English salary: $148K median
The median advertised English salary is $148K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $105K to $176K: counted from 370 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $71 an hour or $12,375 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $225K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll English jobs
$148Kmedian advertised salary
$105K – $176Kmiddle half of roles
$150Kaverage advertised salary
370roles counted
English salary by level
Lead roles advertise a median of $190K, 19% more than senior roles ($160K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $160K | $108K–$200K | 44 |
| Lead and above | $190K | $145K–$252K | 38 |
| No level in the title | $144K | $102K–$166K | 284 |
English salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸California | $173K | 81 |
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $172K | 46 |
| 🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA | $170K | 16 |
| 🇺🇸New York, NY | $150K | 39 |
| 🇺🇸Florida | $150K | 17 |
| 🇺🇸Texas | $150K | 24 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $148K | 332 |
| 🇺🇸Chicago, IL | $108K | 19 |
Skills that pay more for English roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solution selling | $166K | +$18K | 68 |
| Sales methodologies | $166K | +$18K | 61 |
| Spanish | $150K | +$2K | 82 |
| Mandarin | $150K | +$2K | 52 |
| Bilingual | $150K | +$2K | 131 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Build Ai | $325K | 3 |
| Joko | $300K | 3 |
| Sierra | $285K | 4 |
| Nubank | $280K | 4 |
| New Relic | $228K | 3 |
| Phantom | $225K | 3 |
| Adyen | $202K | 17 |
| NewsBreak | $190K | 3 |
| Ketch | $151K | 10 |
| Toast | $150K | 74 |
| Brex | $148K | 8 |
| Avalore, LLC | $144K | 46 |
| Care Access | $135K | 3 |
| SpaceX | $132K | 7 |
| Heven AeroTech | $120K | 3 |
| SMA America | $119K | 4 |
| LG Electronics | $117K | 18 |
| Braze | $112K | 12 |
| Spire | $112K | 4 |
| Gotion | $90K | 13 |
| GitLab | $79K | 5 |
| AssetWatch, Inc. | $76K | 4 |
| JFrog | $73K | 3 |
| Cadence Health | $68K | 4 |
| Perk | $63K | 3 |
Highest-paying open English roles
All English jobs- General Manager, USJoko · 🇺🇸NYC$400K - $500KHybridEnglishPerformance marketing
- Head of TalentBuild Ai · 🇨🇳Shenzhen$150K - $500KLead and above.NETEnglishMandarin
- Member of Technical Staff, SoftwareBuild Ai · 🇨🇳Shenzhen$150K - $500K.NETEnglishHTML
- LawyerOmnilex · 🇺🇸New York$250K - $450KRemoteEnglishBar admission
- Global Engineering Senior Director - USNubank · 🇺🇸Palo Alto$380K - $420KHybridLead and aboveAgileEnglishSpanish
- Enterprise Account Executive - LATAMKong · 🇺🇸Texas, United States$280K - $400KRemoteLLMEnglishSpanish
- Senior Software EngineerSardine · 🇧🇷Brazil$285K - $400KRemoteSeniorGoPythonTypeScript
- Product Manager, Agent Development (Spanish speaking)Sierra · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$180K - $390KTypeScriptReactEnglish
- Software Engineer, Agent - Travel , Transportation & HospitalitySierra · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$180K - $390KTypeScriptReactLLM
- Manager, Account Management - Adyen for PlatformsAdyen · 🇺🇸New York$330K - $380KEnglishContract negotiation
- Global Engineering Director - USNubank · 🇺🇸Palo Alto$340K - $380KHybridLead and aboveAgileEnglishSpanish
- Support Engineer EuropeSardine · Europe$240K - $350KRemoteSQLEnglishREST APIs
- Head of Online Business, USJoko · 🇺🇸NYC$250K - $350KHybridLead and aboveEnglishPipeline managementAffiliate marketing
- Cloud AI Engineer (Legal & Compliance)Binance · 🇺🇸United States$186K - $347KLLMAIRAG
- Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)Insurity · 🇺🇸Remote - US$216K - $325KRemoteLead and aboveMachine LearningLLMCI/CD
- Staff Cloud Infrastructure EngineerOKX · 🇺🇸San Jose, California, United States$215K - $322KLead and aboveGoPythonSQL
- Forward Deployed Engineer, Spanish/EnglishLiveKit · 🇺🇸Miami, FL (Remote)$180K - $320KRemoteRustGoPython
- Engineering Manager, SalesforceBrex · 🇺🇸Seattle, Washington, United States$240K - $300KJavaScriptSalesforceCI/CD
- Engineering Manager, SalesforceBrex · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California, United States$240K - $300KJavaScriptSalesforceCI/CD
- Account Executive APACRunPod · Remote - APAC$130K - $300KRemoteEnglishJapaneseSlack
Questions about English pay
- What is the average English salary?
- $150K a year on average and $148K at the median, across 370 open English 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 $105K to $176K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest English pay?
- Build Ai ($325K), Joko ($300K), Sierra ($285K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is an english a high-paying job?
- The median English posting advertises $148K a year, less than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 15% below the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as an english?
- A tenth of the postings offer $225K a year or more; the highest open English role advertises up to $500K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the English salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $148K a year is about $71 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $12,375 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $50 to $85 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for English roles?
- Postings that ask for Solution selling (+$18K, 68 postings), Sales methodologies (+$18K, 61 postings), Spanish (+$2K, 82 postings) advertise more than the $148K median of all English 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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The median advertised salary for English roles at companies is $148K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $105K to $176K. Counted from 370 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/english/
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