Gradle salary: $178K median
The median advertised Gradle salary is $178K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $142K to $202K: counted from 98 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $86 an hour or $14,875 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $256K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll Gradle jobs
$178Kmedian advertised salary
$142K – $202Kmiddle half of roles
$183Kaverage advertised salary
98roles counted
Gradle salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $246K | 18 |
| 🇺🇸California | $198K | 46 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $193K | 77 |
| 🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA | $142K | 28 |
Skills that pay more for Gradle roles
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Block | $293K | 4 |
| JFrog | $205K | 3 |
| Elastic | $193K | 3 |
| Fingerprint | $165K | 19 |
| SpaceX | $145K | 41 |
Highest-paying open Gradle roles
All Gradle jobs- Sr./Staff Backend Engineer - JavaOscilar · 🇧🇷Brazil - Remote$394K - $574KRemoteLead and aboveJavaDockerKafka
- Software Engineer, Build Systems / CIOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$185K - $490KRustGoPython
- Staff Software Engineer, Cash App BankingBlock · 🇺🇸Bay Area, CA, United States of America$264K - $395KLead and aboveJavaKotlinKafka
- Staff Software Engineer, Cash App BankingBlock · 🇺🇸New York, NY, United States of America$264K - $395KLead and aboveJavaKotlinKafka
- Software Engineer - Developer ExperienceFigma · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States$185K - $376KGoPythonTypeScript
- Software Engineer, AndroidRamp · 🇺🇸New York, NY (HQ)$189K - $330KHybridPythonTypeScriptReact
- Sr. Mobile Android EngineerxAI · 🇺🇸New York, NY; Palo Alto, CA$180K - $330KSeniorKotlinAndroidJetpack Compose
- GTM Applications EngineerCursor · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$240K - $325KGoPythonTypeScript
- Staff Software Engineer, Developer ExperienceToast · 🇺🇸Remote, US$151K - $309KRemoteLead and aboveGoTypeScriptJava
- Staff Android Engineer (Founding)Grow Therapy · 🇺🇸San Francisco$217K - $289KHybridLead and aboveKotlinAndroidCI/CD
- Sr. Engineering Manager - Full StackIllumio · 🇺🇸HQ - Sunnyvale (Office)$238K - $285KSeniorGoPythonJava
- Sr. Full Stack Software Engineer (Starlink)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$200K - $280KSeniorGoPythonTypeScript
- Software Engineer 2/3 - Java/Git/Gradle/Docker/REST/ELK/MongoDB/Ansible/Kubernetes/LinuxCaptivation Software · 🇺🇸Annapolis Junction, MD$130K - $270KTypeScriptJavaDocker
- Senior Staff Engineer - Mobile, Fanatics MarketsFanatics Betting & Gaming · 🇺🇸New York, NY, United States$204K - $269KLead and aboveKotlinCI/CDAgile
- Software Engineer, Native MobileGlean · 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area$140K - $265KKotlinSwiftLLM
- Staff Software Engineer, ProductivityAirwallex · 🇺🇸US - Seattle$163K - $260KHybridLead and aboveRustGoPython
- Senior Go/Kubernetes Engineer - Core/Infra - ElasticsearchElastic · 🇺🇸United States$133K - $253KSeniorGoJavaCI/CD
- Senior Java Engineer - Core/Infra - ElasticsearchElastic · 🇺🇸United States$133K - $253KSeniorJavaCI/CDKubernetes
- Senior Software Engineer - Android PlatformSkydio · 🇺🇸San Mateo, California, United States$190K - $250KHybridSeniorJavaC++Kotlin
- Staff Software Engineer, BackendFlex · 🇺🇸USA$170K - $250KLead and aboveJavaTerraformSnowflake
Questions about Gradle pay
- What is the average Gradle salary?
- $183K a year on average and $178K at the median, across 98 open Gradle 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 $142K to $202K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest Gradle pay?
- Block ($293K), JFrog ($205K), Elastic ($193K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is a gradle a high-paying job?
- The median Gradle posting advertises $178K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 3% above the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as a gradle?
- A tenth of the postings offer $256K a year or more; the highest open Gradle role advertises up to $574K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the Gradle salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $178K a year is about $86 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $14,875 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $69 to $97 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for Gradle roles?
- Postings that ask for Buildkite (+$81K, 9 postings), Kotlin (+$33K, 20 postings), Datadog (+$32K, 9 postings) advertise more than the $178K median of all Gradle 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 Gradle roles at companies is $178K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $142K to $202K. Counted from 98 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/gradle/
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