Help Desk Technician salary: $98K median
The median advertised Help Desk Technician salary is $98K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $80K to $128K: counted from 105 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $47 an hour or $8,167 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $162K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll help desk technician jobs
$98Kmedian advertised salary
$80K – $128Kmiddle half of roles
$107Kaverage advertised salary
105roles counted
Help Desk Technician salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $138K | 21 |
| 🇺🇸California | $125K | 27 |
| 🇺🇸New York, NY | $103K | 21 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $99K | 97 |
Skills that pay more for Help Desk Technician roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slack | $122K | +$24K | 15 |
| Google Workspace | $122K | +$24K | 17 |
| Jamf | $116K | +$18K | 14 |
| Python | $113K | +$15K | 18 |
| macOS | $110K | +$12K | 22 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Netskope | $162K | 3 |
| Point72 | $155K | 3 |
| Accenture Federal Services | $118K | 5 |
| Sharp Electronics | $60K | 3 |
Highest-paying open Help Desk Technician roles
All help desk technician jobs- IT Support Engineer (Onsite)Matx · 🇺🇸Mountain View$160K - $275KPythonTerraformGCP
- IT Support Engineer, Executive SupportAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$180K - $265KmacOS
- Principal Security Governance & Audit SpecialistIDMe · 🇺🇸Mountain View, California, United States$189K - $244KLead and aboveCI/CDAWS
- IT Support EngineerAnthropic · 🇺🇸New York City, NY; San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA$180K - $230KPythonBashDNS
- Health IT Specialist, Product SolutionsPrecision Medicine Group · 🇺🇸Remote, United States$125K - $205KRemote
- Health IT Specialist, Product SolutionsPrecision AQ · 🇺🇸Remote, United States$125K - $205KRemote
- It Operations Engineer, End User ComputingPoint72 · 🇺🇸New York, NY$110K - $200KAgile
- IT Operations Engineer, End User ComputingPoint72 · 🇺🇸San Francisco$110K - $200KAgile
- Senior Manager, IT Service DeskImmunome, Inc. · 🇺🇸Bothell, Washington, United States$162K - $194KSeniorITILHelp deskServiceNow
- Director, IT Service DeskNetskope · 🇺🇸Saint Louis, Missouri, United States$140K - $185KLead and aboveAgileITILGenerative AI
- Director, IT Service DeskNetskope · 🇺🇸Santa Clara, California, United States$140K - $185KLead and aboveAgileITILGenerative AI
- IT Support ManagerAstro Mechanica · 🇺🇸San Francisco$155K - $185KLinux
- Senior IT Specialist, Executive TechnologyMongoDB · 🇺🇸Palo Alto$64K - $180KSeniorPythonGCPAzure
- IT Support SpecialistSierra · 🇺🇸New York, NY$160K - $180KTerraformNetwork engineeringGoogle Workspace
- IT Support / Operations EngineerBaseten · 🇺🇸San Francisco$125K - $170KHybridMachine LearningGoogle WorkspacemacOS
- Tier 1 Help DeskAccenture Federal Services · 🇺🇸Colorado Springs, CO$89K - $170KTerraformLinuxJira
- Senior IT Support EngineerAssured · Remote$140K - $170KRemoteSeniorLinux
- End User Services Engineer IILife360 · 🇺🇸Remote, USA$91K - $169KRemotePythonBashITIL
- IT Support EngineerClaylabs · 🇺🇸San Francisco$130K - $160KGo
- Manager, IT Service DeskThe Pokémon Company International · 🇺🇸Bellevue, Washington, United States$120K - $158K
Questions about Help Desk Technician pay
- What is the average Help Desk Technician salary?
- $107K a year on average and $98K at the median, across 105 open Help Desk Technician 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 $80K to $128K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest Help Desk Technician pay?
- Netskope ($162K), Point72 ($155K), Accenture Federal Services ($118K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is a help desk technician a high-paying job?
- The median Help Desk Technician posting advertises $98K a year, less than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 44% below the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as a help desk technician?
- A tenth of the postings offer $162K a year or more; the highest open Help Desk Technician role advertises up to $275K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the Help Desk Technician salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $98K a year is about $47 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $8,167 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $38 to $62 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for Help Desk Technician roles?
- Postings that ask for Slack (+$24K, 15 postings), Google Workspace (+$24K, 17 postings), Jamf (+$18K, 14 postings) advertise more than the $98K median of all Help Desk Technician 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 Help Desk Technician roles at companies is $98K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $80K to $128K. Counted from 105 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/help-desk/
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