gRPC salary: $214K median
From 122 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
$214Kmedian advertised salary
$188K – $240Kmiddle half of roles
$218Kaverage advertised salary
122roles counted
gRPC salary by level
Lead roles advertise a median of $238K, 12% more than senior roles ($212K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $212K | $188K–$229K | 59 |
| Lead and above | $238K | $218K–$266K | 30 |
| No level in title | $196K | $156K–$240K | 33 |
gRPC salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $230K | 55 |
| 🇺🇸California | $222K | 63 |
| 🇺🇸New York | $215K | 15 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $214K | 118 |
Top-paying companies
Highest-paying open gRPC roles
All gRPC jobs- Software Engineer, Applied AI - SystemsMercor · 🇺🇸San Francisco$220K - $500KTerraformLLMGraphQL
- Software Engineer, Traffic InfrastructureOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$266K - $445KRustGoPython
- Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Multimodal)Perplexity · 🇺🇸San Francisco$220K - $405KRustPythonLLM
- Principal Software Engineer, Core ServicesRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$345K - $399KLeadRustC#.NET
- Staff Software Engineer, Cash App BankingBlock · 🇺🇸Bay Area, CA, United States of America$264K - $395KLeadJavaKotlinKafka
- Staff Software Engineer, Cash App BankingBlock · 🇺🇸New York, NY, United States of America$264K - $395KLeadJavaKotlinKafka
- Software Engineer, Agent InfrastructureOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$230K - $385KTerraformMachine LearningFastAPI
- Senior Solution EngineerLambda · 🇺🇸San Francisco Office (Second St)$226K - $355KSeniorGoPythonC++
- Principal Machine Learning Platform Engineer, Foundation AIRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$295K - $345KLeadMachine LearningCI/CDAI
- Sr. Software Engineer, Ads ProductxAI · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$180K - $330KSeniorRustGoPython
- Staff Software Engineer, RoutingNuro · 🇺🇸Mountain View, California (HQ)$213K - $320KLeadC++PostgreSQLDocker
- Technical Lead Software Engineer, RoutingNuro · 🇺🇸Mountain View, California (HQ)$213K - $320KLeadC++PostgreSQLDocker
- 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
- Staff Software Engineer - Ingestion PlatformReddit · 🇺🇸Remote - United States$217K - $304KRemoteLeadGoPythonJava
- Staff Software Engineer, Consumer EngineeringReddit · 🇺🇸Remote - United States$217K - $303KRemoteLeadRustGoPython
- Staff Software Engineer, InvestorsCarta · 🇺🇸New York, NY$240K - $300KLeadPythonReactPostgreSQL
- Software Engineer, Applied ML (Discovery, Recommendation & Search)Character.AI · 🇺🇸Redwood City, CA$200K - $300KGCPAzurePyTorch
- Senior Software Engineer, Distributed SystemsLiveKit · North America$135K - $300KRemoteSeniorGoKubernetesPrometheus
- Staff Software Engineer, Distributed SystemsLiveKit · North America$135K - $300KRemoteLeadGoKubernetesPrometheus
Questions about gRPC pay
- What is the average gRPC salary?
- $218K a year on average and $214K at the median, across 122 open gRPC 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 $188K to $240K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest gRPC pay?
- Roblox ($294K), Block ($262K), Nuro ($242K), 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 gRPC roles at tech companies is $214K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $188K to $240K. Counted from 122 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Hiring Right Now, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/grpc/
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