PHP salary: $166K median
From 40 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
$166Kmedian advertised salary
$138K – $205Kmiddle half of roles
$172Kaverage advertised salary
40roles counted
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| TextNow, Inc. | $205K | 3 |
| Datadog | $118K | 7 |
Highest-paying open PHP roles
All PHP jobs- Senior Manager, Software Engineering (Integrations Platform)GoFundMe · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$243K - $364KSeniorTypeScriptNode.jsPHP
- Software Developer - BackendTextNow, Inc. · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$124K - $299KGoPHPCI/CD
- vIOP PsychiatristTalkspace · Remote$250K - $290KRemotePHP
- Developer & Agent Experience EngineerWorkOS · 🇨🇦🇺🇸United States & Canada$175K - $275KRemoteGoPythonTypeScript
- Software Developer, CarrierTextNow, Inc. · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$136K - $274KGoPHPCI/CD
- Senior Full Stack Engineer, People ProductsThumbtack · 🇺🇸Remote, United States$211K - $273KRemoteSeniorGoPythonTypeScript
- Senior Full Stack Engineer - ClickStackClickHouse · 🇺🇸United States$195K - $260KRemoteSeniorRustPythonTypeScript
- Solutions Engineer, OktaOkta · 🇺🇸Bellevue, Washington; Los Angeles, California; Oregon; Sa…$168K - $252KPythonJavaScriptNode.js
- Full Stack EngineerExpensify · 🇺🇸US Based - Remote$150K - $250KRemoteJavaScriptReactJava
- Founding Solutions EngineerScalar · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA, United States$125K - $250KGoPythonTypeScript
- Senior Software Engineer, Identity & Security Foundation (ISF)Box · 🇺🇸Redwood City, CA$198K - $248KSeniorJavaPHPDocker
- Senior Technical Consultant, OktaOkta · 🇺🇸Washington, DC$157K - $235KSeniorJavaScriptReactJava
- Senior Solutions Engineer, EnterpriseSentry · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California$190K - $230KSeniorPythonJavaScriptReact
- Staff Software Engineer, FullstackThrive Market · 🇺🇸Playa Vista, CA or Remote$160K - $225KRemoteLeadReactPHPKafka
- Lead Security EngineerBuffer · Remote$171K - $223KRemoteLeadPythonTypeScriptNode.js
- Staff Solutions Architect, New Logo (US)Temporal · 🇺🇸United States (Remote)$168K - $220KRemoteLeadGoPythonTypeScript
- Senior DevOps EngineerSword Health · 🇺🇸Remote - US$140K - $220KRemoteSeniorGoJavaScriptPHP
- Senior Services ArchitectDatadog · 🇺🇸Boston, Massachusetts, USA; New York, New York, USA$154K - $205KSeniorGoPythonNode.js
- Software Quality ManagerWikimedia · Remote$129K - $203KRemoteGoPythonPHP
- Enterprise Support EngineerPlanetScale · Remote - NA, APAC, EMEA$120K - $200KRemoteGoPythonPHP
Questions about PHP pay
- What is the average PHP salary?
- $172K a year on average and $166K at the median, across 40 open PHP 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 $138K to $205K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest PHP pay?
- TextNow, Inc. ($205K), Datadog ($118K), 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 PHP roles at tech companies is $166K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $138K to $205K. Counted from 40 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Hiring Right Now, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/php/
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