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Unix salary: $175K median

The median advertised Unix salary is $175K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $142K to $212K: counted from 182 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $84 an hour or $14,583 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $230K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.

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$175Kmedian advertised salary
$142K – $212Kmiddle half of roles
$178Kaverage advertised salary
182roles counted

Unix salary by level

Lead roles advertise a median of $216K, 9% more than senior roles ($198K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.

LevelMedian salaryMiddle halfRoles
Senior$198K$175K–$222K67
Lead and above$216K$182K–$265K20
No level in the title$145K$138K–$176K92

Unix salary by location

NameMedian salaryRoles counted
🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area$210K41
🇺🇸California$185K103
🇺🇸United States$172K171
🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA$142K48
🇺🇸Seattle, WA$142K17

Skills that pay more for Unix roles

SkillMedian with itAbove the medianPostings
C++$193K+$18K41
Zero trust$185K+$10K20
Terraform$185K+$10K65
TCP/IP$185K+$10K27
REST APIs$185K+$10K20

Top-paying companies

NameMedian salaryRoles counted
Cloudflare$230K6
ClickHouse$228K3
CoreWeave$226K4
Captivation Software$200K3
Illumio$185K15
Databricks$182K5
Varda Space Industries$174K6
Anduril Industries$169K26
Collibra$144K3
SpaceX$142K55
Alphatec Spine$125K3

Highest-paying open Unix roles

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Questions about Unix pay

What is the average Unix salary?
$178K a year on average and $175K at the median, across 182 open Unix 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 $212K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
Which companies advertise the highest Unix pay?
Cloudflare ($230K), ClickHouse ($228K), CoreWeave ($226K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
Is an unix a high-paying job?
The median Unix 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 an unix?
A tenth of the postings offer $230K a year or more; the highest open Unix role advertises up to $550K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
What is the Unix 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 $102 an hour.
Which skills pay more for Unix roles?
Postings that ask for C++ (+$18K, 41 postings), Zero trust (+$10K, 20 postings), Terraform (+$10K, 65 postings) advertise more than the $175K median of all Unix 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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