Juniper salary: $201K median
The median advertised Juniper salary is $201K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $142K to $232K: counted from 58 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $97 an hour or $16,771 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $255K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll Juniper jobs
$201Kmedian advertised salary
$142K – $232Kmiddle half of roles
$186Kaverage advertised salary
58roles counted
Juniper salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $222K | 19 |
| 🇺🇸California | $206K | 31 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $200K | 53 |
Skills that pay more for Juniper roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prometheus | $238K | +$36K | 7 |
| Observability | $238K | +$36K | 5 |
| Grafana | $238K | +$36K | 7 |
| CI/CD | $235K | +$34K | 7 |
| Zero trust | $233K | +$32K | 6 |
Top-paying companies
Highest-paying open Juniper roles
All Juniper jobs- Networking Operating System Firmware EngineerOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$225K - $423KHybridRustGoPython
- Senior Software Development EngineerLambda · Bellevue Office$284K - $378KHybridSeniorTerraformMachine LearningLinux
- Senior Network EngineerLambda · 🇺🇸San Francisco Office (Fremont St)$250K - $370KHybridSeniorPythonTerraformGCP
- Principal Network Production Engineer, SparkCrusoe · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA - US$285K - $335KLead and abovePythonCI/CDAnsible
- Sr. Network EngineerxAI · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$180K - $330KSeniorPythonTerraformAnsible
- Network Operations Engineer, AI NetworkingOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$157K - $302KPythonTerraformGCP
- Solutions EngineerNetskope · 🇺🇸Texas, United States$185K - $293KPythonGCPAzure
- Sr. Sales EngineerNetskope · 🇺🇸California, United States$178K - $290KSeniorPythonGCPAzure
- Principal Network Engineer (Starlink Ground Network)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$200K - $285KLead and abovePythonLinuxBash
- Senior Engineering Manager, OperationsCrusoe · 🇺🇸Bellevue, WA - US$230K - $280KSeniorPythonPrometheusGrafana
- Sr. Network Security EngineerSpaceX · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$165K - $280KSeniorNetwork engineeringTCP/IPVPN
- Senior Network EngineerTogether AI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$190K - $280KSeniorPythonGCPAzure
- Systems Engineer 3 - Cisco/Juniper/Arista/Windows/Linux/Kubernetes/SecurityCaptivation Software · 🇺🇸Annapolis Junction, MD$130K - $270KLinuxKubernetesSecurity clearance
- Sr. Network Security EngineerxAI · 🇺🇸Austin, TX; New York, NY; Palo Alto, CA; Washington, DC$152K - $258KSeniorPythonTerraformGCP
- Senior Network EngineerCloudflare · Hybrid$168K - $231KHybridSeniorPythonTypeScriptLLM
- Senior Network EngineerLightning AI · Remote$180K - $225KRemoteSeniorPythonTerraformPyTorch
- Senior Network Engineer, Edge & Optical TransportLightning AI · Remote$180K - $225KRemoteSeniorPythonPyTorchAnsible
- Senior Network EngineerIEX Group · 🇺🇸Chicago$200K - $225KSeniorPythonGCPAzure
- DevOps Engineer - InfrastructureKodiak · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA$180K - $220KTerraformLinuxKubernetes
- Staff QA Software EngineerIonQ · 🇺🇸Santa Clara, California, United States$152K - $190KLead and abovePythonAzureCI/CD
Questions about Juniper pay
- What is the average Juniper salary?
- $186K a year on average and $201K at the median, across 58 open Juniper 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 $142K to $232K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest Juniper pay?
- Crusoe ($242K), Netskope ($233K), SpaceX ($215K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is a juniper a high-paying job?
- The median Juniper posting advertises $201K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 16% above the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as a juniper?
- A tenth of the postings offer $255K a year or more; the highest open Juniper role advertises up to $423K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the Juniper salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $201K a year is about $97 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $16,771 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $68 to $112 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for Juniper roles?
- Postings that ask for Prometheus (+$36K, 7 postings), Observability (+$36K, 5 postings), Grafana (+$36K, 7 postings) advertise more than the $201K median of all Juniper 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 Juniper roles at companies is $201K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $142K to $232K. Counted from 58 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/juniper/
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