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ELK stack salary: $193K median

The median advertised ELK stack salary is $193K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $158K to $222K: counted from 98 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $93 an hour or $16,083 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $248K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.

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$193Kmedian advertised salary
$158K – $222Kmiddle half of roles
$189Kaverage advertised salary
98roles counted

ELK stack salary by level

Lead roles advertise a median of $218K, 14% more than senior roles ($191K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.

LevelMedian salaryMiddle halfRoles
Senior$191K$170K–$222K44
Lead and above$218K$188K–$232K18
No level in the title$170K$149K–$200K35

ELK stack salary by location

NameMedian salaryRoles counted
🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area$222K20
🇺🇸California$213K30
🇺🇸United States$193K88

Skills that pay more for ELK stack roles

SkillMedian with itAbove the medianPostings
Jenkins$222K+$30K16
GitOps$222K+$30K13
GitLab$222K+$30K13
GitHub Actions$222K+$30K15
C++$215K+$22K21

Top-paying companies

NameMedian salaryRoles counted
Roblox$269K3
Baseten$248K3
Cloudflare$218K4
Anduril Industries$213K14
Elastic$193K9
Airwallex$190K5
Backblaze$189K3
Judi Health$114K3

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Questions about ELK stack pay

What is the average ELK stack salary?
$189K a year on average and $193K at the median, across 98 open ELK stack 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 $158K to $222K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
Which companies advertise the highest ELK stack pay?
Roblox ($269K), Baseten ($248K), Cloudflare ($218K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
Is an elk stack a high-paying job?
The median ELK stack posting advertises $193K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 11% above the middle of the market.
How much can you earn as an elk stack?
A tenth of the postings offer $248K a year or more; the highest open ELK stack role advertises up to $510K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
What is the ELK stack salary per hour and per month?
The median of $193K a year is about $93 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $16,083 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $76 to $107 an hour.
Which skills pay more for ELK stack roles?
Postings that ask for Jenkins (+$30K, 16 postings), GitOps (+$30K, 13 postings), GitLab (+$30K, 13 postings) advertise more than the $193K median of all ELK stack 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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