Kanban salary: $146K median
The median advertised Kanban salary is $146K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $126K to $168K: counted from 40 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $70 an hour or $12,167 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $194K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll Kanban jobs
$146Kmedian advertised salary
$126K – $168Kmiddle half of roles
$147Kaverage advertised salary
40roles counted
Skills that pay more for Kanban roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Change management | $178K | +$32K | 6 |
| Go | $162K | +$16K | 5 |
| Kubernetes | $162K | +$16K | 8 |
| Confluence | $155K | +$9K | 6 |
| Jira | $153K | +$7K | 18 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| CoreWeave | $172K | 3 |
| Nava PBC | $146K | 3 |
| Anduril Industries | $142K | 5 |
| JFrog | $140K | 3 |
Highest-paying open Kanban roles
All Kanban jobs- Senior Manager, Software EngineeringEngine · 🇺🇸Remote - US$225K - $265KRemoteSeniorReactNode.jsRuby
- Staff Engineer, IndustrialShield AI · 🇺🇸Seattle, WA, US$176K - $264KLead and aboveSix Sigma certificationVisioKanban
- Staff Backend Engineer, HierarchyClickUp · 🇺🇸United States$200K - $250KRemoteLead and aboveTypeScriptReactNode.js
- Systems Engineering Lead, ThunderAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Costa Mesa, California, United States$167K - $222KLead and aboveJiraAgileComputer Vision
- Manager, Software EngineeringRunPod · 🇺🇸Remote - USA$110K - $220KRemoteGoPythonTypeScript
- Senior Technical Program ManagerCoreWeave · 🇺🇸Dallas, TX / Livingston, NJ / New York, NY / Sunnyvale, C…$157K - $210KSeniorJiraAgileData quality
- Product Manager, FinanceCoreWeave · 🇺🇸Livingston, NJ / New York, NY / Sunnyvale, CA / San Franc…$139K - $204KTableauJiraAgile
- Senior Business Systems Engineer – Product & Engineering PlatformsSocure · 🇺🇸Remote - USA$175K - $200KRemoteSeniorPythonJavaScriptJira
- Technical Program Manager, SoftwareSwarmaero · Remote$175K - $200KRemoteJiraAgileSecurity clearance
- Senior Database Reliability EngineerPenn Interactive · 🇺🇸Remote, United States$150K - $190KRemoteSeniorGoPythonPostgreSQL
- Senior Producer - Unannounced ProjectScopely · 🇺🇸US - United States$124K - $187KSeniorGoJiraKanban
- Lead, Operations SoftwareRocket Lab · 🇺🇸Long Beach, CA$142K - $180KLead and aboveGoTypeScriptC++
- Senior Program ManagerNava PBC · Remote$158K - $177KRemoteSeniorJiraAgileSecurity clearance
- Senior Web Program ManagerSamsara · 🇺🇸Remote - US$116K - $175KRemoteSeniorTableauJiraAgile
- Technical Program Manager, PayloadsTrue Anomaly · 🇺🇸Denver, CO$120K - $175KJiraAgilePower BI
- Industrial EngineerAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Quonset, Rhode Island, United States$132K - $175KSQLComputer VisionSecurity clearance
- Technical Project ManagerOctaura · 🇺🇸New York$130K - $170KJiraAgileScrum
- Technical Product Manager IIIFreenome · Remote$118K - $167KRemoteJiraAgilePRDs
- Agile DeveloperLTS · 🇺🇸United States - Remote$122K - $167KRemotePythonJavaScriptReact
- Salesforce Project Manager - PMP - Public Sector/Govt CloudFormativGroup · 🇺🇸Remote/United States - Full-Time$125K - $165KRemoteSalesforceCI/CDAgile
Questions about Kanban pay
- What is the average Kanban salary?
- $147K a year on average and $146K at the median, across 40 open Kanban 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 $126K to $168K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest Kanban pay?
- CoreWeave ($172K), Nava PBC ($146K), Anduril Industries ($142K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is a kanban a high-paying job?
- The median Kanban posting advertises $146K a year, less than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 16% below the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as a kanban?
- A tenth of the postings offer $194K a year or more; the highest open Kanban role advertises up to $265K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the Kanban salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $146K a year is about $70 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $12,167 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $60 to $81 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for Kanban roles?
- Postings that ask for Change management (+$32K, 6 postings), Go (+$16K, 5 postings), Kubernetes (+$16K, 8 postings) advertise more than the $146K median of all Kanban 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 Kanban roles at companies is $146K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $126K to $168K. Counted from 40 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/kanban/
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