What is the average TDD salary?

$199K a year on average and $196K at the median, across 49 open TDD 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 $175K to $218K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.

Which companies advertise the highest TDD pay?

Parachute Health ($230K), Airbnb ($214K), Gusto ($188K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).

Is a tdd a high-paying job?

The median TDD posting advertises $196K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 12% above the middle of the market.

How much can you earn as a tdd?

A tenth of the postings offer $273K a year or more; the highest open TDD role advertises up to $390K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.

What is the TDD salary per hour and per month?

The median of $196K a year is about $94 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $16,292 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $84 to $105 an hour.

Which skills pay more for TDD roles?

Postings that ask for C++ (+$42K, 7 postings), Go (+$34K, 7 postings), PyTorch (+$33K, 6 postings) advertise more than the $196K median of all TDD 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.

TDD Salary: $199K Average, $196K Median (Nov 2026)

TDD salary by level

Lead roles advertise a median of $195K, 1% more than senior roles ($193K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.

Level	Median salary	Middle half	Roles
Senior	$193K	$170K–$214K	18
Lead and above	$195K	$184K–$230K	22

TDD salary by location

Name	Median salary	Roles counted
🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area	$212K	19
🇺🇸California	$205K	23
🇺🇸United States	$196K	47

Skills that pay more for TDD roles

Skill	Median with it	Above the median	Postings
C++	$238K	+$42K	7
Go	$230K	+$34K	7
PyTorch	$229K	+$33K	6
Deep learning	$228K	+$32K	6
TensorFlow	$218K	+$22K	5

Top-paying companies

Name	Median salary	Roles counted
Parachute Health	$230K	3
Airbnb	$214K	5
Gusto	$188K	4

Highest-paying open TDD roles

All TDD jobs

Staff Machine Learning EngineerPinterest · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA, US; Remote, US$189K - $390KRemoteLead and aboveMachine LearningLLMAI2w
Software Engineering Manager - Platform TeamDataVisor · 🇺🇸Mountain View, California, United States$180K - $350KPythonJavaC++13mo
Manager, Software - Perception (R3770)Shield AI · 🇺🇸Arlington, VA, US$225K - $338KPyTorchTensorFlowSecurity clearance6w
Staff Software Engineer - Reliability (US Citizen OR Green Card Only)Rubrik · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$218K - $328KLead and aboveGoPythonJava5mo
Senior Engineering Manager, ClinicalParachute Health · 🇺🇸U.S. Remote$260K - $310KRemoteSeniorAgileAI agentsTDD6w
Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, TrustAirbnb · 🇺🇸Remote - USA$244K - $305KRemoteLead and abovePythonJavaC++9mo
Principal Engineer, Secure AI GatewayNetskope · 🇺🇸Santa Clara, California, United States$134K - $272KLead and aboveGoC++Docker2mo
Software Engineer 2 - Java/JVM/Spring/Linux/DevOpsCaptivation Software · 🇺🇸Annapolis Junction, MD$130K - $270KJavaDockerTerraform12d
Staff iOS Engineer, GrowthWaymo · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA, USA; Mountain View, CA, USA$213K - $263KLead and aboveC++SwiftiOS6mo
Senior Perception EngineerAtomic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$220K - $260KSeniorGoPythonC++6w
Staff Software EngineerParachute Health · 🇺🇸U.S. Remote$200K - $260KRemoteLead and aboveGoPythonJavaScript2mo
Manager, Engineering IIIronclad · 🇺🇸San Francisco$208K - $250KHybridGCPAzureCI/CD12d
Software Engineer, Service & OperationsFigure · 🇺🇸San Jose, CA$160K - $250KPythonTypeScriptTerraform2mo
Sr/Staff Software Engineer, Backend | Web ProductsMachinify · 🇺🇸Remote - US$200K - $250KRemoteLead and aboveRustJavaScala3mo
Senior Forward Deployment EngineerMongoDB · 🇺🇸Austin; Boston; Dallas; Denver; Houston; Los Angeles; Nas…$126K - $248KSeniorPythonJavaSQL3w
Staff Firmware EngineerPsiQuantum · 🇺🇸Milpitas, California$146K - $245KLead and abovePythonC++Linux4w
Senior Software EngineerF2 Ai · 🇺🇸San Francisco$175K - $240KHybridSeniorPythonTypeScriptNode.js2mo
Senior Staff Engineer, Tax PlatformGusto · 🇺🇸Atlanta, GA - Hybrid; Austin, TX - Remote; Chicago, IL -…$189K - $236KRemoteLead and aboveTypeScriptReactRuby4mo
Senior Machine Learning Engineer, RelevanceAirbnb · 🇺🇸United States$200K - $235KSeniorPythonJavaC++12d
Senior Software Engineer, Backend | Audit Product TeamMachinify · 🇺🇸Remote - US$200K - $230KRemoteSeniorRustJavaScala2mo

Questions about TDD pay

What is the average TDD salary?: $199K a year on average and $196K at the median, across 49 open TDD 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 $175K to $218K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
Which companies advertise the highest TDD pay?: Parachute Health ($230K), Airbnb ($214K), Gusto ($188K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
Is a tdd a high-paying job?: The median TDD posting advertises $196K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 12% above the middle of the market.
How much can you earn as a tdd?: A tenth of the postings offer $273K a year or more; the highest open TDD role advertises up to $390K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
What is the TDD salary per hour and per month?: The median of $196K a year is about $94 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $16,292 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $84 to $105 an hour.
Which skills pay more for TDD roles?: Postings that ask for C++ (+$42K, 7 postings), Go (+$34K, 7 postings), PyTorch (+$33K, 6 postings) advertise more than the $196K median of all TDD 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.

TDD salary: $196K median