TCP/IP salary: $175K median
The median advertised TCP/IP salary is $175K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $143K to $218K: counted from 352 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $84 an hour or $14,583 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $245K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll TCP/IP jobs
$175Kmedian advertised salary
$143K – $218Kmiddle half of roles
$182Kaverage advertised salary
352roles counted
TCP/IP salary by level
Lead roles advertise a median of $228K, 11% more than senior roles ($206K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $206K | $176K–$222K | 151 |
| Lead and above | $228K | $216K–$255K | 37 |
| No level in the title | $145K | $136K–$164K | 154 |
TCP/IP salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $206K | 88 |
| 🇺🇸California | $185K | 184 |
| 🇺🇸Seattle, WA | $177K | 40 |
| 🇺🇸New York, NY | $176K | 27 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $172K | 327 |
| 🇺🇸Texas | $155K | 17 |
| 🇺🇸Washington, DC | $155K | 21 |
| 🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA | $148K | 50 |
Skills that pay more for TCP/IP roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Networking protocols | $219K | +$44K | 74 |
| BGP | $218K | +$42K | 61 |
| Zero trust | $216K | +$40K | 42 |
| C | $208K | +$32K | 41 |
| Go | $206K | +$31K | 110 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Roblox | $294K | 5 |
| Nuro | $242K | 3 |
| Cloudflare | $240K | 19 |
| Crusoe | $235K | 7 |
| Together AI | $235K | 3 |
| Zoox | $230K | 4 |
| xAI | $230K | 4 |
| ClickHouse | $228K | 3 |
| Apex Technology | $218K | 5 |
| Qube Research & Technologies | $198K | 4 |
| True Anomaly | $190K | 5 |
| MongoDB | $187K | 3 |
| Illumio | $185K | 14 |
| Astranis | $180K | 4 |
| CoreWeave | $178K | 6 |
| Pure Storage | $176K | 13 |
| Tailscale | $175K | 4 |
| Motional | $174K | 3 |
| Anduril Industries | $172K | 29 |
| Pico | $165K | 3 |
| Lambda | $160K | 3 |
| K2 Space | $150K | 8 |
| Charles River Associates | $148K | 4 |
| SpaceX | $148K | 81 |
| Anysignal | $148K | 3 |
Highest-paying open TCP/IP roles
All TCP/IP jobs- Network Infrastructure Engineer, Global Network Infra (WAN)OpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$266K - $445KHybridGoPythonNetwork engineering
- Software Engineer, Traffic InfrastructureOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$266K - $445KRustGoPython
- Data Center Controls EngineerAnthropic · 🇺🇸Remote-Friendly (Travel Required) | San Francisco, CA$320K - $405KRemotePythonSQLPostgreSQL
- Principal Network Security EngineerRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$326K - $385KLead and aboveGoC++Load balancing
- Senior Software Development EngineerLambda · Bellevue Office$284K - $378KHybridSeniorTerraformMachine LearningLinux
- Infrastructure LeadIntelligence Security Laboratories · 🇺🇸Washington, D.C.$205K - $375KHybridLead and aboveDockerLinuxCI/CD
- Staff Security Software Engineer, Detection & ResponsePinterest · 🇺🇸Seattle, WA, US; Remote, US$177K - $365KRemoteLead and aboveGoPythonRuby
- Principal Security Software Engineer (Starlink)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$235K - $355KLead and aboveGoPythonC++
- Principal Network EngineerRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$295K - $345KLead and aboveGoPythonC++
- Principal Security Software Engineer (Starlink)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Redmond, WA$225K - $345KLead and aboveGoPythonC++
- Senior Customer Engineer, Enterprise AI - Bay AreaCloudflare · Hybrid$214K - $336KHybridSeniorPythonJavaScriptGCP
- Senior Customer Engineer, Enterprise - San FranciscoCloudflare · Hybrid$214K - $336KHybridSeniorGoPythonJavaScript
- Sr. Network EngineerxAI · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$180K - $330KSeniorPythonTerraformAnsible
- Sr. Software Engineer, Platform InfrastructurexAI · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$180K - $330KSeniorRustC++Docker
- Software Engineer - GPU Networking & Distributed SystemsBaseten · 🇺🇸San Francisco$165K - $330KHybridRustPythonC++
- Software Engineer - Networking (Agent Infra)Baseten · 🇺🇸San Francisco$160K - $330KHybridRustGoC++
- Cloud Platform ArchitectSambaNova · 🇺🇸Austin, Texas, United States; San Jose, California, Unite…$245K - $325KRustGoPython
- Staff Software Engineer - Site DefenseReddit · 🇺🇸Remote - United States$217K - $304KRemoteLead and aboveRustGoPython
- Senior Solutions Engineer, EnterpriseTailscale · 🇺🇸Remote (United States)$250K - $300KRemoteSeniorGoPythonTerraform
- Staff Systems Engineer - Network1X · 🇺🇸San Carlos, CA$250K - $300KLead and aboveC++Load balancingNetwork engineering
Questions about TCP/IP pay
- What is the average TCP/IP salary?
- $182K a year on average and $175K at the median, across 352 open TCP/IP 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 $143K to $218K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest TCP/IP pay?
- Roblox ($294K), Nuro ($242K), Cloudflare ($240K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is a tcp/ip a high-paying job?
- The median TCP/IP 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 tcp/ip?
- A tenth of the postings offer $245K a year or more; the highest open TCP/IP role advertises up to $445K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the TCP/IP salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $175K a year is about $84 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $14,583 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $69 to $105 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for TCP/IP roles?
- Postings that ask for Networking protocols (+$44K, 74 postings), BGP (+$42K, 61 postings), Zero trust (+$40K, 42 postings) advertise more than the $175K median of all TCP/IP postings with pay.
- What does an entry-level tcp/ip make?
- 10 junior and intern TCP/IP postings state pay, with a median of $144K a year ($69 an hour).
- 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 TCP/IP roles at companies is $175K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $143K to $218K. Counted from 352 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/tcp-ip/
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