Underwriting salary: $155K median
The median advertised Underwriting salary is $155K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $110K to $208K: counted from 353 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $75 an hour or $12,917 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $282K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll Underwriting jobs
$155Kmedian advertised salary
$110K – $208Kmiddle half of roles
$167Kaverage advertised salary
353roles counted
Underwriting salary by level
Lead roles advertise a median of $200K, 27% more than senior roles ($158K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $158K | $110K–$182K | 69 |
| Lead and above | $200K | $155K–$250K | 100 |
| No level in the title | $148K | $98K–$196K | 170 |
Underwriting salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $208K | 79 |
| 🇺🇸California | $182K | 94 |
| 🇺🇸New York, NY | $170K | 109 |
| 🇺🇸Denver, CO | $163K | 18 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $158K | 328 |
| 🇺🇸Chicago, IL | $128K | 27 |
| 🇺🇸Texas | $118K | 16 |
Skills that pay more for Underwriting roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Python | $188K | +$33K | 62 |
| SQL | $168K | +$12K | 79 |
| Risk management | $166K | +$11K | 82 |
| Generative AI | $159K | +$4K | 36 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Anthropic | $415K | 3 |
| Harvey | $302K | 3 |
| Shepherd | $282K | 25 |
| Adyen | $246K | 4 |
| Plaid | $241K | 5 |
| Dave | $238K | 3 |
| Affirm | $215K | 4 |
| Pure Storage | $210K | 3 |
| Chime | $208K | 7 |
| Mercury | $204K | 6 |
| Speed Bay Warehouse Solutions | $199K | 4 |
| Brex | $196K | 22 |
| Arlo | $195K | 3 |
| F2 Ai | $191K | 6 |
| Kapitus | $182K | 4 |
| Ramp | $179K | 6 |
| Sixfold | $175K | 3 |
| Parafin | $168K | 3 |
| Figure Lending | $165K | 5 |
| Loancrate | $155K | 4 |
| Upgrade | $150K | 3 |
| Judi Health | $136K | 8 |
| Kin | $135K | 7 |
| KBRA | $135K | 25 |
| Openly | $134K | 6 |
Highest-paying open Underwriting roles
All Underwriting jobs- Strategic Account Executive, BankingAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY$380K - $450KGCPLLMAWS
- Strategic Account Executive, InsuranceAnthropic · 🇺🇸New York City, NY$380K - $450KGCPLLMAWS
- Head of Wholesale UnderwritingShepherd · 🇺🇸New York City$350K - $425KLead and aboveAI agentsUnderwriting
- Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Financial ProductsAdyen · 🇺🇸San Francisco$297K - $401KLead and abovePythonJavaSQL
- Software Engineer, Full StackShepherd · 🇺🇸San Francisco$170K - $400KPythonTypeScriptReact
- Manager, Machine Learning Engineer - CreditPlaid · 🇺🇸New York City Office$259K - $395KHybridPythonMachine LearningAI
- Forward Deployed Engineering Manager, Financial ServicesOpenAI · 🇺🇸New York City$302K - $385KHybridPythonJavaScriptUnderwriting
- Principal Account Executive, CorporateBill · 🇺🇸United States$242K - $356KLead and aboveTableauGenerative AIPipeline management
- Forward Deployed Finance Engineer, Private CreditHarvey · 🇺🇸New York$255K - $350KHybridPythonSQLExcel
- Forward Deployed Finance Engineer, BuyoutHarvey · 🇺🇸New York$255K - $350KHybridPythonSQLExcel
- Vice President of Business DevelopmentKoBold Metals · North America, Europe, Africa$250K - $350KLead and aboveUnderwritingContract drafting
- VP, Insurance Data ScienceOpenly · 🇺🇸Remote - United States$285K - $350KRemoteLead and aboveMachine LearningUnderwriting
- Senior Machine Learning Engineer, PlatformBlock · 🇺🇸Bay Area, CA, United States of America$194K - $343KSeniorGoPythonTypeScript
- Staff AI/ML EngineerChime · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA, USA$246K - $340KLead and abovePythonSQLMachine Learning
- Senior Staff Technical Program Manager, New Product ProgramsWaymo · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA, USA$272K - $336KLead and aboveUnderwritingRisk managementChange management
- Software Engineer, Backend, CreditRamp · 🇺🇸New York, NY (HQ)$189K - $330KHybridPythonLLMAI agents
- Director of EngineeringPipe Technologies · 🇺🇸Remote, United States$280K - $330KRemoteLead and aboveIncident responseReconciliationsUnderwriting
- Enterprise Account Executive IIBrex · 🇺🇸Seattle, Washington, United States$294K - $325KPipeline managementSolution sellingERP
- Enterprise Account Executive IIBrex · 🇺🇸New York, New York, United States$294K - $325KPipeline managementSolution sellingERP
- Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)Insurity · 🇺🇸Remote - US$216K - $325KRemoteLead and aboveMachine LearningLLMCI/CD
Questions about Underwriting pay
- What is the average Underwriting salary?
- $167K a year on average and $155K at the median, across 353 open Underwriting 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 $110K to $208K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest Underwriting pay?
- Anthropic ($415K), Harvey ($302K), Shepherd ($282K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is an underwriting a high-paying job?
- The median Underwriting posting advertises $155K a year, less than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 11% below the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as an underwriting?
- A tenth of the postings offer $282K a year or more; the highest open Underwriting role advertises up to $450K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the Underwriting salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $155K a year is about $75 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $12,917 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $53 to $100 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for Underwriting roles?
- Postings that ask for Python (+$33K, 62 postings), SQL (+$12K, 79 postings), Risk management (+$11K, 82 postings) advertise more than the $155K median of all Underwriting postings with pay.
- What does an entry-level underwriting make?
- 14 junior and intern Underwriting postings state pay, with a median of $85K a year ($41 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 Underwriting roles at companies is $155K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $110K to $208K. Counted from 353 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/underwriting/
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