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LMS salary: $125K median

The median advertised LMS salary is $125K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $84K to $155K: counted from 107 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $60 an hour or $10,417 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $195K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.

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$125Kmedian advertised salary
$84K – $155Kmiddle half of roles
$130Kaverage advertised salary
107roles counted

LMS salary by level

Lead roles advertise a median of $188K, 32% more than senior roles ($142K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.

LevelMedian salaryMiddle halfRoles
Senior$142K$136K–$160K15
Lead and above$188K$148K–$254K20
No level in the title$112K$84K–$140K71

LMS salary by location

NameMedian salaryRoles counted
🇺🇸New York, NY$145K19
🇺🇸California$138K26
🇺🇸United States$126K99

Skills that pay more for LMS roles

SkillMedian with itAbove the medianPostings
Change management$145K+$20K12
Project management$140K+$14K28
Instructional design$126K+$0K47
Articulate 360$126K+$0K19

Top-paying companies

NameMedian salaryRoles counted
SpaceX$145K4
Engine$138K4
Datadog$136K3
Anduril Industries$130K8
Nerdwallet$114K3
Braze$110K5
Austin Community College District$84K13

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Questions about LMS pay

What is the average LMS salary?
$130K a year on average and $125K at the median, across 107 open LMS 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 $84K to $155K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
Which companies advertise the highest LMS pay?
SpaceX ($145K), Engine ($138K), Datadog ($136K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
Is a lms a high-paying job?
The median LMS posting advertises $125K a year, less than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 28% below the middle of the market.
How much can you earn as a lms?
A tenth of the postings offer $195K a year or more; the highest open LMS role advertises up to $324K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
What is the LMS salary per hour and per month?
The median of $125K a year is about $60 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $10,417 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $40 to $75 an hour.
Which skills pay more for LMS roles?
Postings that ask for Change management (+$20K, 12 postings), Project management (+$14K, 28 postings), Instructional design (+$0K, 47 postings) advertise more than the $125K median of all LMS 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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