

Skills that pay more for EKS roles

SkillMedian with itAbove the medianPostings
LLM$230K+$30K34
Argo CD$225K+$25K27
GKE$224K+$24K42
IAM$220K+$20K56
Helm$220K+$20K26

Top-paying companies

NameMedian salaryRoles counted
Lambda$288K3
Roblox$260K4
EarnIn$254K3
Hims & Hers$240K3
LangChain$220K5
Docker$211K3
Flex$210K3
Okta$206K5
Gemini$204K3
Captivation Software$200K8
Metropolis$198K3
Very Good Security$191K8
Motional$174K4
Temporal$169K4
PathAI$162K7
Judi Health$127K3
TextNow, Inc.$108K3

Highest-paying open EKS roles

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Questions about EKS pay

What is the average EKS salary?
$206K a year on average and $200K at the median, across 193 open EKS 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 $174K to $235K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
Which companies advertise the highest EKS pay?
Lambda ($288K), Roblox ($260K), EarnIn ($254K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
Is an eks a high-paying job?
The median EKS posting advertises $200K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 15% above the middle of the market.
How much can you earn as an eks?
A tenth of the postings offer $271K a year or more; the highest open EKS role advertises up to $465K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
What is the EKS salary per hour and per month?
The median of $200K a year is about $96 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $16,667 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $83 to $113 an hour.
Which skills pay more for EKS roles?
Postings that ask for LLM (+$30K, 34 postings), Argo CD (+$25K, 27 postings), GKE (+$24K, 42 postings) advertise more than the $200K median of all EKS 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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