VMware salary: $172K median
The median advertised VMware salary is $172K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $136K to $195K: counted from 104 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $82 an hour or $14,292 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $206K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll VMware jobs
$172Kmedian advertised salary
$136K – $195Kmiddle half of roles
$165Kaverage advertised salary
104roles counted
VMware salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸United States | $172K | 102 |
| 🇺🇸California | $172K | 40 |
Skills that pay more for VMware roles
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Captivation Software | $200K | 9 |
| SpaceX | $185K | 5 |
| Pure Storage | $176K | 23 |
| Anduril Industries | $172K | 11 |
| Mizuho | $142K | 4 |
| Rocket Lab | $133K | 4 |
| Charles River Associates | $113K | 4 |
| Delaware Nation Industries | $112K | 3 |
Highest-paying open VMware roles
All VMware jobs- Senior Software Engineer - SDNLambda · 🇺🇸San Francisco Office (Fremont St)$266K - $395KHybridSeniorGoPythonTerraform
- Senior Network EngineerLambda · 🇺🇸San Francisco Office (Fremont St)$250K - $370KHybridSeniorPythonTerraformGCP
- Cloud Native Architect, Portworx - North CentralPure Storage · 🇺🇸Chicago, Illinois; Cincinnati, Ohio; Columbus, Ohio; Detr…$126K - $338KDockerTerraformGCP
- Director of Engineering, Compute CloudCrusoe · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA - US$285K - $335KLead and aboveLinuxKubernetesObservability
- Quality Systems Engineer - FlashBlade and FlashArrayPure Storage · 🇺🇸Santa Clara, California$244K - $298KPythonSQLMachine Learning
- Platform Engineer (Hybrid) - Python/Java/AWS/LinuxCaptivation Software · 🇺🇸Columbia, MD - Hybrid$130K - $270KHybridGoPythonJava
- Platform Engineer (Hybrid) - Python/Java/AWS/LinuxCaptivation Software · 🇺🇸Columbia, MD - Hybrid$130K - $270KHybridGoPythonJava
- Staff Mission Security Engineer, BuildTrue Anomaly · 🇺🇸Colorado Springs, CO; Denver, CO; Long Beach, CA$170K - $250KLead and abovePythonTerraformAzure
- Senior Solutions Consultant - HealthcareOmnissa · 🇺🇸Remote - New York; Remote - New Jersey; Remote - Massachu…$150K - $249KRemoteSeniorActive DirectoryVMwareOkta
- Network & Infrastructure EngineerRigetti · 🇺🇸Berkeley, CA or Fremont, CA$190K - $240KDockerTerraformLinux
- Manager, IT Infrastructure (Storage, Compute, & Virtualization)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Hawthorne, CA$165K - $240KPythonAnsiblePowerShell
- Software Engineer - Orchestrated Application RecoveryRubrik · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$158K - $237KJavaC++Scala
- Senior Partner Sales EngineerDruva · 🇺🇸Chicago, IL$176K - $235KSeniorAzureAWSS3
- Director, IT InfrastructureRocket Lab · 🇺🇸Long Beach, CA$175K - $233KLead and aboveAzureLinuxAWS
- DevOps Software Engineer IIIC.H. Robinson · 🇺🇸Eden Prairie, MN United States of America$103K - $231KRemotePythonNode.js.NET
- Sr. Site Reliability Engineer (Application Software)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Hawthorne, CA$165K - $230KSeniorPythonJavaScriptC++
- Senior Dev Ops EngineerHermeus · 🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA$136K - $227KSeniorSQLC#Terraform
- Classified Platform EngineerAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Washington, District of Columbia, United States$167K - $222KGoTypeScriptReact
- Classified Platform EngineerAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Costa Mesa, California, United States$167K - $222KGoTypeScriptReact
- Staff Operations EngineerMozilla · 🇺🇸Remote US$139K - $218KRemoteLead and abovePythonLinuxAnsible
Questions about VMware pay
- What is the average VMware salary?
- $165K a year on average and $172K at the median, across 104 open VMware 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 $136K to $195K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest VMware pay?
- Captivation Software ($200K), SpaceX ($185K), Pure Storage ($176K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is a vmware a high-paying job?
- The median VMware posting advertises $172K a year, less than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 1% below the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as a vmware?
- A tenth of the postings offer $206K a year or more; the highest open VMware role advertises up to $395K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the VMware salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $172K a year is about $82 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $14,292 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $65 to $94 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for VMware roles?
- Postings that ask for Jira (+$28K, 11 postings), Docker (+$23K, 21 postings), CI/CD (+$23K, 21 postings) advertise more than the $172K median of all VMware 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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The median advertised salary for VMware roles at companies is $172K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $136K to $195K. Counted from 104 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/vmware/
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