WCAG salary: $179K median
The median advertised WCAG salary is $179K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $148K to $210K: counted from 86 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $86 an hour or $14,896 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $295K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll WCAG jobs
$179Kmedian advertised salary
$148K – $210Kmiddle half of roles
$187Kaverage advertised salary
86roles counted
WCAG salary by level
Lead roles advertise a median of $203K, 9% more than senior roles ($186K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $186K | $162K–$200K | 34 |
| Lead and above | $203K | $162K–$230K | 21 |
| No level in the title | $154K | $114K–$200K | 31 |
WCAG salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $195K | 18 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $175K | 74 |
| 🇺🇸California | $175K | 25 |
| 🇺🇸New York, NY | $167K | 16 |
Skills that pay more for WCAG roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Typography | $203K | +$24K | 8 |
| TypeScript | $195K | +$16K | 21 |
| React | $195K | +$16K | 23 |
| Design systems | $185K | +$6K | 51 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Oscar Health | $201K | 4 |
| Captivation Software | $200K | 3 |
| Twitch | $162K | 4 |
| Anduril Industries | $148K | 4 |
| OneTrust | $125K | 4 |
| Judi Health | $122K | 4 |
Highest-paying open WCAG roles
All WCAG jobs- AVP, Federal SalesSamsara · 🇺🇸Remote - US$440K - $550KRemoteFedRAMPWCAG
- Principal Product Manager - ConsoleLambda · Bellevue Office$338K - $500KHybridLead and aboveMachine LearningKubernetesInfrastructure as code
- Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Design System)Perplexity · 🇺🇸San Francisco$220K - $405KHybridTypeScriptReactFigma
- Product Designer, Design SystemsAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$305K - $385KFigmaLLM evaluationDesign systems
- Senior Software EngineerLambda · 🇺🇸San Francisco Office (Fremont St)$230K - $383KHybridSeniorTypeScriptReactMachine Learning
- Head of Product DesignTools For Humanity · 🇺🇸San Francisco$306K - $360KLead and aboveAgileHTMLCryptography
- VP, User Experience and Design Innovation (Remote Eligible)Smartsheet · 🇺🇸Bellevue, WA, USA$291K - $339KLead and aboveDesign systemsVisual designWCAG
- Senior Engineering Manager, Web PlatformHeadway · Remote$265K - $332KRemoteSeniorTypeScriptReactDatadog
- Product Designer, AccessibilityOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$245K - $310KHybridFigmaDesign systemsVisual design
- Tech Lead, Web Development - Full StackElastic · 🇺🇸United States$160K - $304KLead and aboveTypeScriptJavaScriptReact
- Account ExecutiveAcquia · Remote-United-States$290K - $300KRemoteFrenchDrupalWCAG
- Senior Software Engineer - DesignLoancrate · 🇺🇸United States$170K - $300KRemoteSeniorTypeScriptReactFigma
- Director, Global Public Sector Product ManagementIllumio · 🇺🇸Washington, D.C. - Remote$244K - $293KRemoteLead and aboveCISSPCISMCISA
- System DesignerApplied · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale$170K - $275KDesign systemsVisual designInteraction design
- Front-End Developer/508 Compliance Specialist (Hybrid) - JavaScript/MongoDB/HTML/Cypress/AWSCaptivation Software · 🇺🇸Annapolis Junction, MD$130K - $270KJavaScriptVueMongoDB
- Front-End Developer (Mid/Senior) - Java/Quarkus/HTML/CSS/JavaScript/Oracle/AWSCaptivation Software · 🇺🇸Annapolis Junction, MD$130K - $270KSeniorJavaScriptJavaJira
- Head of Network Development (Senior Director)Oscar Health · Remote$199K - $261KRemoteLead and aboveNetwork engineeringWCAGFull-cycle recruiting
- Head of Provider Network Development (Senior Director)Oscar Health · 🇺🇸New York, New York, United States$199K - $261KLead and aboveNetwork engineeringWCAGFull-cycle recruiting
- Staff AI-Native Product Designer, Product - NexusTemporal · 🇺🇸United States (Remote)$154K - $252KRemoteLead and aboveAIVisual designInteraction design
- Senior Design Engineer - Design System & Platform UIClickHouse · 🇺🇸Europe or US$142K - $250KSeniorTypeScriptReactFigma
Questions about WCAG pay
- What is the average WCAG salary?
- $187K a year on average and $179K at the median, across 86 open WCAG 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 $148K to $210K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest WCAG pay?
- Oscar Health ($201K), Captivation Software ($200K), Twitch ($162K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is a wcag a high-paying job?
- The median WCAG posting advertises $179K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 3% above the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as a wcag?
- A tenth of the postings offer $295K a year or more; the highest open WCAG role advertises up to $550K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the WCAG salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $179K a year is about $86 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $14,896 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $71 to $101 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for WCAG roles?
- Postings that ask for Typography (+$24K, 8 postings), TypeScript (+$16K, 21 postings), React (+$16K, 23 postings) advertise more than the $179K median of all WCAG 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 WCAG roles at companies is $179K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $148K to $210K. Counted from 86 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/wcag/
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