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SCADA salary: $168K median

The median advertised SCADA salary is $168K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $132K to $202K: counted from 157 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $81 an hour or $14,042 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $255K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.

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$168Kmedian advertised salary
$132K – $202Kmiddle half of roles
$180Kaverage advertised salary
157roles counted

SCADA salary by level

Lead roles advertise a median of $202K, 18% more than senior roles ($172K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.

LevelMedian salaryMiddle halfRoles
Senior$172K$160K–$188K38
Lead and above$202K$175K–$255K36
No level in the title$147K$115K–$185K80

SCADA salary by location

NameMedian salaryRoles counted
🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area$190K26
🇺🇸California$182K91
🇺🇸United States$168K155
🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA$155K17

Skills that pay more for SCADA roles

SkillMedian with itAbove the medianPostings
CI/CD$222K+$54K18
ERP$192K+$24K20
Sensor fusion$172K+$3K31
Security clearance$172K+$3K30
Computer Vision$172K+$3K33

Top-paying companies

NameMedian salaryRoles counted
Wayve$376K3
Anthropic$362K6
Zoox$202K3
Intrinsic$188K3
Valar Atomics$185K14
CoreWeave$184K3
Skydio$184K3
Applied$178K8
Anduril Industries$172K30
Motional$170K4
Crusoe$159K10
K2 Space$158K3
General Matter$150K6
SpaceX$118K11
ALTEN Technology USA$115K5
ARCO/Murray National Construction$112K4
Gotion$110K10
Invenergy$88K3

Highest-paying open SCADA roles

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Questions about SCADA pay

What is the average SCADA salary?
$180K a year on average and $168K at the median, across 157 open SCADA 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 $132K to $202K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
Which companies advertise the highest SCADA pay?
Wayve ($376K), Anthropic ($362K), Zoox ($202K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
Is a scada a high-paying job?
The median SCADA posting advertises $168K a year, less than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 3% below the middle of the market.
How much can you earn as a scada?
A tenth of the postings offer $255K a year or more; the highest open SCADA role advertises up to $1,500K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
What is the SCADA salary per hour and per month?
The median of $168K a year is about $81 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $14,042 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $64 to $97 an hour.
Which skills pay more for SCADA roles?
Postings that ask for CI/CD (+$54K, 18 postings), ERP (+$24K, 20 postings), Sensor fusion (+$3K, 31 postings) advertise more than the $168K median of all SCADA 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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