SD-WAN salary: $192K median
The median advertised SD-WAN salary is $192K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $149K to $240K: counted from 88 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $93 an hour or $16,042 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $275K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll SD-WAN jobs
$192Kmedian advertised salary
$149K – $240Kmiddle half of roles
$199Kaverage advertised salary
88roles counted
SD-WAN salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸California | $198K | 28 |
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $196K | 16 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $165K | 66 |
| 🇺🇸Seattle, WA | $153K | 16 |
Skills that pay more for SD-WAN roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | $262K | +$70K | 16 |
| RAG | $262K | +$70K | 13 |
| Pulumi | $262K | +$70K | 11 |
| Prompt engineering | $262K | +$70K | 11 |
| PCI DSS | $262K | +$70K | 15 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Cloudflare | $262K | 21 |
| Netskope | $232K | 11 |
| SpaceX | $172K | 4 |
| ExtraHop | $151K | 15 |
Highest-paying open SD-WAN roles
All SD-WAN jobs- VP, Sales Engineering NAMNetskope · 🇺🇸United States$444K - $634KLead and aboveSD-WANCloud securityZero trust
- Senior Director Digital Native, Customer EngineeringCloudflare · Hybrid$326K - $513KHybridLead and aboveServerlessDNSSD-WAN
- Field CTODruva · 🇺🇸Santa Clara, CA$346K - $485KGCPAzureAWS
- Senior Software Engineer - SDNLambda · 🇺🇸San Francisco Office (Fremont St)$266K - $395KHybridSeniorGoPythonTerraform
- Senior Network EngineerLambda · 🇺🇸San Francisco Office (Fremont St)$250K - $370KHybridSeniorPythonTerraformGCP
- Senior Customer Engineer AI/ Start Up'sCloudflare · Hybrid$214K - $336KHybridSeniorGoPythonTypeScript
- Enterprise Solutions Engineer, Chicago/DetroitCensys · 🇺🇸Chicago$280K - $330KDNSSD-WANCloud security
- Director, Product Management, AI InnovationNetskope · 🇺🇸Santa Clara, California, United States$154K - $312KLead and aboveMachine LearningLLMAI
- Senior Solutions Engineer, EnterpriseTailscale · 🇺🇸Remote (United States)$250K - $300KRemoteSeniorGoPythonTerraform
- Senior Staff Network Architect, IT InfrastructureSoFi Tech Solutions · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California$163K - $280KLead and abovePythonTerraformAWS
- Staff Network Security ArchitectZoox · 🇺🇸Foster City, CA$228K - $273KLead and aboveTerraformGCPLLM
- Director of CybersecurityApex Technology · 🇺🇸Los Angeles$195K - $270KLead and abovePythonLinuxAWS
- IT Director, Infrastructure and OperationsHeartflow · 🇺🇸Rohnert Park, California$220K - $270KLead and aboveAzureAWSCISM
- Senior Software Engineer, Windows - AI Security & Governance (Elara)Omnissa · 🇺🇸Atlanta, Georgia Office; Mountain View, California Office$141K - $250KSeniorRustGoAI
- Senior Software Engineer, macOS - AI Security & Governance (Elara)Omnissa · 🇺🇸Atlanta, Georgia Office; Mountain View, California Office$141K - $250KSeniorRustGoSwift
- Senior Network EngineerMongoDB · 🇺🇸Palo Alto$126K - $248KSeniorGCPAzureAWS
- Sr. Network Security Engineer (VPN)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Hawthorne, CA$165K - $235KSeniorGoPythonLinux
- Sr. Network Security Engineer (VPN)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Redmond, WA$165K - $235KSeniorGoPythonLinux
- Senior Solutions EngineerAstranis · 🇺🇸San Francisco$150K - $225KSeniorPythonC++MATLAB
- Account Executive, CommercialTwingate · Remote$180K - $220KRemoteInfrastructure as codeGoogle WorkspaceVPN
Questions about SD-WAN pay
- What is the average SD-WAN salary?
- $199K a year on average and $192K at the median, across 88 open SD-WAN 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 $149K to $240K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest SD-WAN pay?
- Cloudflare ($262K), Netskope ($232K), SpaceX ($172K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is a sd-wan a high-paying job?
- The median SD-WAN posting advertises $192K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 11% above the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as a sd-wan?
- A tenth of the postings offer $275K a year or more; the highest open SD-WAN role advertises up to $634K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the SD-WAN salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $192K a year is about $93 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $16,042 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $72 to $115 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for SD-WAN roles?
- Postings that ask for SOC 2 (+$70K, 16 postings), RAG (+$70K, 13 postings), Pulumi (+$70K, 11 postings) advertise more than the $192K median of all SD-WAN 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 SD-WAN roles at companies is $192K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $149K to $240K. Counted from 88 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/sd-wan/
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