Scala salary: $214K median
From 282 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
$214Kmedian advertised salary
$188K – $218Kmiddle half of roles
$207Kaverage advertised salary
282roles counted
Scala salary by level
Lead roles advertise a median of $238K, 10% more than senior roles ($216K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $216K | $196K–$216K | 137 |
| Lead and above | $238K | $226K–$271K | 48 |
| No level in title | $170K | $142K–$214K | 97 |
Scala salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸New York | $216K | 23 |
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $216K | 88 |
| 🇺🇸Texas | $216K | 15 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $214K | 276 |
| 🇺🇸California | $198K | 131 |
| 🇺🇸Seattle | $196K | 38 |
| 🇺🇸Los Angeles | $170K | 36 |
Top-paying companies
Highest-paying open Scala roles
All Scala jobs- Data Engineering Manager, Growth & RevenueOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$459K - $536KPythonSQLScala
- Principal Engineer, Big Data PlatformPinterest · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA, US; Remote, US$243K - $500KRemoteLeadGoPythonJava
- Principal Software Engineer, Creator AnalyticsRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$345K - $399KLeadGoPythonJava
- Software Engineer, Context EngineSierra · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$230K - $390KGoPythonTypeScript
- Staff Software Engineer, Data InfrastructurePatreon · Remote$232K - $386KRemoteLeadPythonJavaSQL
- Data EngineerOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$235K - $385KPythonJavaScala
- Chief ArchitectLegion · 🇺🇸Remote, United States$300K - $385KRemoteLeadGoPythonJava
- Staff Software Engineer, Batch Processing PlatformPinterest · 🇺🇸Seattle, WA, US; Remote, US$177K - $365KRemoteLeadPythonJavaSQL
- Principal Software Engineer, Metrics PlatformRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$295K - $345KLeadGoPythonJava
- Staff Data Infrastructure EngineerFaire · 🇺🇸New York City, NY; San Francisco, CA$246K - $339KLeadPythonJavaKotlin
- Sr. Software Engineer, Ads ProductxAI · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$180K - $330KSeniorRustGoPython
- Sr. Software Engineer, Data Engineering (X)xAI · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$180K - $330KSeniorRustGoPython
- GTM Applications EngineerCursor · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$240K - $325KGoPythonTypeScript
- Staff Engineer, Machine Learning & Data InfrastructureOKX · 🇺🇸San Jose, California, United States$215K - $322KLeadGoPythonJava
- Sr. Staff Software Engineer, Agentic ApplicationsDatabricks · 🇺🇸Mountain View, California$234K - $322KLeadGoPythonTypeScript
- Senior Staff Data Engineer, Foundational DataAirbnb · 🇺🇸United States$248K - $310KLeadPythonSQLScala
- Senior Staff Software Engineer, TrustAirbnb · 🇺🇸Remote - US$248K - $310KRemoteLeadJavaKotlinScala
- Staff SoC Design EngineerWaymo · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA, USA$251K - $310KLeadPythonC++Scala
- Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Vision AIToast · 🇺🇸Remote, US$151K - $309KRemoteLeadGoPythonJava
- Senior Data ScientistZoox · 🇺🇸Boston, MA$225K - $307KSeniorPythonSQLScala
Questions about Scala pay
- What is the average Scala salary?
- $207K a year on average and $214K at the median, across 282 open Scala 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 $188K to $218K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest Scala pay?
- OpenAI ($366K), Pinterest ($271K), Roblox ($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 Scala roles at tech companies is $214K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $188K to $218K. Counted from 282 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Hiring Right Now, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/scala/
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