Scrum salary: $158K median
The median advertised Scrum salary is $158K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $128K to $191K: counted from 218 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $76 an hour or $13,167 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $228K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll Scrum jobs
$158Kmedian advertised salary
$128K – $191Kmiddle half of roles
$162Kaverage advertised salary
218roles counted
Scrum salary by level
Lead roles advertise a median of $206K, 31% more than senior roles ($158K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $158K | $138K–$182K | 68 |
| Lead and above | $206K | $175K–$230K | 45 |
| No level in the title | $140K | $115K–$177K | 103 |
Scrum salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $198K | 30 |
| 🇺🇸California | $197K | 56 |
| 🇺🇸Seattle, WA | $184K | 15 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $158K | 207 |
| 🇺🇸New York, NY | $158K | 39 |
| 🇺🇸Washington, DC | $157K | 18 |
| 🇺🇸Denver, CO | $128K | 19 |
Skills that pay more for Scrum roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Security clearance | $177K | +$19K | 38 |
| GCP | $175K | +$17K | 21 |
| Jira | $160K | +$2K | 74 |
| Confluence | $160K | +$2K | 31 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Brex | $270K | 3 |
| Shield AI | $230K | 3 |
| Waymo | $224K | 3 |
| Okta | $200K | 7 |
| Captivation Software | $200K | 4 |
| Anduril Industries | $197K | 12 |
| Fanatics Betting & Gaming | $190K | 8 |
| Dark Wolf Solutions | $182K | 5 |
| CoreWeave | $172K | 3 |
| Penn Interactive | $169K | 4 |
| Epirus | $166K | 4 |
| Rocket Lab | $161K | 3 |
| Nava PBC | $146K | 5 |
| True Anomaly | $142K | 3 |
| FormativGroup | $142K | 6 |
| ZoomInfo | $142K | 4 |
| JFrog | $140K | 3 |
| Kin | $138K | 3 |
| Kapitus | $125K | 5 |
| Judi Health | $118K | 12 |
| iCapital | $110K | 9 |
| Re:Build Manufacturing | $101K | 7 |
| Strive Health | $95K | 3 |
Highest-paying open Scrum roles
All Scrum jobs- Director Product Manager - Okta Identity Threat Detection and Response ProductsOkta · 🇺🇸🇨🇦Bellevue, Washington; Chicago, Illinois; New York, New Yo…$226K - $349KLead and aboveMachine LearningAgileIAM
- Director, Finance Systems - Revenue Systems EngineeringAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA$270K - $315KLead and aboveGoPythonTypeScript
- Staff Product Manager - Okta Identity GovernanceOkta · 🇺🇸Bellevue, Washington; Chicago, Illinois; New York, New Yo…$196K - $301KLead and aboveMachine LearningAgileActive Directory
- Engineering Manager, SalesforceBrex · 🇺🇸Seattle, Washington, United States$240K - $300KJavaScriptSalesforceCI/CD
- Engineering Manager, SalesforceBrex · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California, United States$240K - $300KJavaScriptSalesforceCI/CD
- Senior Staff Technical Program Manager - Mission Autonomy (6542)Shield AI · 🇺🇸Arlington, VA, US$199K - $299KLead and aboveAgileSecurity clearancePMP
- Staff Guidance Navigation and Control (GNC) Engineer, Air Dominance & Strike - MissilesAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Costa Mesa, California, United States$191K - $292KLead and aboveC++JiraAgile
- Staff Guidance, Navigation & Control (GNC) Engineer, Air Dominance & StrikeAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Costa Mesa, California, United States$191K - $292KLead and aboveRustC++Jira
- Principal Technical Program ManagerRipple · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA, United States$240K - $290KLead and aboveJiraAgileGoogle Sheets
- Sr. Engineering Manager - Full StackIllumio · 🇺🇸HQ - Sunnyvale (Office)$238K - $285KSeniorGoPythonJava
- Principal Technical Program ManagerRipple · 🇺🇸New York, NY, United States$228K - $280KLead and aboveJiraAgileGoogle Sheets
- Head of Technical ServicesWaymo · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA, USA$226K - $278KLead and abovePythonJavaGCP
- Technical Program Manager, Maritime (R6148)Shield AI · 🇺🇸Arlington, VA, US$184K - $276KAgileSecurity clearancePMP
- Software Engineer 2 - Linux/Bash/Python/CI/CD/Git/DockerCaptivation Software · 🇺🇸Annapolis Junction, MD$130K - $270KPythonDockerLinux
- Software Engineer 2 - Linux/Bash/Python/HashiCorp/Docker/Ansible/HPCCaptivation Software · 🇺🇸Annapolis Junction, MD$130K - $270KPythonDockerLinux
- Senior Staff Engineer - Mobile, Fanatics MarketsFanatics Betting & Gaming · 🇺🇸New York, NY, United States$204K - $269KLead and aboveKotlinCI/CDAgile
- Senior Software Engineering Manager (REMOTE)Fanatics Betting & Gaming · 🇺🇸New York, NY, United States$163K - $265KSeniorKotlinAgileJetpack Compose
- Senior Manager, Software EngineeringEngine · 🇺🇸Remote - US$225K - $265KRemoteSeniorReactNode.jsRuby
- Director, Product Management – Conversational IntelligenceOutreach · 🇺🇸Seattle, WA$210K - $260KLead and aboveAgileDatabricksSAP
- Sr. Manager, Software Engineering - Computer BackupBackblaze · 🇺🇸Remote - US$205K - $255KRemoteSeniorAgileWindowsmacOS
Questions about Scrum pay
- What is the average Scrum salary?
- $162K a year on average and $158K at the median, across 218 open Scrum 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 $128K to $191K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest Scrum pay?
- Brex ($270K), Shield AI ($230K), Waymo ($224K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is a scrum a high-paying job?
- The median Scrum posting advertises $158K a year, less than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 9% below the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as a scrum?
- A tenth of the postings offer $228K a year or more; the highest open Scrum role advertises up to $349K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the Scrum salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $158K a year is about $76 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $13,167 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $61 to $92 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for Scrum roles?
- Postings that ask for Security clearance (+$19K, 38 postings), GCP (+$17K, 21 postings), Jira (+$2K, 74 postings) advertise more than the $158K median of all Scrum 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 Scrum roles at companies is $158K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $128K to $191K. Counted from 218 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/scrum/
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