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Jaeger salary: $206K median

The median advertised Jaeger salary is $206K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $185K to $260K: counted from 66 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $99 an hour or $17,188 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $317K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.

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$206Kmedian advertised salary
$185K – $260Kmiddle half of roles
$225Kaverage advertised salary
66roles counted

Jaeger salary by level

Lead roles advertise a median of $258K, 29% more than senior roles ($200K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.

LevelMedian salaryMiddle halfRoles
Senior$200K$184K–$210K30
Lead and above$258K$192K–$272K21
No level in the title$212K$170K–$317K15

Jaeger salary by location

NameMedian salaryRoles counted
🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area$235K23
🇺🇸California$222K31
🇺🇸United States$206K65

Skills that pay more for Jaeger roles

SkillMedian with itAbove the medianPostings
Networking protocols$288K+$82K6
Machine Learning$288K+$82K6
Operating systems$260K+$54K9
Security clearance$244K+$37K9
LLM$242K+$36K16

Top-paying companies

NameMedian salaryRoles counted
Lambda$288K3
True Anomaly$241K4
Metropolis$198K3
Anduril Industries$194K3
Grafana Labs$184K3

Highest-paying open Jaeger roles

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Questions about Jaeger pay

What is the average Jaeger salary?
$225K a year on average and $206K at the median, across 66 open Jaeger 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 $260K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
Which companies advertise the highest Jaeger pay?
Lambda ($288K), True Anomaly ($241K), Metropolis ($198K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
Is a jaeger a high-paying job?
The median Jaeger posting advertises $206K 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 jaeger?
A tenth of the postings offer $317K a year or more; the highest open Jaeger role advertises up to $485K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
What is the Jaeger salary per hour and per month?
The median of $206K a year is about $99 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $17,188 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $89 to $125 an hour.
Which skills pay more for Jaeger roles?
Postings that ask for Networking protocols (+$82K, 6 postings), Machine Learning (+$82K, 6 postings), Operating systems (+$54K, 9 postings) advertise more than the $206K median of all Jaeger 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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