NoSQL salary: $200K median
The median advertised NoSQL salary is $200K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $168K to $225K: counted from 263 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $96 an hour or $16,667 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $256K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll NoSQL jobs
$200Kmedian advertised salary
$168K – $225Kmiddle half of roles
$202Kaverage advertised salary
263roles counted
NoSQL salary by level
Lead roles advertise a median of $230K, 7% more than senior roles ($215K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $215K | $182K–$222K | 104 |
| Lead and above | $230K | $210K–$249K | 59 |
| No level in the title | $172K | $145K–$200K | 99 |
NoSQL salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $222K | 64 |
| 🇺🇸California | $217K | 84 |
| 🇺🇸New York, NY | $212K | 38 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $200K | 257 |
| 🇺🇸Seattle, WA | $200K | 15 |
Skills that pay more for NoSQL roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Control systems | $221K | +$21K | 37 |
| C++ | $221K | +$21K | 54 |
| Go | $215K | +$15K | 76 |
| Machine Learning | $214K | +$14K | 63 |
| Data modeling | $208K | +$8K | 26 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Mercor | $350K | 3 |
| Harvey | $278K | 5 |
| Roblox | $269K | 6 |
| Databricks | $258K | 3 |
| Maven Clinic | $242K | 3 |
| Neo4j | $232K | 6 |
| Coinbase | $220K | 4 |
| Brex | $216K | 5 |
| Glean | $202K | 4 |
| Captivation Software | $200K | 7 |
| Lyft | $198K | 3 |
| Metropolis | $198K | 5 |
| Anduril Industries | $194K | 52 |
| Applied | $194K | 3 |
| Very Good Security | $192K | 3 |
| Avalore, LLC | $192K | 3 |
| Braze | $180K | 11 |
| OneTrust | $175K | 7 |
| MongoDB | $158K | 3 |
| ZoomInfo | $144K | 4 |
| Dark Wolf Solutions | $140K | 3 |
| Bill | $133K | 3 |
Highest-paying open NoSQL roles
All NoSQL jobs- Research Engineer - Environments, Data and Post-TrainingMercor · 🇺🇸San Francisco$180K - $500KSQLMachine LearningLLM
- Research Engineer – BenchmarkingMercor · 🇺🇸San Francisco$200K - $500KSQLLLMLLM evaluation
- Senior/Staff Software Engineer, Artists & CreatorsSuno · 🇺🇸Boston$228K - $363KLead and aboveReactSQLRuby
- Senior Engineering Manager, Backend PlatformHarvey · 🇺🇸San Francisco$272K - $355KHybridSeniorPythonFastAPIFlask
- Senior Engineering Manager, Backend PlatformHarvey · 🇺🇸New York$272K - $355KHybridSeniorPythonFastAPIFlask
- Sr Architect - Emerging TechnologiesTwilio · 🇺🇸Remote - US$284K - $355KRemoteSeniorGoPythonJavaScript
- Principal Software EngineerRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$295K - $345KLead and aboveGoMachine LearningDynamoDB
- Senior Staff Software EngineerEarnIn · 🇺🇸Mountain View, US$279K - $341KLead and aboveGoPythonTypeScript
- Senior Staff Software Engineer - Identity & TrustEarnIn · 🇺🇸Remote, US$239K - $341KRemoteLead and aboveGoPythonTypeScript
- Sr. Software Engineer, Data Engineering (X)xAI · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$180K - $330KSeniorRustGoPython
- Staff Cloud Infrastructure EngineerOKX · 🇺🇸San Jose, California, United States$215K - $322KLead and aboveGoPythonSQL
- Senior Backend Engineer, Video Platform IntegrationPatreon · 🇺🇸San Francisco$212K - $318KSeniorGoPythonJava
- Software Engineer: Financial DataRogo · 🇺🇸New York City$250K - $315KRustPythonJava
- Staff Software Engineer, User TargetingBraze · 🇺🇸San Francisco$184K - $314KLead and aboveTypeScriptReactSQL
- Staff Software Engineer, User TargetingBraze · 🇺🇸New York City$184K - $314KLead and aboveTypeScriptReactSQL
- Senior Staff Software Engineer, Marketing TechnologyAirbnb · 🇺🇸Remote, USA$248K - $310KRemoteLead and aboveJavaKotlinGraphQL
- Staff Backend Engineer, Agentic AIAirwallex · 🇺🇸US - San Francisco$182K - $310KHybridLead and abovePythonSQLGCP
- Senior Data EngineerWaymo · 🇺🇸Mountain View, California, USA$251K - $310KSeniorPythonJavaC++
- Principal AI Solutions ArchitectNeo4j · 🇺🇸Remote: United States$220K - $310KRemoteLead and abovePythonJavaScriptJava
- Staff Software Engineer, Developer EcosystemReddit · 🇺🇸Remote - United States$217K - $304KRemoteLead and aboveGoTypeScriptReact
Questions about NoSQL pay
- What is the average NoSQL salary?
- $202K a year on average and $200K at the median, across 263 open NoSQL 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 $168K to $225K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest NoSQL pay?
- Mercor ($350K), Harvey ($278K), Roblox ($269K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is a nosql a high-paying job?
- The median NoSQL posting advertises $200K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 15% above the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as a nosql?
- A tenth of the postings offer $256K a year or more; the highest open NoSQL role advertises up to $500K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the NoSQL salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $200K a year is about $96 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $16,667 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $81 to $108 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for NoSQL roles?
- Postings that ask for Control systems (+$21K, 37 postings), C++ (+$21K, 54 postings), Go (+$15K, 76 postings) advertise more than the $200K median of all NoSQL 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 NoSQL roles at companies is $200K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $168K to $225K. Counted from 263 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/nosql/
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