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OpenTelemetry salary: $212K median

From 115 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.

$212Kmedian advertised salary
$184K – $248Kmiddle half of roles
$215Kaverage advertised salary
115roles counted

OpenTelemetry salary by level

Lead roles advertise a median of $245K, 16% more than senior roles ($211K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.

LevelMedian salaryMiddle halfRoles
Senior$211K$185K–$222K49
Lead and above$245K$218K–$262K29
No level in title$200K$158K–$234K37

OpenTelemetry salary by location

NameMedian salaryRoles counted
🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area$226K45
🇺🇸California$226K51
🇺🇸New York$214K20
🇺🇸United States$212K104
🇺🇸Seattle$212K17

Top-paying companies

NameMedian salaryRoles counted
Reddit$260K4
Baseten$248K4
Docker$223K5
True Anomaly$222K3
CoreWeave$212K9
Mercury$209K3
Honeycomb$194K5
Elastic$193K4
Garner Health$186K3
Very Good Security$185K3
Grafana Labs$184K5

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Questions about OpenTelemetry pay

What is the average OpenTelemetry salary?
$215K a year on average and $212K at the median, across 115 open OpenTelemetry postings at tech 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 $184K to $248K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
Which companies advertise the highest OpenTelemetry pay?
Reddit ($260K), Baseten ($248K), Docker ($223K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
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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