Windows Server salary: $136K median
The median advertised Windows Server salary is $136K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $110K to $172K: counted from 63 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $65 an hour or $11,333 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $210K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll Windows Server jobs
$136Kmedian advertised salary
$110K – $172Kmiddle half of roles
$146Kaverage advertised salary
63roles counted
Windows Server salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸California | $152K | 35 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $137K | 62 |
Skills that pay more for Windows Server roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Data centers | $202K | +$66K | 9 |
| Kubernetes | $177K | +$41K | 9 |
| Terraform | $172K | +$36K | 15 |
| Vulnerability management | $162K | +$26K | 10 |
| Infrastructure as code | $156K | +$20K | 18 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| True Anomaly | $160K | 3 |
| SpaceX | $138K | 5 |
| Anduril Industries | $136K | 7 |
| Rocket Lab | $124K | 3 |
| Charles River Associates | $112K | 3 |
| Sharp Electronics | $88K | 3 |
Highest-paying open Windows Server roles
All Windows Server jobs- Security EngineerLambda · 🇺🇸San Francisco Office (Fremont St)$230K - $395KHybridGoPythonMachine Learning
- Senior Product Security EngineerLambda · 🇺🇸San Francisco Office (Second St)$266K - $395KHybridSeniorGoPythonTerraform
- 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
- Solutions Engineer, Okta (Enterprise West)Okta · 🇺🇸Bellevue, Washington; San Francisco, California$160K - $269KPythonJavaScriptNode.js
- Staff Mission Security Engineer, BuildTrue Anomaly · 🇺🇸Colorado Springs, CO; Denver, CO; Long Beach, CA$170K - $250KLead and abovePythonTerraformAzure
- Network & Infrastructure EngineerRigetti · 🇺🇸Berkeley, CA or Fremont, CA$190K - $240KDockerTerraformLinux
- Manager, IT Infrastructure (Storage, Compute, & Virtualization)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Hawthorne, CA$165K - $240KPythonAnsiblePowerShell
- Senior Partner Sales EngineerDruva · 🇺🇸Chicago, IL$176K - $235KSeniorAzureAWSS3
- Senior Dev Ops EngineerHermeus · 🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA$136K - $227KSeniorSQLC#Terraform
- Senior Infrastructure EngineerVast · 🇺🇸Long Beach, California, United States$146K - $208KSeniorTerraformGCPAzure
- Windows Infrastructure Operations EngineerQube Research & Technologies · 🇺🇸New York$150K - $200KTerraformAzureAnsible
- IT Systems EngineerxAI · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$100K - $198KSQLPowerShellSQL Server
- IT Security Engineer, SpaceAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Chantilly, Virginia, United States$147K - $196KPythonLinuxBash
- Manager, Classified IT OperationsAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Costa Mesa, California, United States$147K - $196KLinuxAnsibleComputer Vision
- Senior PLM Administrator, Configuration ManagementTrue Anomaly · 🇺🇸Denver, CO; Long Beach, CA$125K - $195KSeniorPythonSQLDocker
- Staff Systems Engineer, Microsoft InfrastructureCrusoe · 🇺🇸Denver, CO - US$155K - $190KLead and aboveTerraformGCPAzure
- PLM/ PDM Systems ArchitectParallel Systems · 🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA$150K - $190KPythonSQLC#
- Senior Site Reliability EngineerBeacon Biosignals · 🇺🇸Boston, MA / Remote$170K - $190KRemoteSeniorGoPythonTypeScript
- Information Security System Officer (ISSO)Applied · 🇺🇸Poway, CA$125K - $180KLinuxSAPSecurity clearance
Questions about Windows Server pay
- What is the average Windows Server salary?
- $146K a year on average and $136K at the median, across 63 open Windows Server 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 $110K to $172K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest Windows Server pay?
- True Anomaly ($160K), SpaceX ($138K), Anduril Industries ($136K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is a windows server a high-paying job?
- The median Windows Server posting advertises $136K a year, less than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 22% below the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as a windows server?
- A tenth of the postings offer $210K a year or more; the highest open Windows Server role advertises up to $395K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the Windows Server salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $136K a year is about $65 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $11,333 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $53 to $82 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for Windows Server roles?
- Postings that ask for Data centers (+$66K, 9 postings), Kubernetes (+$41K, 9 postings), Terraform (+$36K, 15 postings) advertise more than the $136K median of all Windows Server 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 Windows Server roles at companies is $136K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $110K to $172K. Counted from 63 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/windows-server/
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