FastAPI salary: $202K median
From 70 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
$202Kmedian advertised salary
$165K – $275Kmiddle half of roles
$216Kaverage advertised salary
70roles counted
FastAPI salary by level
Lead roles advertise a median of $246K, 26% more than senior roles ($196K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $196K | $170K–$215K | 29 |
| Lead and above | $246K | $221K–$278K | 15 |
| No level in title | $162K | $142K–$308K | 26 |
FastAPI salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $238K | 34 |
| 🇺🇸California | $222K | 41 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $202K | 68 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| OpenAI | $350K | 5 |
| Harvey | $314K | 3 |
| Invisible Technologies | $238K | 4 |
| Okta | $235K | 6 |
| Omada Health | $228K | 3 |
| Airwallex | $209K | 6 |
| PathAI | $162K | 6 |
| Rocket Lab | $143K | 5 |
| SpaceX | $142K | 5 |
Highest-paying open FastAPI roles
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- Software Engineer, Developer ProductivityOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$210K - $490KPythonPostgreSQLTerraform
- Software Engineer, Delivery / CDOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$210K - $490KPythonTerraformFastAPI
- Helix AI Engineer, BackendFigure · 🇺🇸San Jose, CA$200K - $400KGoPythonReact
- Software Architect, AI Systems and PlatformOkta · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California$274K - $376KPythonTypeScriptReact
- AI Engineer - Public SectorUnstructured · Remote$205K - $365KRemotePythonSQLDocker
- Senior/Staff Applied AI Engineer - Enterprise AI SolutionsSnorkel AI · 🇺🇸New York City, NY (Hybrid); San Francisco, CA (Hybrid); U…$200K - $360KRemoteLeadPythonMachine LearningLLM
- Senior Engineering Manager, Backend PlatformHarvey · 🇺🇸San Francisco$272K - $355KSeniorPythonFastAPIFlask
- Senior Engineering Manager, Backend PlatformHarvey · 🇺🇸New York$272K - $355KSeniorPythonFastAPIFlask
- Research Engineering Manager, STEMTuring · 🇺🇸United States$260K - $350KPythonPostgreSQLDocker
- Principal Software Engineer, Applied AIOkta · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California$238K - $326KLeadPythonPostgreSQLMachine Learning
- Director of AI ResearchOtter.ai · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA$244K - $313KLeadPythonLLMDjango
- Engineering Director, InfrastructureOtter.ai · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA$244K - $313KLeadPythonTerraformDjango
- Staff Backend Engineer, Agentic AIAirwallex · 🇺🇸US - San Francisco$182K - $310KLeadPythonSQLGCP
- Principal Backend Engineer (Forward Deployed)Invisible Technologies · 🇺🇸New York - Hybrid; San Francisco Bay Area - Hybrid$250K - $300KLeadPythonDockerGCP
- Staff Software Engineer (Forward Deployed)Invisible Technologies · 🇺🇸New York - Hybrid; San Francisco Bay Area - Hybrid$210K - $300KLeadPythonDockerGCP
- Senior AI Engineer, Agentic SystemsRubrik · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$188K - $283KSeniorPythonLLMFastAPI
- Senior Software Engineer - Enterprise SystemsAstranis · 🇺🇸San Francisco$180K - $280KSeniorPythonTypeScriptJavaScript
- Staff Software Engineer, GrowthAirwallex · 🇺🇸US - Seattle$163K - $279KLeadPythonJavaKotlin
- Sr. Software Engineer (AI Data Engineering)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Hawthorne, CA$165K - $265KSeniorPythonTypeScriptReact
Questions about FastAPI pay
- What is the average FastAPI salary?
- $216K a year on average and $202K at the median, across 70 open FastAPI 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 $165K to $275K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest FastAPI pay?
- OpenAI ($350K), Harvey ($314K), Invisible Technologies ($238K), 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 FastAPI roles at tech companies is $202K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $165K to $275K. Counted from 70 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Hiring Right Now, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/fastapi/
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