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Splunk salary: $175K median

The median advertised Splunk salary is $175K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $148K to $215K: counted from 148 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $84 an hour or $14,604 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $256K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.

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$175Kmedian advertised salary
$148K – $215Kmiddle half of roles
$186Kaverage advertised salary
148roles counted

Splunk salary by level

Lead roles advertise a median of $218K, 13% more than senior roles ($192K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.

LevelMedian salaryMiddle halfRoles
Senior$192K$162K–$222K50
Lead and above$218K$188K–$255K20
No level in the title$170K$142K–$200K75

Splunk salary by location

NameMedian salaryRoles counted
🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area$206K29
🇺🇸California$198K52
🇺🇸Seattle, WA$187K21
🇺🇸New York, NY$177K32
🇺🇸United States$176K143

Skills that pay more for Splunk roles

SkillMedian with itAbove the medianPostings
Rust$219K+$44K14
Go$213K+$38K28
Java$209K+$34K26
Terraform$206K+$30K27
CI/CD$205K+$30K34

Top-paying companies

NameMedian salaryRoles counted
OpenAI$242K3
Okta$220K4
Qumulo$220K16
Airwallex$213K8
Anduril Industries$213K11
Captivation Software$200K5
Artemis$180K13
CoreWeave$168K4
Dark Wolf Solutions$158K4
Cribl$148K3
Elastic$146K5
SpaceX$126K8

Highest-paying open Splunk roles

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Questions about Splunk pay

What is the average Splunk salary?
$186K a year on average and $175K at the median, across 148 open Splunk 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 $148K to $215K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
Which companies advertise the highest Splunk pay?
OpenAI ($242K), Qumulo ($220K), Okta ($220K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
Is a splunk a high-paying job?
The median Splunk posting advertises $175K 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 splunk?
A tenth of the postings offer $256K a year or more; the highest open Splunk role advertises up to $500K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
What is the Splunk salary per hour and per month?
The median of $175K a year is about $84 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $14,604 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $71 to $103 an hour.
Which skills pay more for Splunk roles?
Postings that ask for Rust (+$44K, 14 postings), Go (+$38K, 28 postings), Java (+$34K, 26 postings) advertise more than the $175K median of all Splunk 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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