Root cause analysis salary: $162K median
The median advertised Root cause analysis salary is $162K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $134K to $198K: counted from 1,358 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $78 an hour or $13,542 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $232K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll Root cause analysis jobs
$162Kmedian advertised salary
$134K – $198Kmiddle half of roles
$169Kaverage advertised salary
1,358roles counted
Root cause analysis salary by level
Lead roles advertise a median of $212K, 24% more than senior roles ($172K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $172K | $150K–$195K | 430 |
| Lead and above | $212K | $186K–$238K | 276 |
| No level in the title | $140K | $115K–$166K | 647 |
Root cause analysis salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $202K | 264 |
| 🇺🇸Boston, MA | $184K | 34 |
| 🇺🇸Seattle, WA | $182K | 59 |
| 🇺🇸New York, NY | $178K | 78 |
| 🇺🇸Washington, DC | $175K | 18 |
| 🇺🇸California | $172K | 734 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $165K | 1,291 |
| 🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA | $154K | 137 |
| 🇺🇸Denver, CO | $144K | 30 |
| 🇺🇸Dallas, TX | $143K | 23 |
| 🇺🇸Texas | $142K | 37 |
| 🇺🇸Chicago, IL | $132K | 22 |
Skills that pay more for Root cause analysis roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| AWS | $185K | +$22K | 143 |
| Incident response | $184K | +$21K | 155 |
| Hardware testing | $174K | +$11K | 148 |
| Firmware | $172K | +$10K | 170 |
| Python | $172K | +$9K | 447 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Anthropic | $362K | 6 |
| OpenAI | $286K | 16 |
| Twenty | $267K | 4 |
| Lambda | $261K | 6 |
| EarnIn | $254K | 3 |
| Nuro | $242K | 4 |
| $238K | 4 | |
| Zoox | $225K | 23 |
| Waymo | $219K | 21 |
| Pure Storage | $212K | 19 |
| Formation Bio | $209K | 3 |
| Immunome, Inc. | $208K | 3 |
| Cloudflare | $203K | 6 |
| Decagon | $202K | 3 |
| Figure | $200K | 5 |
| Reliable Robotics | $198K | 3 |
| Astera Labs | $198K | 22 |
| Okta | $198K | 3 |
| Metropolis | $198K | 3 |
| Heartflow | $198K | 7 |
| Mirum Pharmaceuticals | $198K | 3 |
| Affirm | $195K | 3 |
| Muon Space | $194K | 8 |
| Backblaze | $194K | 3 |
| Praxis Precision Medicines | $194K | 4 |
Highest-paying open Root cause analysis roles
All Root cause analysis jobs- Manager, Enterprise Sales - MedTechAnthropic · 🇺🇸Boston, MA; New York City, NY; San Francisco, CA$450K - $700KSolution sellingERPRegulatory compliance
- Staff+ Software Engineer, ObservabilityAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA$320K - $485KLead and aboveLLMBigQueryClickHouse
- Staff Software Engineer - Managed KubernetesLambda · 🇺🇸San Francisco Office (Fremont St)$314K - $465KHybridLead and abovePythonMachine LearningLinux
- Forward Deployed Site Reliability Engineer - TS/SCI (CI Poly)Twenty · 🇺🇸Fort Meade, MD$192K - $455KPythonDockerTerraform
- Forward Deployed Site Reliability Engineer - TS/SCI (Full Scope Poly)Twenty · 🇺🇸Chantilly, VA$192K - $455KPythonDockerTerraform
- ChatGPT Performance EngineerOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$347K - $445KGoPythonOpenAI API
- Design Verification EngineerOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$226K - $445KHybridVerilogHardware testingComputer architecture
- Head of PharmacovigilancePraxis Precision Medicines · 🇺🇸United States - Remote$378K - $420KRemoteLead and abovePRDsSuccessFactorsRegulatory compliance
- VP, Head of Forward Deployed EngineeringSnorkel AI · 🇺🇸New York City, NY (Hybrid); San Francisco, CA (Hybrid)$269K - $403KHybridLead and aboveLLMLLM evaluationWorkforce planning
- Helix AI Engineer, Training PerformanceFigure · 🇺🇸San Jose, CA$200K - $400KPythonC++PyTorch
- Member of Technical Staff, Production Site Reliability EngineerInferact · 🇺🇸San Francisco$200K - $400KGoPythonDocker
- Head of Aircraft Quality (R6146)Shield AI · 🇺🇸Seattle, WA, US$266K - $398KLead and aboveTest planningAuditSoldering
- Senior Electrical Delivery EngineerLambda · 🇺🇸Remote, USA$252K - $395KRemoteSeniorMachine LearningPE licenseHigh-performance computing
- Software Engineer, Cloud InfrastructureSierra · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$230K - $390KGoTerraformGCP
- Software Engineer, InfrastructureSierra · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$230K - $390KDockerTerraformGCP
- Manager, Engineering (Data Platform)Garner Health · 🇺🇸New York City, New York$310K - $385KPythonTerraformKafka
- Manager, Software Engineering - AI ObservabilityFigma · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States$258K - $376KMachine LearningLLMAI
- Head of Customer EngineeringAnyscale · 🇺🇸San Francisco$315K - $375KLead and aboveGCPAzureMachine Learning
- Director Of Product, Onboarding, Hardware & Supply ChainToast · 🇺🇸Remote, United States$180K - $368KRemoteLead and aboveNetSuiteData warehousingOKRs
- Head of Drone HardwareApplied · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale$270K - $355KLead and aboveHardware testingPCB designRoot cause analysis
Questions about Root cause analysis pay
- What is the average Root cause analysis salary?
- $169K a year on average and $162K at the median, across 1,358 open Root cause analysis 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 $134K to $198K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest Root cause analysis pay?
- Anthropic ($362K), OpenAI ($286K), Twenty ($267K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is a root cause analysis a high-paying job?
- The median Root cause analysis posting advertises $162K a year, less than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 7% below the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as a root cause analysis?
- A tenth of the postings offer $232K a year or more; the highest open Root cause analysis role advertises up to $700K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the Root cause analysis salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $162K a year is about $78 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $13,542 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $64 to $95 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for Root cause analysis roles?
- Postings that ask for AWS (+$22K, 143 postings), Incident response (+$21K, 155 postings), Hardware testing (+$11K, 148 postings) advertise more than the $162K median of all Root cause analysis postings with pay.
- What does an entry-level root cause analysis make?
- 5 junior and intern Root cause analysis postings state pay, with a median of $102K a year ($49 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 Root cause analysis roles at companies is $162K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $134K to $198K. Counted from 1,358 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/root-cause-analysis/
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