GraphQL salary: $212K median
From 209 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
$212Kmedian advertised salary
$187K – $236Kmiddle half of roles
$212Kaverage advertised salary
209roles counted
GraphQL salary by level
Lead roles advertise a median of $231K, 14% more than senior roles ($202K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $202K | $188K–$223K | 84 |
| Lead and above | $231K | $220K–$255K | 66 |
| No level in title | $202K | $159K–$232K | 59 |
GraphQL salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $220K | 67 |
| 🇺🇸California | $220K | 71 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $210K | 183 |
| 🇺🇸New York | $205K | 35 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Cloudflare | $262K | 11 |
| Hex | $247K | 7 |
| Kong | $235K | 4 |
| Toast | $230K | 5 |
| $229K | 12 | |
| Hinge Health | $228K | 10 |
| Omada Health | $228K | 4 |
| Databricks | $226K | 3 |
| Gusto | $222K | 4 |
| Betterment | $215K | 5 |
| Skydio | $212K | 4 |
| Muon Space | $206K | 3 |
| Sigma | $205K | 16 |
| Datavant | $205K | 3 |
| Coinbase | $202K | 6 |
| CoreWeave | $192K | 3 |
| Fivetran | $192K | 11 |
| Northbeam | $188K | 9 |
| Hims & Hers | $180K | 5 |
| Airbnb | $174K | 3 |
| Brex | $171K | 3 |
| Rocket Money | $168K | 3 |
| RunPod | $165K | 3 |
Highest-paying open GraphQL roles
All GraphQL jobs- Software Engineer, Applied AI - SystemsMercor · 🇺🇸San Francisco$220K - $500KTerraformLLMGraphQL
- Full Stack Engineer, Fleet SchedulingOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$230K - $490KGoPythonReact
- Engineering Director, AI EngineeringHex · 🇺🇸San Francisco$300K - $425KLeadPythonTypeScriptReact
- Deployed Infrastructure EngineerSierra · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$230K - $390KGoTerraformLLM
- Staff Software Engineer, Web Product EnablementPinterest · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA, US; Remote, CA, US$177K - $365KRemoteLeadPythonTypeScriptJavaScript
- Senior Engineering Manager, Device SoftwareHinge Health · 🇺🇸San Francisco-HQ$240K - $360KSeniorPythonTypeScriptReact
- Senior Customer Engineer, Enterprise - San FranciscoCloudflare · Hybrid$214K - $336KSeniorGoPythonJavaScript
- Senior Customer Engineer, Strategic - San FranciscoCloudflare · Hybrid$214K - $336KSeniorGoPythonJavaScript
- Senior / Staff Product EngineerLinear · North America$240K - $320KRemoteLeadTypeScriptReactPostgreSQL
- Director, Finance Systems - Revenue Systems EngineeringAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA$270K - $315KLeadGoPythonTypeScript
- Staff Software Engineer, ElixirTrue Anomaly · 🇺🇸Denver, CO or Long Beach, CA$205K - $315KLeadElixirPostgreSQLGraphQL
- Staff Software Engineer, Full StackTrue Anomaly · 🇺🇸Denver, CO or Long Beach, CA$205K - $315KLeadTypeScriptJavaScriptReact
- Senior Staff Software Engineer, Marketing TechnologyAirbnb · 🇺🇸Remote, USA$248K - $310KRemoteLeadJavaKotlinGraphQL
- Software Engineer, Distributed Systems - Trust & SafetyGamma · 🇺🇸San Francisco$180K - $310KPythonTypeScriptNode.js
- Software Engineer, Trust & SafetyGamma · 🇺🇸San Francisco$180K - $310KTypeScriptLLMGraphQL
- Staff Software Engineer, AndroidToast · 🇺🇸Remote USA$151K - $309KRemoteLeadReactJavaKotlin
- Staff Software Engineer, OrdersToast · 🇺🇸Remote, US$151K - $309KRemoteLeadJavaKotlinGraphQL
- Staff Software Engineer, Developer EcosystemReddit · 🇺🇸Remote - United States$217K - $304KRemoteLeadGoTypeScriptReact
- Principal Software Engineer - ModelsCoreWeave · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA, Bellevue, WA, Sunnyvale, CA, New York…$227K - $303KLeadTypeScriptReactGraphQL
- Staff Software Engineer, Consumer EngineeringReddit · 🇺🇸Remote - United States$217K - $303KRemoteLeadRustGoPython
Questions about GraphQL pay
- What is the average GraphQL salary?
- $212K a year on average and $212K at the median, across 209 open GraphQL 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 $187K to $236K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest GraphQL pay?
- Cloudflare ($262K), Hex ($247K), Kong ($235K), 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 GraphQL roles at tech companies is $212K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $187K to $236K. Counted from 209 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Hiring Right Now, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/graphql/
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