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S3 salary: $198K median

The median advertised S3 salary is $198K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $165K to $230K: counted from 229 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $95 an hour or $16,458 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $290K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.

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$198Kmedian advertised salary
$165K – $230Kmiddle half of roles
$201Kaverage advertised salary
229roles counted

S3 salary by level

Lead roles advertise a median of $226K, 18% more than senior roles ($191K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.

LevelMedian salaryMiddle halfRoles
Senior$191K$170K–$206K92
Lead and above$226K$198K–$268K55
No level in the title$185K$135K–$225K82

S3 salary by location

NameMedian salaryRoles counted
🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area$225K64
🇺🇸New York, NY$212K32
🇺🇸California$207K76
🇺🇸Seattle, WA$204K18
🇺🇸United States$197K201

Skills that pay more for S3 roles

SkillMedian with itAbove the medianPostings
Storage systems$225K+$28K47
Go$205K+$8K49
Airflow$205K+$8K35
dbt$205K+$7K24
Databricks$204K+$7K25

Top-paying companies

NameMedian salaryRoles counted
OpenAI$351K3
Lambda$330K4
Figma$251K3
Headway$250K9
Qumulo$250K3
Pure Storage$248K3
Parachute Health$230K3
CoreWeave$218K6
Muon Space$206K3
Databricks$205K6
Metropolis$205K4
Braze$201K10
Captivation Software$200K8
Anduril Industries$194K4
Agility Robotics$193K3
Prompt$185K4
Temporal$182K4
PathAI$162K7
Wasabi$130K11
Judi Health$114K3

Highest-paying open S3 roles

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Questions about S3 pay

What is the average S3 salary?
$201K a year on average and $198K at the median, across 229 open S3 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 $165K to $230K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
Which companies advertise the highest S3 pay?
OpenAI ($351K), Lambda ($330K), Figma ($251K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
Is a s3 a high-paying job?
The median S3 posting advertises $198K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 14% above the middle of the market.
How much can you earn as a s3?
A tenth of the postings offer $290K a year or more; the highest open S3 role advertises up to $485K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
What is the S3 salary per hour and per month?
The median of $198K a year is about $95 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $16,458 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $79 to $111 an hour.
Which skills pay more for S3 roles?
Postings that ask for Storage systems (+$28K, 47 postings), Go (+$8K, 49 postings), Airflow (+$8K, 35 postings) advertise more than the $198K median of all S3 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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