Load balancing salary: $218K median
The median advertised Load balancing salary is $218K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $175K to $263K: counted from 182 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $105 an hour or $18,208 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $312K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll Load balancing jobs
$218Kmedian advertised salary
$175K – $263Kmiddle half of roles
$228Kaverage advertised salary
182roles counted
Load balancing salary by level
Lead roles advertise a median of $250K, 20% more than senior roles ($209K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $209K | $178K–$230K | 61 |
| Lead and above | $250K | $223K–$285K | 57 |
| No level in the title | $195K | $151K–$263K | 64 |
Load balancing salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $245K | 80 |
| 🇺🇸California | $240K | 94 |
| 🇺🇸Seattle, WA | $230K | 25 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $218K | 170 |
| 🇺🇸New York, NY | $215K | 32 |
Skills that pay more for Load balancing roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| LLM | $266K | +$48K | 34 |
| C++ | $265K | +$47K | 32 |
| Machine Learning | $260K | +$42K | 25 |
| Istio | $260K | +$42K | 21 |
| Rust | $245K | +$26K | 41 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Anthropic | $402K | 7 |
| Lambda | $330K | 4 |
| Inworld AI | $315K | 3 |
| OpenAI | $308K | 5 |
| Roblox | $270K | 4 |
| Baseten | $248K | 3 |
| Together AI | $245K | 3 |
| Crusoe | $238K | 3 |
| Cloudflare | $230K | 5 |
| Toast | $230K | 3 |
| SpaceX | $228K | 10 |
| Docker | $223K | 3 |
| CoreWeave | $212K | 4 |
| Box | $210K | 5 |
| Okta | $203K | 4 |
| Coinbase | $202K | 3 |
| Very Good Security | $196K | 4 |
| xAI | $177K | 4 |
| Databricks | $170K | 3 |
| Temporal | $169K | 4 |
| Anduril Industries | $166K | 3 |
Highest-paying open Load balancing roles
All Load balancing jobs- Performance EngineerAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA$280K - $850KMachine LearningLLMLoad balancing
- Performance Engineer, Inference SystemsAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA$350K - $850KPythonSQLLLM
- Software Engineer, Habitat (Online Data)OpenAI · 🇺🇸Seattle$266K - $445KRustPythonLoad balancing
- Software Engineer, Traffic InfrastructureOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$266K - $445KRustGoPython
- Staff Product Manager - Storage & NetworkingLambda · Bellevue Office$291K - $430KHybridLead and aboveMachine LearningDistributed trainingLoad balancing
- Staff / Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Inference - USAInworld AI · 🇺🇸Mountain View, California, USA$270K - $430KHybridLead and aboveRustPythonC++
- Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure)Perplexity · 🇺🇸San Francisco$220K - $405KRustGoPython
- Member of Technical Staff (Site Reliability Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure)Perplexity · 🇺🇸San Francisco$220K - $405KRustGoPython
- Senior Software Engineer, Cloud InfrastructureDecagon · 🇺🇸San Francisco$200K - $400KSeniorTerraformGCPAzure
- Head of Platform & Infrastructure EngineeringAshby · 🇺🇸Remote - US$340K - $400KRemoteLead and aboveC++LLMCI/CD
- Member of Technical Staff, InfrastructureMirendil · 🇺🇸San Francisco$300K - $400KKubernetesLoad balancing
- Senior Software Engineer - Storage Control PlaneLambda · 🇺🇸San Francisco Office (Fremont St)$266K - $395KHybridSeniorGoPythonC++
- Deployed Infrastructure EngineerSierra · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$230K - $390KGoTerraformLLM
- Principal Network Security EngineerRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$326K - $385KLead and aboveGoC++Load balancing
- Principal Software Engineer, Tech LeadToast · 🇺🇸Remote, US$180K - $368KRemoteLead and aboveReactJavaKotlin
- Staff Software Engineer, EdgePinterest · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA, US; Remote, US$177K - $365KRemoteLead and aboveGoPythonC++
- Software Engineer - Inference PerformanceBaseten · 🇺🇸San Francisco$180K - $360KHybridGoPythonC++
- Principal Database EngineerKraken · 🇺🇸United States$161K - $359KRemoteLead and aboveRustGoPython
- Principal Database EngineerKraken · 🇬🇧United Kingdom$161K - $359KRemoteLead and aboveRustGoPython
- Sr. Software Engineer, Training/Inference (C++)xAI · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$220K - $357KSeniorRustC++LLM
Questions about Load balancing pay
- What is the average Load balancing salary?
- $228K a year on average and $218K at the median, across 182 open Load balancing 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 $175K to $263K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest Load balancing pay?
- Anthropic ($402K), Lambda ($330K), Inworld AI ($315K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is a load balancing a high-paying job?
- The median Load balancing posting advertises $218K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 26% above the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as a load balancing?
- A tenth of the postings offer $312K a year or more; the highest open Load balancing role advertises up to $850K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the Load balancing salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $218K a year is about $105 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $18,208 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $84 to $126 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for Load balancing roles?
- Postings that ask for LLM (+$48K, 34 postings), C++ (+$47K, 32 postings), Machine Learning (+$42K, 25 postings) advertise more than the $218K median of all Load balancing 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 Load balancing roles at companies is $218K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $175K to $263K. Counted from 182 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/load-balancing/
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