Perl salary: $186K median
From 57 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
$186Kmedian advertised salary
$142K – $216Kmiddle half of roles
$189Kaverage advertised salary
57roles counted
Perl salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $210K | 25 |
| 🇺🇸California | $199K | 40 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $186K | 55 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| NormalComputing | $300K | 3 |
| Cerebras | $248K | 3 |
| Celero Communications, Inc. | $200K | 3 |
| Lightmatter | $193K | 5 |
| Twitch | $186K | 3 |
| SpaceX | $164K | 20 |
| GRVTY | $162K | 3 |
| Accenture Federal Services | $156K | 3 |
| SambaNova | $148K | 4 |
Highest-paying open Perl roles
All Perl jobs- Design Verification Engineer, HardwareRiver AI Inc. · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA; Austin, TX$200K - $420KPythonCI/CDBash
- Hardware Engineer, PCBNormalComputing · 🇺🇸New York$200K - $400KPythonLLMPerl
- Hardware Engineer, Analog DesignNormalComputing · 🇺🇸Mountain View$200K - $400KPythonPerl
- Principal DFT Engineer (Silicon Engineering)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$220K - $355KLeadPythonVerilogPerl
- Principal DFT Engineer (Silicon Engineering)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Irvine, CA$210K - $340KLeadPythonVerilogPerl
- Senior Staff Design Verification EngineerCerebras · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale, CA$250K - $300KLeadPython.NETVerilog
- Senior Validation & SI Correlation EngineerSambaNova · 🇺🇸San Jose, California, United States$210K - $280KSeniorPythonPerlPandas
- ASIC ArchitectDelos Data · 🇺🇸Palo Alto$160K - $280KPythonC++Verilog
- Staff Design Verification EngineerCerebras · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale, CA$225K - $270KLeadPython.NETVerilog
- Sr. Staff Physical Design Timing Engineer (STA)Lightmatter · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA$220K - $270KLeadPythonPerl
- Solutions Engineer, Okta (Enterprise West)Okta · 🇺🇸Bellevue, Washington; San Francisco, California$160K - $269KPythonJavaScriptNode.js
- Sr. Staff Physical Design Timing Engineer (STA)Lightmatter · 🇺🇸Boston, MA$217K - $267KLeadPythonPerl
- CNO Reverse EngineerAccenture Federal Services · 🇺🇸Fort Meade, MD$130K - $265KPythonJavaC++
- Principal Physical Design EngineerCelero Communications, Inc. · 🇺🇸San Jose, CA$150K - $250KLeadPythonPerl
- Principal Physical Design EngineerCelero Communications, Inc. · 🇺🇸Irvine, CA$150K - $250KLeadPythonPerl
- Systems AdministratorGRVTY · 🇺🇸Reston, Virginia, United States$150K - $250KPythonLinuxBash
- Physical Design EngineerDelos Data · 🇺🇸Palo Alto$180K - $240KRemotePythonPerl
- Sr. Customer Success Engineer - Central / East - United StatesFOSSA · Remote - Central/East$200K - $230KRemoteSeniorPythonCI/CDKubernetes
- Security Incident Response EngineerTwitch · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$159K - $213KGoPythonRuby
- Security Incident Response EngineerTwitch · 🇺🇸Irvine, CA$159K - $213KGoPythonRuby
Questions about Perl pay
- What is the average Perl salary?
- $189K a year on average and $186K at the median, across 57 open Perl 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 $142K to $216K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest Perl pay?
- NormalComputing ($300K), Cerebras ($248K), Celero Communications, Inc. ($200K), 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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The median advertised salary for Perl roles at tech companies is $186K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $142K to $216K. Counted from 57 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Hiring Right Now, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/perl/
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