REST APIs salary: $180K median
The median advertised REST APIs salary is $180K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $150K to $210K: counted from 572 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $87 an hour or $15,000 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $240K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll REST APIs jobs
$180Kmedian advertised salary
$150K – $210Kmiddle half of roles
$182Kaverage advertised salary
572roles counted
REST APIs salary by level
Lead roles advertise a median of $216K, 16% more than senior roles ($185K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $185K | $160K–$205K | 212 |
| Lead and above | $216K | $176K–$236K | 89 |
| No level in the title | $162K | $135K–$200K | 269 |
REST APIs salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $200K | 147 |
| 🇺🇸California | $194K | 208 |
| 🇺🇸New York, NY | $186K | 80 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $180K | 509 |
| 🇺🇸Seattle, WA | $170K | 23 |
| 🇺🇸Boston, MA | $155K | 16 |
| 🇺🇸Denver, CO | $154K | 17 |
| 🇺🇸Chicago, IL | $152K | 21 |
| 🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA | $145K | 19 |
| 🇺🇸Texas | $140K | 18 |
Skills that pay more for REST APIs roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| GraphQL | $206K | +$26K | 83 |
| Infrastructure as code | $200K | +$20K | 60 |
| Go | $196K | +$16K | 111 |
| Microservices | $194K | +$14K | 101 |
| Test automation | $193K | +$13K | 62 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Oscilar | $377K | 4 |
| Figma | $306K | 3 |
| Roblox | $300K | 4 |
| OpenAI | $253K | 4 |
| Openrouter | $240K | 3 |
| Kong | $235K | 5 |
| Cloudflare | $234K | 21 |
| Netskope | $232K | 7 |
| ClickHouse | $228K | 3 |
| Zip | $222K | 3 |
| Zoox | $218K | 7 |
| Vanta | $212K | 3 |
| Adyen | $212K | 4 |
| Jiffy | $208K | 4 |
| Ripple | $207K | 4 |
| Muon Space | $206K | 3 |
| Datavant | $205K | 3 |
| Databricks | $204K | 5 |
| LangChain | $202K | 3 |
| Captivation Software | $200K | 10 |
| Read Ai | $200K | 3 |
| Gusto | $195K | 3 |
| Anduril Industries | $194K | 25 |
| Very Good Security | $192K | 5 |
| Okta | $192K | 4 |
Highest-paying open REST APIs roles
All REST APIs jobs- Sr./Staff JavaScript Developer - Web SDK (Brazil/Canada/UK/Poland/India)Oscilar · 🇧🇷Brazil - Remote$394K - $574KRemoteLead and aboveTypeScriptJavaScriptCI/CD
- Sr./Staff Backend Engineer - JavaOscilar · 🇧🇷Brazil - Remote$394K - $574KRemoteLead and aboveJavaDockerKafka
- Full Stack Engineer, Fleet SchedulingOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$230K - $490KGoPythonReact
- Principal Software Engineer, Creator AnalyticsRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$345K - $399KLead and aboveGoPythonJava
- Manager, Software Engineering - External PlatformFigma · 🇺🇸New York, NY • United States$258K - $376KLLMREST APIs
- Software Engineer - Application PlatformFigma · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States$235K - $376KRubyTerraformKubernetes
- Staff Software Engineer, Web Product EnablementPinterest · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA, US; Remote, CA, US$177K - $365KRemoteLead and abovePythonTypeScriptJavaScript
- Senior Solution EngineerLambda · 🇺🇸San Francisco Office (Second St)$226K - $355KHybridSeniorGoPythonC++
- Support Engineer EuropeSardine · Europe$240K - $350KRemoteSQLEnglishREST APIs
- Principal Machine Learning Platform Engineer, Foundation AIRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$295K - $345KLead and aboveMachine LearningCI/CDAI
- Senior Staff Software EngineerEarnIn · 🇺🇸Mountain View, US$279K - $341KLead and aboveGoPythonTypeScript
- Senior Staff Software Engineer - Identity & TrustEarnIn · 🇺🇸Remote, US$239K - $341KRemoteLead and aboveGoPythonTypeScript
- Senior Customer Engineer, Enterprise - San FranciscoCloudflare · Hybrid$214K - $336KHybridSeniorGoPythonJavaScript
- Senior Customer Engineer, Strategic - San FranciscoCloudflare · Hybrid$214K - $336KHybridSeniorGoPythonJavaScript
- Enterprise ArchitectZip · 🇺🇸Remote - US$233K - $336KRemoteSAPNetSuiteWorkday
- Lead Corporate Security EngineerSuno · 🇺🇸San Francisco$276K - $330KLead and abovePythonTypeScriptREST APIs
- Senior Software Engineer — Employee Experience Engineering (EXE)Block · 🇺🇸Bay Area, CA, United States of America$185K - $327KSeniorReactRubyPostgreSQL
- Principal Engineer, AI PlatformEpic Games · BLANK,BLANK,Multiple Locations$223K - $327KLead and aboveKubernetesAIUnreal Engine
- AV Engineer, Platform & AutomationAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY$285K - $325KGoPythonTypeScript
- VP of EngineeringDuet · 🇺🇸New York City$250K - $325KHybridLead and abovePythonJavaScriptREST APIs
Questions about REST APIs pay
- What is the average REST APIs salary?
- $182K a year on average and $180K at the median, across 572 open REST APIs 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 $150K to $210K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest REST APIs pay?
- Oscilar ($377K), Figma ($306K), Roblox ($300K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is a rest apis a high-paying job?
- The median REST APIs posting advertises $180K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 3% above the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as a rest apis?
- A tenth of the postings offer $240K a year or more; the highest open REST APIs role advertises up to $574K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the REST APIs salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $180K a year is about $87 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $15,000 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $72 to $101 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for REST APIs roles?
- Postings that ask for GraphQL (+$26K, 83 postings), Infrastructure as code (+$20K, 60 postings), Go (+$16K, 111 postings) advertise more than the $180K median of all REST APIs 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 REST APIs roles at companies is $180K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $150K to $210K. Counted from 572 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/rest-apis/
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