Pulumi salary: $230K median
The median advertised Pulumi salary is $230K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $200K to $258K: counted from 101 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $111 an hour or $19,167 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $275K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll Pulumi jobs
$230Kmedian advertised salary
$200K – $258Kmiddle half of roles
$229Kaverage advertised salary
101roles counted
Pulumi salary by level
Lead roles advertise a median of $258K, 16% more than senior roles ($222K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $222K | $190K–$240K | 47 |
| Lead and above | $258K | $228K–$275K | 26 |
| No level in the title | $205K | $198K–$245K | 28 |
Pulumi salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $245K | 36 |
| 🇺🇸California | $240K | 43 |
| 🇺🇸New York, NY | $224K | 16 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $223K | 83 |
Skills that pay more for Pulumi roles
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Harvey | $264K | 12 |
| Cloudflare | $262K | 11 |
| Nectar Social | $250K | 3 |
| Loancrate | $235K | 3 |
| Docker | $223K | 3 |
| Anduril Industries | $222K | 5 |
| Tailscale | $175K | 3 |
| Meridianlink | $170K | 3 |
Highest-paying open Pulumi roles
All Pulumi jobs- Staff+ Software Engineer, Data InfrastructureAnthropic · 🇺🇸Remote-Friendly (Travel-Required) | San Francisco, CA | S…$405K - $485KRemoteLead and aboveGoPythonJava
- Staff+ Software Engineer, Platform PortabilityAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA$405K - $485KLead and aboveRustGoPython
- Senior Infrastructure/Platform EngineerSlash Financial · 🇺🇸San Francisco Office$250K - $350KSeniorTypeScriptSQLPostgreSQL
- Software Engineer, SecuritySlash Financial · 🇺🇸San Francisco Office$250K - $350KTypeScriptTerraformKafka
- Staff Software Engineer, Developer ExperienceHarvey · 🇺🇸San Francisco$231K - $340KHybridLead and abovePythonDockerTerraform
- Staff Software Engineer, Production EngineeringHarvey · 🇺🇸New York$231K - $340KHybridLead and aboveTerraformGCPAzure
- Senior Customer Engineer, Enterprise - San FranciscoCloudflare · Hybrid$214K - $336KHybridSeniorGoPythonJavaScript
- Senior Customer Engineer, Strategic - San FranciscoCloudflare · Hybrid$214K - $336KHybridSeniorGoPythonJavaScript
- Cloud Platform EngineerBaseten · 🇺🇸San Francisco$165K - $330KHybridTerraformMachine LearningLLM
- Engineering Manager, Cloud PlatformBaseten · 🇺🇸San Francisco$165K - $330KHybridTerraformMachine LearningCI/CD
- Staff Software Engineer - Reliability (US Citizen OR Green Card Only)Rubrik · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$218K - $328KLead and aboveGoPythonJava
- Cloud Security LeadReplit · 🇺🇸Foster City, CA$250K - $325KHybridLead and abovePythonTerraformGCP
- Principal Software Engineer, Developer Tools (US West Coast)Docker · 🇺🇸United States$198K - $319KRemoteLead and aboveRustPythonJava
- Senior Solutions Engineer, EnterpriseTailscale · 🇺🇸Remote (United States)$250K - $300KRemoteSeniorGoPythonTerraform
- Senior/Staff Software Engineer, Developer ExperienceCohere · 🇬🇧London$185K - $300KHybridLead and abovePythonTypeScriptDocker
- AI Research EngineerCogent Security · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$100K - $300KHybridTerraformAIDatabricks
- AI Research ScientistCogent Security · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$100K - $300KHybridTerraformAIDatabricks
- Member of Technical StaffNectar Social · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$200K - $300KHybridPostgreSQLMachine LearningAWS
- Member of Technical Staff, InfrastructureNectar Social · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$200K - $300KHybridPostgreSQLCI/CDAWS
- Software Engineer, Cloud InfrastructureDatologyai · San Mateo HQ$180K - $300KHybridPythonTerraformGCP
Questions about Pulumi pay
- What is the average Pulumi salary?
- $229K a year on average and $230K at the median, across 101 open Pulumi 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 $200K to $258K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest Pulumi pay?
- Harvey ($264K), Cloudflare ($262K), Nectar Social ($250K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is a pulumi a high-paying job?
- The median Pulumi posting advertises $230K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 32% above the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as a pulumi?
- A tenth of the postings offer $275K a year or more; the highest open Pulumi role advertises up to $485K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the Pulumi salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $230K a year is about $111 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $19,167 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $96 to $124 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for Pulumi roles?
- Postings that ask for TCP/IP (+$32K, 13 postings), SOC 2 (+$32K, 22 postings), SD-WAN (+$32K, 11 postings) advertise more than the $230K median of all Pulumi 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 Pulumi roles at companies is $230K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $200K to $258K. Counted from 101 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/pulumi/
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