Post a job
Home / Salaries / Kotlin

Kotlin salary: $220K median

From 237 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.

$220Kmedian advertised salary
$192K – $260Kmiddle half of roles
$225Kaverage advertised salary
237roles counted

Kotlin salary by level

Lead roles advertise a median of $260K, 24% more than senior roles ($210K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.

LevelMedian salaryMiddle halfRoles
Senior$210K$190K–$225K94
Lead and above$260K$230K–$274K83
No level in title$195K$165K–$260K60

Kotlin salary by location

NameMedian salaryRoles counted
🇺🇸California$238K87
🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area$238K79
🇺🇸United States$221K231
🇺🇸New York$215K26
🇺🇸Seattle$206K18

Top-paying companies

NameMedian salaryRoles counted
Perplexity$312K4
OpenAI$308K5
Zoox$266K4
Faire$262K6
Waymo$259K4
Block$256K12
Hims & Hers$255K7
Reddit$244K6
Airbnb$238K7
Toast$230K20
Omada Health$228K3
Affirm$225K29
Okta$220K6
Coinbase$220K10
Brex$216K10
Airbyte$216K3
Duolingo$215K3
Nextdoor$208K3
Airwallex$205K15
Flexport$196K4
Deepgram$193K3
Braze$186K4

Highest-paying open Kotlin roles

All Kotlin jobs

Questions about Kotlin pay

What is the average Kotlin salary?
$225K a year on average and $220K at the median, across 237 open Kotlin 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 $192K to $260K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
Which companies advertise the highest Kotlin pay?
Perplexity ($312K), OpenAI ($308K), Zoox ($266K), 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.

Writing about this? A sentence you can quote

The median advertised salary for Kotlin roles at tech companies is $220K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $192K to $260K. Counted from 237 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Hiring Right Now, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/kotlin/

Free to use with the link.

Cite or link to this page

Free to quote with a link back. Pick a format:

<a href="https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/kotlin/">Kotlin salaries in tech — Hiring Right Now</a>
[Kotlin salaries in tech — Hiring Right Now](https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/kotlin/)
Source: Hiring Right Now, “Kotlin salaries in tech”, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/kotlin/