OpenShift salary: $185K median
The median advertised OpenShift salary is $185K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $148K to $200K: counted from 41 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $89 an hour or $15,417 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $222K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll OpenShift jobs
$185Kmedian advertised salary
$148K – $200Kmiddle half of roles
$182Kaverage advertised salary
41roles counted
Skills that pay more for OpenShift roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux administration | $196K | +$10K | 11 |
| Sensor fusion | $194K | +$10K | 9 |
| Security clearance | $194K | +$10K | 14 |
| Rust | $194K | +$10K | 9 |
| Java | $194K | +$10K | 12 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Pure Storage | $195K | 10 |
| Anduril Industries | $194K | 9 |
| Illumio | $185K | 3 |
| Datadog | $118K | 6 |
Highest-paying open OpenShift roles
All OpenShift jobs- Principal Software EngineerAstronomer · 🇺🇸New York City$277K - $390KHybridLead and aboveGoPythonTypeScript
- Cloud Native Architect, Portworx - North CentralPure Storage · 🇺🇸Chicago, Illinois; Cincinnati, Ohio; Columbus, Ohio; Detr…$126K - $338KDockerTerraformGCP
- Forward Deployed Engineering, PortworxPure Storage · 🇺🇸Bellevue, Washington; Chicago, Illinois; New York, New Yo…$230K - $282KLinuxCI/CDKubernetes
- Systems Engineer 2 - DevOpsCaptivation Software · 🇺🇸Annapolis Junction, MD$130K - $270KLinuxKubernetesSecurity clearance
- Systems Engineer 3 (Watch Desk) - Jira/Confluence/Rancher/Redis/NiFi/Docker/Kubernetes/AWS/Nagios/PrometheusCaptivation Software · 🇺🇸San Antonio, TX$130K - $270KDockerRedisLinux
- Senior Ground Software Engineer, SpaceAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Costa Mesa, California, United States$191K - $254KSeniorRustGoPython
- Senior Ground Software Engineer, SpaceAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Chantilly, Virginia, United States$191K - $254KSeniorRustGoPython
- Staff Engineer - Container SecurityIllumio · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale, California - HQ$196K - $235KLead and aboveGoPythonJava
- DevOps Engineer - InfrastructureKodiak · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA$180K - $220KTerraformLinuxKubernetes
- Forward Deployed Engineer - InfrastructureThought Machine · 🇺🇸United States, New York, New York City$140K - $220KHybridGoPythonJava
- Sr. IT Systems Engineer, DevOpsSpaceX · 🇺🇸Hawthorne, CA$155K - $215KSeniorGoPythonDocker
- Forward Deployed Engineer - DevOps/SREHarness · 🇺🇸U.S. (Remote)$180K - $202KRemoteGoPythonC++
- Compute & Storage Engineering LeadMizuho · 🇺🇸NYC (1285)$150K - $200KLead and aboveTerraformAzureAnsible
- Sr. Software Engineer - Container SecurityIllumio · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale, California - HQ$172K - $198KSeniorGoPythonJava
- Infrastructure Platform Engineer (Containerization and Automation focus)Mizuho · 🇺🇸NYC (1285)$111K - $185KTerraformAzureLinux
- DevSecOps Engineer (DoD)RapidFort, Inc. · Remote$120K - $175KRemoteTerraformAzureCI/CD
- Senior Test EngineerDark Wolf Solutions · Dark Wolf Hubs$155K - $170KSeniorPythonDockerLinux
- Technical Account Manager 3 - DenverDatadog · 🇺🇸Denver, Colorado, USA$124K - $165KGoPythonJavaScript
- Technical Account Manager 3 - EastDatadog · 🇺🇸Boston, Massachusetts, USA; New York, New York, USA$124K - $165KGoPythonJavaScript
- Support Engineer, U.S. Government Support (SHIFT)GitLab · 🇺🇸Remote, United States$95K - $161KRemoteRubyLLMLinux
Questions about OpenShift pay
- What is the average OpenShift salary?
- $182K a year on average and $185K at the median, across 41 open OpenShift 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 $148K to $200K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest OpenShift pay?
- Pure Storage ($195K), Anduril Industries ($194K), Illumio ($185K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is an openshift a high-paying job?
- The median OpenShift posting advertises $185K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 6% above the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as an openshift?
- A tenth of the postings offer $222K a year or more; the highest open OpenShift role advertises up to $390K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the OpenShift salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $185K a year is about $89 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $15,417 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $71 to $96 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for OpenShift roles?
- Postings that ask for Linux administration (+$10K, 11 postings), Sensor fusion (+$10K, 9 postings), Security clearance (+$10K, 14 postings) advertise more than the $185K median of all OpenShift 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 OpenShift roles at companies is $185K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $148K to $200K. Counted from 41 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/openshift/
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