JavaScript salary: $198K median
From 742 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
$198Kmedian advertised salary
$156K – $224Kmiddle half of roles
$195Kaverage advertised salary
742roles counted
JavaScript salary by level
Lead roles advertise a median of $224K, 11% more than senior roles ($202K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $202K | $180K–$216K | 277 |
| Lead and above | $224K | $204K–$260K | 109 |
| No level in title | $171K | $142K–$220K | 346 |
JavaScript salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸Washington, DC | $216K | 29 |
| 🇺🇸New York | $215K | 123 |
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $210K | 243 |
| 🇺🇸Seattle | $204K | 56 |
| 🇺🇸California | $202K | 324 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $198K | 685 |
| 🇺🇸Chicago | $194K | 23 |
| 🇺🇸Texas | $188K | 28 |
| 🇺🇸Austin | $187K | 17 |
| 🇺🇸Boston | $168K | 23 |
| 🇺🇸Los Angeles | $155K | 72 |
| 🇺🇸Denver | $150K | 18 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Cursor | $329K | 4 |
| Anthropic | $279K | 4 |
| Affirm | $260K | 9 |
| Block | $256K | 5 |
| Cribl | $255K | 5 |
| OpenAI | $250K | 33 |
| Vercel | $250K | 14 |
| Cloudflare | $246K | 24 |
| Roblox | $240K | 10 |
| Brex | $240K | 6 |
| Ramp | $239K | 4 |
| Greptile | $235K | 7 |
| Harvey | $230K | 4 |
| $229K | 8 | |
| Scale AI | $226K | 10 |
| Lunar | $220K | 5 |
| True Anomaly | $218K | 5 |
| Box | $216K | 5 |
| Databricks | $216K | 56 |
| McMaster-Carr | $216K | 3 |
| Justworks | $215K | 13 |
| $214K | 4 | |
| Temporal | $214K | 4 |
| Deepgram | $212K | 5 |
| Everlaw | $212K | 3 |
Highest-paying open JavaScript roles
All JavaScript jobs- Staff Software Engineer, Claude CodeAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA$320K - $625KLeadPythonTypeScriptJavaScript
- Head of Solutions Architecture, StartupsVercel · 🇺🇸Hybrid - San Francisco, New York City, Austin$382K - $485KLeadJavaScriptReactNode.js
- Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Computer)Perplexity · 🇺🇸San Francisco$220K - $405KRustGoPython
- Regional Director, Forward Deployed EngineeringCursor · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$350K - $400KLeadPythonTypeScriptJavaScript
- Regional Director, Forward Deployed Engineering - Public SectorCursor · 🇺🇸Washington, D.C.$350K - $400KLeadPythonTypeScriptJavaScript
- Software Engineer, Full Stack (People Innovation Labs)OpenAI · 🇺🇸US - Remote$153K - $385KRemotePythonJavaScriptPostgreSQL
- Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering- NYCOpenAI · 🇺🇸New York City$302K - $385KPythonJavaScript
- Deployed Engineer (Seattle)LangChain · 🇺🇸Seattle, WA$165K - $380KPythonJavaScriptGCP
- Forward Deployed EngineerFigma · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States$153K - $376KPythonTypeScriptJavaScript
- Software Engineer - C++Figma · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States$153K - $376KRustGoPython
- Staff Generalist EngineerGreptile · 🇺🇸San Francisco$275K - $375KLeadTypeScriptJavaScriptLLM
- Head of Professional ServicesVercel · 🇺🇸Hybrid - San Francisco, New York City, Austin$300K - $370KLeadTypeScriptJavaScriptReact
- Staff Software Engineer, Web Product EnablementPinterest · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA, US; Remote, CA, US$177K - $365KRemoteLeadPythonTypeScriptJavaScript
- Principal ArchitectScale AI · 🇺🇸Washington, DC$285K - $356KLeadPythonTypeScriptJavaScript
- Sr Architect - Emerging TechnologiesTwilio · 🇺🇸Remote - US$284K - $355KRemoteSeniorGoPythonJavaScript
- Member of Technical Staff - SDKModal · 🇺🇸San Francisco$150K - $350KRemotePythonJavaScript
- Security Engineer, Product SecurityScale AI · 🇺🇸New York, NY; San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA; Washington, DC$278K - $347KPythonTypeScriptJavaScript
- Principal Frontend Software Engineer - DiscoveryRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$295K - $345KLeadTypeScriptJavaScriptReact
- Principal Software Engineer, BuildRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$295K - $345KLeadTypeScriptJavaScriptReact
- Staff Software Engineer, Safety ProcessingDiscord · 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area or Los Angeles Area$279K - $341KLeadRustPythonTypeScript
Questions about JavaScript pay
- What is the average JavaScript salary?
- $195K a year on average and $198K at the median, across 742 open JavaScript 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 $156K to $224K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest JavaScript pay?
- Cursor ($329K), Anthropic ($279K), Affirm ($260K), 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 JavaScript roles at tech companies is $198K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $156K to $224K. Counted from 742 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Hiring Right Now, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/javascript/
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