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GitHub Actions salary: $203K median

From 156 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.

$203Kmedian advertised salary
$175K – $225Kmiddle half of roles
$205Kaverage advertised salary
156roles counted

GitHub Actions salary by level

Lead roles advertise a median of $223K, 13% more than senior roles ($198K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.

LevelMedian salaryMiddle halfRoles
Senior$198K$178K–$215K71
Lead and above$223K$206K–$244K38
No level in title$182K$148K–$220K47

GitHub Actions salary by location

NameMedian salaryRoles counted
🇺🇸California$210K76
🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area$208K64
🇺🇸United States$204K149
🇺🇸New York$204K19

Top-paying companies

NameMedian salaryRoles counted
Roblox$269K3
EarnIn$254K3
Together AI$245K5
Zoox$230K3
CodeRabbit$225K3
Agility Robotics$220K3
Coder$220K3
Chainguard$218K4
Docker$217K4
1X$210K3
Flex$210K3
Hims & Hers$206K4
Very Good Security$192K6
CoreWeave$190K5
Databricks$190K4
Semgrep$178K3
RapidFort, Inc.$150K3
Snyk$148K3

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Questions about GitHub Actions pay

What is the average GitHub Actions salary?
$205K a year on average and $203K at the median, across 156 open GitHub Actions 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 $175K to $225K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
Which companies advertise the highest GitHub Actions pay?
Roblox ($269K), EarnIn ($254K), Together AI ($245K), 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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