Shell scripting salary: $176K median
The median advertised Shell scripting salary is $176K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $142K to $204K: counted from 109 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $85 an hour or $14,667 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $265K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll Shell scripting jobs
$176Kmedian advertised salary
$142K – $204Kmiddle half of roles
$184Kaverage advertised salary
109roles counted
Shell scripting salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $199K | 37 |
| 🇺🇸California | $188K | 67 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $180K | 100 |
| 🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA | $142K | 21 |
Skills that pay more for Shell scripting roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| LLM | $208K | +$32K | 11 |
| Jira | $200K | +$24K | 11 |
| Infrastructure as code | $200K | +$24K | 15 |
| Go | $199K | +$23K | 17 |
| Terraform | $196K | +$20K | 14 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| OpenAI | $370K | 3 |
| Anthropic | $305K | 5 |
| Lightmatter | $242K | 3 |
| Zoox | $233K | 4 |
| Captivation Software | $200K | 4 |
| Anduril Industries | $172K | 9 |
| Applied | $148K | 8 |
| SpaceX | $142K | 19 |
| CoreWeave | $134K | 5 |
| Delaware Nation Industries | $112K | 3 |
Highest-paying open Shell scripting roles
All Shell scripting jobs- Compute Electrical Engineer, RoboticsOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$318K - $485KLinuxShell scriptingNetwork engineering
- Software Engineer, Frontier Systems - Power ManagementOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$295K - $445KPythonSQLPandas
- AI Infrastructure EngineerMercor · 🇺🇸San Francisco$200K - $400KPythonC++GCP
- Member of Technical Staff, Supercomputing InfrastructureInferact · 🇺🇸San Francisco$200K - $400KPythonTerraformLinux
- IT Systems Engineer, Client Platform Engineer, ChromeOSAnthropic · 🇺🇸Boston, MA; Remote-Friendly (Travel-Required) | San Franc…$325K - $360KRemotePythonTerraformLLM
- AV Engineer, Platform & AutomationAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY$285K - $325KGoPythonTypeScript
- Senior Software Engineer - Pipeline Infrastructure & IntegrationZoox · 🇺🇸Foster City, CA$219K - $315KSeniorPythonTypeScriptReact
- Staff Engineer, Data Infrastructure ServicesCoreWeave · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale, CA / Bellevue, WA$207K - $275KLead and aboveGoPythonKafka
- Senior Technical Evangelist, AIPure Storage · 🇺🇸Santa Clara, California$182K - $273KSeniorPythonPyTorchKubernetes
- Senior Staff Software Engineer, Developer ProductivityIronclad · 🇺🇸San Francisco$245K - $270KHybridLead and aboveGoPythonTypeScript
- Sr. Staff Physical Design EngineerLightmatter · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA$220K - $270KLead and abovePythonShell scriptingData centers
- Platform Engineer (Hybrid) - Python/Java/AWS/LinuxCaptivation Software · 🇺🇸Columbia, MD - Hybrid$130K - $270KHybridGoPythonJava
- Platform Engineer (Hybrid) - Python/Java/AWS/LinuxCaptivation Software · 🇺🇸Columbia, MD - Hybrid$130K - $270KHybridGoPythonJava
- Staff Software Engineer, Mission SoftwareVast · 🇺🇸Long Beach, California, United States$189K - $268KLead and aboveLinuxShell scriptingREST APIs
- Sr. Staff Physical Design EngineerLightmatter · 🇺🇸Boston, MA$217K - $267KLead and abovePythonShell scriptingData centers
- Embedded Software Engineer, Wireless TechnologiesZoox · 🇺🇸Foster City, CA$220K - $265KPythonC++Linux
- IT Systems EngineerGoteleport · 🇺🇸United States (Remote)$149K - $258KRemoteGoTerraformLinux
- Senior Embedded Software Engineer - FirmwareApplied · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale$187K - $253KSeniorPythonC++Linux
- Principal Physical Verification EngineerCelero Communications, Inc. · 🇺🇸Irvine, CA$150K - $250KLead and abovePythonShell scriptingAnalog design
- Principal Physical Verification EngineerCelero Communications, Inc. · 🇺🇸San Jose, CA$150K - $250KLead and abovePythonShell scriptingAnalog design
Questions about Shell scripting pay
- What is the average Shell scripting salary?
- $184K a year on average and $176K at the median, across 109 open Shell scripting 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 $142K to $204K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest Shell scripting pay?
- OpenAI ($370K), Anthropic ($305K), Lightmatter ($242K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is a shell scripting a high-paying job?
- The median Shell scripting posting advertises $176K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 1% above the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as a shell scripting?
- A tenth of the postings offer $265K a year or more; the highest open Shell scripting role advertises up to $485K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the Shell scripting salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $176K a year is about $85 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $14,667 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $69 to $98 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for Shell scripting roles?
- Postings that ask for LLM (+$32K, 11 postings), Jira (+$24K, 11 postings), Infrastructure as code (+$24K, 15 postings) advertise more than the $176K median of all Shell scripting 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 Shell scripting roles at companies is $176K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $142K to $204K. Counted from 109 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/shell-scripting/
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