macOS salary: $175K median
The median advertised macOS salary is $175K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $130K to $206K: counted from 224 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $84 an hour or $14,562 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $245K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll macOS jobs
$175Kmedian advertised salary
$130K – $206Kmiddle half of roles
$175Kaverage advertised salary
224roles counted
macOS salary by level
Lead roles advertise a median of $226K, 24% more than senior roles ($182K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $182K | $155K–$200K | 74 |
| Lead and above | $226K | $180K–$249K | 27 |
| No level in the title | $148K | $110K–$200K | 123 |
macOS salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $200K | 75 |
| 🇺🇸California | $196K | 101 |
| 🇺🇸Seattle, WA | $178K | 24 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $178K | 198 |
| 🇺🇸New York, NY | $176K | 32 |
| 🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA | $156K | 18 |
Skills that pay more for macOS roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zero trust | $200K | +$25K | 37 |
| Vulnerability management | $200K | +$25K | 22 |
| Terraform | $200K | +$25K | 29 |
| Infrastructure as code | $200K | +$25K | 41 |
| CI/CD | $200K | +$25K | 32 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Anthropic | $308K | 6 |
| Roblox | $249K | 9 |
| Netskope | $232K | 7 |
| Perplexity | $230K | 5 |
| Harvey | $228K | 4 |
| MongoDB | $204K | 3 |
| Okta | $204K | 4 |
| Apex Technology | $200K | 3 |
| Tailscale | $194K | 3 |
| Samsara | $182K | 5 |
| Lovelytics | $180K | 3 |
| Read Ai | $165K | 4 |
| CoreWeave | $156K | 3 |
| SpaceX | $142K | 15 |
| Fingerprint | $139K | 9 |
| Plaid | $130K | 3 |
| True Anomaly | $120K | 3 |
| Coretelligent | $85K | 3 |
Highest-paying open macOS roles
All macOS jobs- Engineering Manager, Client Platform EngineeringOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$401K - $445KHybridTerraformLinuxCI/CD
- Client Platform EngineerOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$347K - $445KHybridGoPythonDocker
- Security Engineer, Corporate SecurityAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA | New York City, NY | Was…$320K - $405KPythonLLMLinux
- Member of Technical Staff (Offensive Security Engineer)Perplexity · 🇺🇸San Francisco$220K - $405KHybridGoPythonGCP
- Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Design System)Perplexity · 🇺🇸San Francisco$220K - $405KHybridTypeScriptReactFigma
- Staff Security Software Engineer, Detection & ResponsePinterest · 🇺🇸Seattle, WA, US; Remote, US$177K - $365KRemoteLead and aboveGoPythonRuby
- IT Systems Engineer, Client Platform Engineer, ChromeOSAnthropic · 🇺🇸Boston, MA; Remote-Friendly (Travel-Required) | San Franc…$325K - $360KRemotePythonTerraformLLM
- Engineering Manager, App PerformanceRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$295K - $345KmacOS
- Principal Software Engineer, Creator Game OperationsRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$295K - $345KLead and aboveGoJavaC#
- Staff Corporate Security EngineerHarvey · 🇺🇸San Francisco$220K - $330KHybridLead and aboveGoPythonTerraform
- Staff Corporate Security EngineerHarvey · 🇺🇸New York$220K - $330KHybridLead and aboveGoPythonTerraform
- Lead Corporate Security EngineerSuno · 🇺🇸San Francisco$276K - $330KLead and abovePythonTypeScriptREST APIs
- Senior Manager, Endpoint ProtectionsElastic · 🇺🇸United States$160K - $304KSeniorMachine LearningLinuxElasticsearch
- Senior Solutions Engineer, EnterpriseTailscale · 🇺🇸Remote (United States)$250K - $300KRemoteSeniorGoPythonTerraform
- Security Engineer, Detection and ResponseFigure · 🇺🇸San Jose, CA$150K - $300KRustGoPython
- Member of Technical Staff, Local Inference & KernelsSonder · 🇺🇸New York City$250K - $300KC++CUDAmacOS
- Solutions EngineerNetskope · 🇺🇸Texas, United States$185K - $293KPythonGCPAzure
- Manager, Engineering (Business Technology)Garner Health · 🇺🇸New York City, New York$239K - $292KmacOSOktaCrowdStrike
- Sr. Sales EngineerNetskope · 🇺🇸California, United States$178K - $290KSeniorPythonGCPAzure
- Staff / Principal Software EngineerCloudZero · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$220K - $290KHybridLead and abovePythonSQLSnowflake
Questions about macOS pay
- What is the average macOS salary?
- $175K a year on average and $175K at the median, across 224 open macOS 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 $130K to $206K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest macOS pay?
- Anthropic ($308K), Roblox ($249K), Netskope ($232K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is a macos a high-paying job?
- The median macOS posting advertises $175K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 0% above the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as a macos?
- A tenth of the postings offer $245K a year or more; the highest open macOS role advertises up to $445K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the macOS salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $175K a year is about $84 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $14,562 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $62 to $99 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for macOS roles?
- Postings that ask for Zero trust (+$25K, 37 postings), Vulnerability management (+$25K, 22 postings), Terraform (+$25K, 29 postings) advertise more than the $175K median of all macOS 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 macOS roles at companies is $175K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $130K to $206K. Counted from 224 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/macos/
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