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vLLM salary: $245K median

The median advertised vLLM salary is $245K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $210K to $288K: counted from 145 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $118 an hour or $20,417 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $300K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.

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$245Kmedian advertised salary
$210K – $288Kmiddle half of roles
$244Kaverage advertised salary
145roles counted

vLLM salary by level

Lead roles advertise a median of $260K, 23% more than senior roles ($212K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.

LevelMedian salaryMiddle halfRoles
Senior$212K$205K–$245K25
Lead and above$260K$232K–$275K27
No level in the title$248K$212K–$300K89

vLLM salary by location

NameMedian salaryRoles counted
🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area$248K118
🇺🇸California$248K117
🇺🇸United States$245K137
🇺🇸Seattle, WA$207K19

Skills that pay more for vLLM roles

SkillMedian with itAbove the medianPostings
Rust$286K+$41K24
GPU programming$270K+$25K34
Compilers$270K+$25K21
Go$269K+$24K34
CUDA$260K+$15K52

Top-paying companies

NameMedian salaryRoles counted
OpenAI$356K3
Inworld AI$315K3
Inferact$300K16
Crusoe$275K5
Preference Model$275K3
Together AI$268K4
Modal$250K3
Baseten$248K13
SambaNova$214K12
CoreWeave$212K21
Anyscale$208K3
xAI$205K3
Sciforium$204K8

Highest-paying open vLLM roles

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Questions about vLLM pay

What is the average vLLM salary?
$244K a year on average and $245K at the median, across 145 open vLLM 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 $210K to $288K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
Which companies advertise the highest vLLM pay?
OpenAI ($356K), Inworld AI ($315K), Inferact ($300K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
Is a vllm a high-paying job?
The median vLLM posting advertises $245K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 41% above the middle of the market.
How much can you earn as a vllm?
A tenth of the postings offer $300K a year or more; the highest open vLLM role advertises up to $485K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
What is the vLLM salary per hour and per month?
The median of $245K a year is about $118 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $20,417 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $101 to $139 an hour.
Which skills pay more for vLLM roles?
Postings that ask for Rust (+$41K, 24 postings), GPU programming (+$25K, 34 postings), Compilers (+$25K, 21 postings) advertise more than the $245K median of all vLLM 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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