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GPU programming salary: $235K median

The median advertised GPU programming salary is $235K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $200K to $294K: counted from 130 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $113 an hour or $19,583 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $337K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.

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$235Kmedian advertised salary
$200K – $294Kmiddle half of roles
$247Kaverage advertised salary
130roles counted

GPU programming salary by level

Lead roles advertise a median of $275K, 26% more than senior roles ($218K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.

LevelMedian salaryMiddle halfRoles
Senior$218K$188K–$225K33
Lead and above$275K$232K–$310K30
No level in the title$245K$202K–$300K65

GPU programming salary by location

NameMedian salaryRoles counted
🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area$248K96
🇺🇸California$246K104
🇺🇸United States$228K127

Skills that pay more for GPU programming roles

SkillMedian with itAbove the medianPostings
Compilers$300K+$65K22
vLLM$270K+$35K34
LLM$265K+$30K37
CUDA$262K+$28K72
TensorRT$255K+$20K25

Top-paying companies

NameMedian salaryRoles counted
OpenAI$364K4
River AI Inc.$310K4
Inferact$300K7
Zoox$291K4
Baseten$262K4
Modal$260K3
Samsung Research America$255K3
Together AI$250K3
xAI$247K4
Crusoe$226K4
Muon Space$224K4
Anduril Industries$221K5
Sciforium$220K7
Databricks$220K4
CoreWeave$212K4
Nuro$200K9
SambaNova$191K4
RunPod$175K3
Aechelon Technology$160K3

Highest-paying open GPU programming roles

All GPU programming jobs

Questions about GPU programming pay

What is the average GPU programming salary?
$247K a year on average and $235K at the median, across 130 open GPU programming 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 $200K to $294K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
Which companies advertise the highest GPU programming pay?
OpenAI ($364K), River AI Inc. ($310K), Inferact ($300K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
Is a gpu programming a high-paying job?
The median GPU programming posting advertises $235K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 35% above the middle of the market.
How much can you earn as a gpu programming?
A tenth of the postings offer $337K a year or more; the highest open GPU programming role advertises up to $850K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
What is the GPU programming salary per hour and per month?
The median of $235K a year is about $113 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $19,583 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $96 to $141 an hour.
Which skills pay more for GPU programming roles?
Postings that ask for Compilers (+$65K, 22 postings), vLLM (+$35K, 34 postings), LLM (+$30K, 37 postings) advertise more than the $235K median of all GPU programming 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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