Iceberg salary: $205K median
The median advertised Iceberg salary is $205K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $168K to $240K: counted from 79 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $99 an hour or $17,083 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $292K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll Iceberg jobs
$205Kmedian advertised salary
$168K – $240Kmiddle half of roles
$209Kaverage advertised salary
79roles counted
Iceberg salary by level
Lead roles advertise a median of $240K, 20% more than senior roles ($200K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $200K | $168K–$222K | 34 |
| Lead and above | $240K | $205K–$260K | 15 |
| No level in the title | $200K | $152K–$253K | 29 |
Iceberg salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸California | $213K | 26 |
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $212K | 21 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $202K | 69 |
| 🇺🇸Boston, MA | $200K | 15 |
Skills that pay more for Iceberg roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kinesis | $310K | +$105K | 7 |
| Storage systems | $260K | +$56K | 7 |
| Observability | $260K | +$56K | 7 |
| Flink | $250K | +$46K | 13 |
| ClickHouse | $248K | +$44K | 7 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Fivetran | $256K | 3 |
| Anduril Industries | $222K | 7 |
| Databricks | $180K | 6 |
| Starburst | $180K | 21 |
Highest-paying open Iceberg roles
All Iceberg jobs- Forward Deployed Data Engineer – TS/SCI (Full Scope Poly)Twenty · 🇺🇸Chantilly, VA$192K - $455KGoPythonTypeScript
- Staff Data EngineerTwenty · 🇺🇸New York, NY$192K - $455KLead and aboveGoPythonTypeScript
- Software Engineer, Data InfrastructureOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$266K - $445KTerraformMachine LearningKafka
- Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Data Platform)Perplexity · 🇺🇸San Francisco$220K - $405KGoPythonTypeScript
- Software Engineer, Context EngineSierra · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$230K - $390KGoPythonTypeScript
- Manager, Engineering (Data Platform)Garner Health · 🇺🇸New York City, New York$310K - $385KPythonTerraformKafka
- Engineering Manager, Ray DataAnyscale · 🇺🇸San Francisco$267K - $375KPythonGCPAzure
- Staff Software Engineer, Big Data StoragePinterest · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA, US; Remote, US$177K - $365KRemoteLead and abovePythonJavaScala
- Staff Data Infrastructure EngineerFaire · 🇺🇸New York City, NY; San Francisco, CA$246K - $339KLead and abovePythonJavaKotlin
- Staff Software Engineer - Ingestion PlatformReddit · 🇺🇸Remote - United States$217K - $304KRemoteLead and aboveGoPythonJava
- Senior Engineering Manager, dbt EngineFivetran · 🇺🇸Oakland, California, United States, AMER$241K - $301KSeniorRustSQLdbt
- Staff Software Engineer (Query Infrastructure)Amplitude · 🇺🇸San Francisco$198K - $299KHybridLead and abovePythonJavaC++
- Manager, Sales Engineering SpecialistsFivetran · 🇺🇸Remote, California, United States, AMER$212K - $294KRemoteSQLTerraformGCP
- Manager, Solution Architects- US EastStarburst · 🇺🇸United States$235K - $285KData warehousingETLTrino
- Staff Software Engineer, Data Governance & FoundationsInstacart · 🇺🇸United States - Remote$221K - $280KRemoteLead and abovePythonSQLScala
- Staff Analytics EngineerAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Ashville, Ohio, United States; Baltimore, Maryland, Unite…$209K - $278KLead and aboveSQLAirflowdbt
- Senior Data Engineer, Data AnalyticsAgility Robotics · Remote$175K - $274KRemoteSeniorPythonJavaC++
- Software Engineer, Data PlatformBlock · 🇺🇸Bay Area, CA, United States of America$153K - $270KPythonKotlinTerraform
- Applied AI Research EngineerStarburst · 🇺🇸United States$215K - $270KPythonSQLLLM
- Senior Staff Software EngineerFreenome · Remote$188K - $270KRemoteLead and abovePythonGCPAzure
Questions about Iceberg pay
- What is the average Iceberg salary?
- $209K a year on average and $205K at the median, across 79 open Iceberg 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 $168K to $240K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest Iceberg pay?
- Fivetran ($256K), Anduril Industries ($222K), Databricks ($180K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is an iceberg a high-paying job?
- The median Iceberg posting advertises $205K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 18% above the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as an iceberg?
- A tenth of the postings offer $292K a year or more; the highest open Iceberg role advertises up to $455K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the Iceberg salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $205K a year is about $99 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $17,083 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $81 to $115 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for Iceberg roles?
- Postings that ask for Kinesis (+$105K, 7 postings), Storage systems (+$56K, 7 postings), Observability (+$56K, 7 postings) advertise more than the $205K median of all Iceberg 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 Iceberg roles at companies is $205K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $168K to $240K. Counted from 79 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/iceberg/
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