OAuth salary: $200K median
The median advertised OAuth salary is $200K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $170K to $235K: counted from 334 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $96 an hour or $16,708 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $274K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll OAuth jobs
$200Kmedian advertised salary
$170K – $235Kmiddle half of roles
$206Kaverage advertised salary
334roles counted
OAuth salary by level
Lead roles advertise a median of $238K, 23% more than senior roles ($193K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $193K | $176K–$215K | 111 |
| Lead and above | $238K | $217K–$270K | 87 |
| No level in the title | $185K | $145K–$224K | 135 |
OAuth salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $224K | 116 |
| 🇺🇸California | $220K | 143 |
| 🇺🇸Seattle, WA | $212K | 34 |
| 🇺🇸Washington, DC | $210K | 16 |
| 🇺🇸New York, NY | $205K | 71 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $200K | 315 |
Skills that pay more for OAuth roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Threat modeling | $232K | +$31K | 41 |
| AI agents | $216K | +$16K | 71 |
| Machine Learning | $214K | +$14K | 37 |
| LLM | $214K | +$14K | 83 |
| Zero trust | $212K | +$12K | 43 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Anthropic | $362K | 9 |
| Discord | $279K | 3 |
| Brex | $270K | 4 |
| Zoox | $254K | 3 |
| Vercel | $245K | 5 |
| OpenAI | $238K | 7 |
| Kong | $235K | 5 |
| Docker | $223K | 3 |
| Harvey | $222K | 7 |
| Box | $216K | 6 |
| Okta | $214K | 17 |
| CoreWeave | $212K | 7 |
| Anduril Industries | $206K | 10 |
| Databricks | $205K | 6 |
| Coinbase | $202K | 5 |
| Flexport | $196K | 4 |
| True Anomaly | $196K | 4 |
| Vast | $194K | 3 |
| Elastic | $193K | 3 |
| Goteleport | $193K | 3 |
| Northbeam | $188K | 6 |
| MongoDB | $187K | 3 |
| Crusoe | $185K | 4 |
| Tailscale | $185K | 4 |
| OneTrust | $163K | 5 |
Highest-paying open OAuth roles
All OAuth jobs- Staff+ Software Engineer, Auth & IdentityAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY$405K - $485KLead and aboveRustGoPython
- Staff+ Software Engineer, Enterprise ConnectivityAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY$405K - $485KLead and aboveData governanceGoogle WorkspaceMicrosoft 365
- Field CTODruva · 🇺🇸Santa Clara, CA$346K - $485KGCPAzureAWS
- Software Engineer, Infrastructure SecurityOpenAI · 🇺🇸US - Remote$266K - $445KRemoteRustGoPython
- IT Software Architect, SaaS Enablement and GovernanceOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$266K - $445KHybridAI agentsData qualityIncident response
- Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Enterprise Trust & Governance)Perplexity · 🇺🇸San Francisco$220K - $405KRustGoPython
- Platform EngineerAntimetal · 🇺🇸HQ - NYC$200K - $400KTypeScriptLLMCI/CD
- Senior Security Engineer - Enterprise SecurityLambda · Bellevue Office$266K - $395KHybridSeniorGoPythonTerraform
- Software Engineer, InfrastructureSierra · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$230K - $390KDockerTerraformGCP
- Software Architect, AI Systems and PlatformOkta · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California$274K - $376KPythonTypeScriptReact
- Principal Security Engineer, Enterprise SecurityRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$321K - $366KLead and abovePythonAI agentsGoogle Workspace
- Staff Software Engineer, Enterprise PlatformReplit · 🇺🇸Foster City, CA$240K - $350KHybridLead and aboveGoPythonTypeScript
- Senior Manager, Solutions Engineering, Auth0Okta · 🇺🇸Bellevue, Washington; Chicago, Illinois; New York, New Yo…$252K - $347KSeniorGCPAzureMachine Learning
- Engineering Manager, Enterprise SecurityRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$294K - $343KRustGoPython
- Staff Security EngineerMixpanel · 🇺🇸San Francisco$274K - $342KLead and aboveTerraformGCPLLM
- Senior Backend Engineer - Application AccessGoteleport · 🇺🇸United States (Remote)$189K - $342KRemoteSeniorGoLinuxOAuth
- Senior Staff Software EngineerEarnIn · 🇺🇸Mountain View, US$279K - $341KLead and aboveGoPythonTypeScript
- Senior Staff Software Engineer - Identity & TrustEarnIn · 🇺🇸Remote, US$239K - $341KRemoteLead and aboveGoPythonTypeScript
- Staff Security Software Engineer, IAMHarvey · 🇺🇸San Francisco$231K - $340KHybridLead and aboveGCPAzureAI agents
- Staff Product Manager - Agent TrustPlaid · 🇺🇸New York City Office$208K - $340KHybridLead and aboveLinuxOAuthOKRs
Questions about OAuth pay
- What is the average OAuth salary?
- $206K a year on average and $200K at the median, across 334 open OAuth 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 $170K to $235K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest OAuth pay?
- Anthropic ($362K), Discord ($279K), Brex ($270K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is an oauth a high-paying job?
- The median OAuth 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 an oauth?
- A tenth of the postings offer $274K a year or more; the highest open OAuth role advertises up to $485K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the OAuth salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $200K a year is about $96 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $16,708 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $82 to $113 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for OAuth roles?
- Postings that ask for Threat modeling (+$31K, 41 postings), AI agents (+$16K, 71 postings), Machine Learning (+$14K, 37 postings) advertise more than the $200K median of all OAuth 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 OAuth roles at companies is $200K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $170K to $235K. Counted from 334 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/oauth/
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