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WebSockets salary: $205K median

The median advertised WebSockets salary is $205K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $175K to $230K: counted from 79 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $99 an hour or $17,083 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $270K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.

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$205Kmedian advertised salary
$175K – $230Kmiddle half of roles
$207Kaverage advertised salary
79roles counted

WebSockets salary by level

Lead roles advertise a median of $255K, 24% more than senior roles ($205K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.

LevelMedian salaryMiddle halfRoles
Senior$205K$175K–$222K32
Lead and above$255K$209K–$278K15
No level in the title$190K$158K–$228K31

WebSockets salary by location

NameMedian salaryRoles counted
🇺🇸California$215K39
🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area$208K23
🇺🇸United States$205K71
🇺🇸New York, NY$204K16

Skills that pay more for WebSockets roles

SkillMedian with itAbove the medianPostings
Incident response$238K+$32K9
GraphQL$227K+$22K12
Security clearance$222K+$18K13
Observability$222K+$18K9
Next.js$222K+$18K7

Top-paying companies

NameMedian salaryRoles counted
Otter.ai$234K6
Cloudflare$230K3
ClickHouse$228K3
True Anomaly$222K6
Anduril Industries$222K7
Drata$205K4
K2 Space$156K6

Highest-paying open WebSockets roles

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Questions about WebSockets pay

What is the average WebSockets salary?
$207K a year on average and $205K at the median, across 79 open WebSockets 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 $175K to $230K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
Which companies advertise the highest WebSockets pay?
Otter.ai ($234K), Cloudflare ($230K), ClickHouse ($228K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
Is a websockets a high-paying job?
The median WebSockets posting advertises $205K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 18% above the middle of the market.
How much can you earn as a websockets?
A tenth of the postings offer $270K a year or more; the highest open WebSockets role advertises up to $485K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
What is the WebSockets salary per hour and per month?
The median of $205K a year is about $99 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $17,083 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $84 to $111 an hour.
Which skills pay more for WebSockets roles?
Postings that ask for Incident response (+$32K, 9 postings), GraphQL (+$22K, 12 postings), Security clearance (+$18K, 13 postings) advertise more than the $205K median of all WebSockets 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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