Python Developer salary: $200K median
The median advertised Python Developer salary is $200K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $181K to $200K: counted from 89 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $96 an hour or $16,667 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $215K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll Python developer jobs
$200Kmedian advertised salary
$181K – $200Kmiddle half of roles
$188Kaverage advertised salary
89roles counted
Python Developer salary by level
Lead roles advertise a median of $215K, 13% more than senior roles ($190K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $190K | $188K–$200K | 17 |
| Lead and above | $215K | $185K–$225K | 17 |
| No level in the title | $200K | $178K–$200K | 55 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Code Metal | $225K | 3 |
| Veeva | $225K | 4 |
| Captivation Software | $200K | 42 |
| Northbeam | $188K | 12 |
| Nearform | $175K | 4 |
| iCapital | $120K | 3 |
Highest-paying open Python Developer roles
All Python developer jobs- Principal Software Engineer - PythonVeeva · 🇺🇸Massachusetts - Boston$150K - $300KRemoteLead and abovePythonFastAPI
- Principal Software Engineer - PythonVeeva · 🇺🇸North Carolina - Raleigh$150K - $300KRemoteLead and abovePythonFastAPI
- Principal Python Engineer (Modeling & Simulation)Code Metal · 🇺🇸San Francisco Hub$250K - $290KHybridLead and abovePythonDockerGCP
- Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning Engineer 1 - C++/Marian/Java/AWS/PyTorch/PythonCaptivation Software · 🇺🇸Annapolis Junction, MD$130K - $270KPythonJavaScriptJava
- DevOps Engineer - AWS/Ansible/Linux/PythonCaptivation Software · 🇺🇸San Antonio, TX$130K - $270KPythonJavaPostgreSQL
- Senior Software Engineer (Python), Intelligence SystemsAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Reston, Virginia, United States$191K - $253KSeniorPythonPlaywrightSelenium
- Senior Software Test Engineer (Python), Intelligence SystemsAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Reston, Virginia, United States$191K - $253KSeniorPythonPlaywrightSelenium
- Python OSS EngineerLangChain · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$150K - $250KPythonMachine LearningWorkday
- Staff Python Engineer (Modeling & Simulation)Code Metal · 🇺🇸San Francisco Hub$200K - $250KHybridLead and abovePythonDockerGCP
- Founding Engineer (Python / FastAPI / Next.js) — (US Based)Sierra Studio · 🇺🇸United States$160K - $250KRemotePythonTypeScriptReact
- Backend Python Engineer - Polygraph RequiredBTI360 Website · 🇺🇸Chantilly, VA$114K - $248KPythonTerraformDjango
- Staff Software Engineer, Data Systems (Python)Northbeam · 🇨🇦Remote - Canada$190K - $240KRemoteLead and abovePythonSQLDocker
- Staff Software Engineer, Data Systems (Python)Northbeam · 🇺🇸Remote - USA$190K - $240KRemoteLead and abovePythonSQLDocker
- Software Engineer II - Offboard Python ApplicationLatitude AI · 🇺🇸Pittsburgh, PA, Palo Alto, CA, Detroit, MI, Remote$154K - $232KRemotePythonC++GCP
- Software Engineer - PythonApplied · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale$125K - $222KPythonRobotics
- Staff Backend Software Engineer - Agent Platform (Go/Python)SentinelOne · 🇺🇸United States - Remote$156K - $215KRemoteLead and aboveGoPythonPostgreSQL
- Staff Backend Software Engineer - Agent Platform (Python/Go)SentinelOne · 🇺🇸United States - Remote$156K - $215KRemoteLead and aboveGoPythonPostgreSQL
- Forward Deployed Engineer, PythonSocket · 🇺🇸United States$125K - $200KRemotePythonFigmaCI/CD
- Tech Lead - PythonNearform · 🇺🇸United States$170K - $200KLead and aboveGoPythonTypeScript
- Tech Lead - React & PythonNearform · 🇺🇸United States$170K - $200KLead and abovePythonReactTerraform
Questions about Python Developer pay
- What is the average Python Developer salary?
- $188K a year on average and $200K at the median, across 89 open Python Developer 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 $181K to $200K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest Python Developer pay?
- Veeva ($225K), Code Metal ($225K), Captivation Software ($200K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is a python developer a high-paying job?
- The median Python Developer posting advertises $200K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 15% above the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as a python developer?
- A tenth of the postings offer $215K a year or more; the highest open Python Developer role advertises up to $300K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the Python Developer salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $200K a year is about $96 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $16,667 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $87 to $96 an hour.
- 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 Python Developer roles at companies is $200K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $181K to $200K. Counted from 89 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/python-developer/
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