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Helm salary: $208K median

The median advertised Helm salary is $208K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $185K to $238K: counted from 141 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $100 an hour or $17,292 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $274K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.

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$208Kmedian advertised salary
$185K – $238Kmiddle half of roles
$213Kaverage advertised salary
141roles counted

Helm salary by level

Lead roles advertise a median of $218K, 13% more than senior roles ($194K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.

LevelMedian salaryMiddle halfRoles
Senior$194K$170K–$220K51
Lead and above$218K$190K–$260K29
No level in the title$212K$198K–$238K61

Helm salary by location

NameMedian salaryRoles counted
🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area$238K45
🇺🇸California$222K57
🇺🇸United States$208K133
🇺🇸New York, NY$200K25

Skills that pay more for Helm roles

SkillMedian with itAbove the medianPostings
Machine Learning$234K+$26K16
TypeScript$230K+$22K28
Snowflake$225K+$18K16
React$224K+$16K16
LLM$220K+$12K25

Top-paying companies

NameMedian salaryRoles counted
Lambda$312K3
Inferact$300K3
Roblox$269K3
Hex$247K7
Scale AI$243K3
LangChain$220K7
Chainguard$218K5
CoreWeave$212K5
ClickHouse$208K5
Captivation Software$200K7
PhysicsX$200K3
Anduril Industries$192K13
Fanatics Betting & Gaming$190K5
RapidFort, Inc.$150K3

Highest-paying open Helm roles

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Questions about Helm pay

What is the average Helm salary?
$213K a year on average and $208K at the median, across 141 open Helm 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 $185K to $238K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
Which companies advertise the highest Helm pay?
Lambda ($312K), Inferact ($300K), Roblox ($269K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
Is a helm a high-paying job?
The median Helm posting advertises $208K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 19% above the middle of the market.
How much can you earn as a helm?
A tenth of the postings offer $274K a year or more; the highest open Helm role advertises up to $425K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
What is the Helm salary per hour and per month?
The median of $208K a year is about $100 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $17,292 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $89 to $114 an hour.
Which skills pay more for Helm roles?
Postings that ask for Machine Learning (+$26K, 16 postings), TypeScript (+$22K, 28 postings), Snowflake (+$18K, 16 postings) advertise more than the $208K median of all Helm 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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