Rails salary: $210K median
From 216 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
$210Kmedian advertised salary
$169K – $243Kmiddle half of roles
$213Kaverage advertised salary
216roles counted
Rails salary by level
Lead roles advertise a median of $242K, 21% more than senior roles ($200K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $200K | $178K–$215K | 69 |
| Lead and above | $242K | $212K–$270K | 72 |
| No level in title | $158K | $137K–$237K | 72 |
Rails salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸New York | $222K | 67 |
| 🇺🇸Chicago | $212K | 15 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $210K | 203 |
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $210K | 81 |
| 🇺🇸California | $209K | 86 |
| 🇺🇸Seattle | $178K | 17 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Anthropic | $445K | 3 |
| Apollo.io | $276K | 3 |
| Mercury | $269K | 5 |
| Mesh | $265K | 3 |
| Block | $256K | 5 |
| Ramp | $251K | 4 |
| Braze | $242K | 33 |
| CoreWeave | $241K | 3 |
| Flexport | $229K | 3 |
| Betterment | $215K | 3 |
| Justworks | $215K | 9 |
| Coinbase | $213K | 11 |
| Huntress | $210K | 7 |
| Modern Treasury | $210K | 3 |
| Cloudflare | $207K | 3 |
| Omada Health | $202K | 3 |
| Perplexity | $195K | 3 |
| Gusto | $188K | 14 |
| Crypto.com | $180K | 9 |
| Chime | $158K | 11 |
| GitLab | $154K | 6 |
| SpaceX | $118K | 8 |
| Brex | $107K | 7 |
Highest-paying open Rails roles
All Rails jobs- Head of Forward Deployed EngineeringMesh · 🇺🇸New York, NY$600K - $900KLeadRails
- VP, Product ManagementLaunchDarkly · 🇺🇸Remote - US$424K - $583KRemoteLeadRails
- Staff+ Software Engineer, BackendAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY$405K - $485KLeadLLMRails
- Staff+ Software Engineer, Full-stackAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA$405K - $485KLeadTypeScriptReactLLM
- Head of BrandRamp · 🇺🇸New York, NY (HQ)$309K - $424KLeadRails
- Staff Software Engineer (Hybrid, San Francisco)Apollo.io · 🇺🇸Hybrid, San Francisco$315K - $415KLeadPythonReactRuby
- Experienced Engineering Manager, PaymentsPlaid · 🇺🇸New York City Office$264K - $400KRails
- Sales Director, PaymentsFireblocks · 🇺🇸New York$280K - $390KLeadRails
- Sales Director, PaymentsFireblocks · 🇺🇸New York$280K - $390KLeadRails
- Director of Product, Financial IncentivesGarner Health · 🇺🇸New York City, New York$323K - $379KLeadRails
- Software Engineer - Application PlatformFigma · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States$235K - $376KRubyTerraformKubernetes
- Senior Director, Product Management (Financial Platforms)Affirm · 🇺🇸Remote US$340K - $375KRemoteLeadRails
- Senior/Staff Software Engineer, Artists & CreatorsSuno · 🇺🇸Boston$228K - $363KLeadReactSQLRuby
- Head of Product - Business BankingMercury · 🇺🇸🇨🇦San Francisco, CA, New York, NY, Portland, OR, or Remote…$290K - $362KRemoteLeadRails
- Head of Product - Personal BankingMercury · 🇺🇸🇨🇦San Francisco, CA, New York, NY, Portland, OR, or Remote…$290K - $362KRemoteLeadRails
- Senior Software Engineer (Hybrid, San Francisco)Apollo.io · 🇺🇸Hybrid, San Francisco$195K - $358KSeniorPythonReactRuby
- Strategic Account Executive, Named AccountsTranscend · 🇺🇸Remote (United States)$150K - $350KRemoteGoLLMSnowflake
- Sr Manager, Infrastructure SalesCoinbase · 🇺🇸Remote - USA$294K - $346KRemoteSeniorRails
- Operating Systems Engineer | Consumer DevicesOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$230K - $342KRustC++Linux
- Account Executive - PaymentsPlaid · 🇺🇸San Francisco HQ$310K - $330KRails
Questions about Rails pay
- What is the average Rails salary?
- $213K a year on average and $210K at the median, across 216 open Rails 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 $169K to $243K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest Rails pay?
- Anthropic ($445K), Apollo.io ($276K), Mercury ($269K), 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 Rails roles at tech companies is $210K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $169K to $243K. Counted from 216 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Hiring Right Now, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/rails/
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