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Pub/Sub salary: $209K median

The median advertised Pub/Sub salary is $209K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $176K to $242K: counted from 76 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $101 an hour or $17,438 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $309K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.

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$209Kmedian advertised salary
$176K – $242Kmiddle half of roles
$216Kaverage advertised salary
76roles counted

Pub/Sub salary by level

Lead roles advertise a median of $242K, 22% more than senior roles ($198K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.

LevelMedian salaryMiddle halfRoles
Senior$198K$169K–$220K29
Lead and above$242K$220K–$275K22
No level in the title$188K$154K–$274K24

Pub/Sub salary by location

NameMedian salaryRoles counted
🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area$223K31
🇺🇸California$223K36
🇺🇸New York, NY$209K17
🇺🇸United States$203K72

Skills that pay more for Pub/Sub roles

SkillMedian with itAbove the medianPostings
Security clearance$324K+$114K7
Grafana$314K+$105K8
Infrastructure as code$271K+$62K10
Terraform$234K+$25K13
Docker$222K+$13K18

Top-paying companies

NameMedian salaryRoles counted
Anthropic$362K3
Twenty$324K4
Invisible Technologies$255K3
Nuro$242K5
Crusoe$238K3
Partiful$188K3
Penn Interactive$169K7

Highest-paying open Pub/Sub roles

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Questions about Pub/Sub pay

What is the average Pub/Sub salary?
$216K a year on average and $209K at the median, across 76 open Pub/Sub 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 $176K to $242K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
Which companies advertise the highest Pub/Sub pay?
Anthropic ($362K), Twenty ($324K), Invisible Technologies ($255K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
Is a pub/sub a high-paying job?
The median Pub/Sub posting advertises $209K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 20% above the middle of the market.
How much can you earn as a pub/sub?
A tenth of the postings offer $309K a year or more; the highest open Pub/Sub role advertises up to $455K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
What is the Pub/Sub salary per hour and per month?
The median of $209K a year is about $101 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $17,438 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $85 to $117 an hour.
Which skills pay more for Pub/Sub roles?
Postings that ask for Security clearance (+$114K, 7 postings), Grafana (+$105K, 8 postings), Infrastructure as code (+$62K, 10 postings) advertise more than the $209K median of all Pub/Sub 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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