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Q2 2026 EDITION · UPDATED QUARTERLY

Platform / Cloud

The typical offer now stands at $120,800down 8.7% on the year.

Median base salary
$120,800
from 651 offers analyzed
Vs a year ago
-8.7%
tech-wide: +2.4%
Demand
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This role’s share of all tech offers employers filed, compared with the same quarter a year ago.
+28.6%
share of offers vs a year ago
Highest-paying city
SF Bay Area, CA
median $190,000 there
01Median by quarter
Q4 ’24 — Q2 ’26
The middle half of offers, on a rolling twelve-month basis.
$100K$125K$150KTHIS QUARTERQ4 ’24$115,900Q1 ’25$119,600Q2 ’25$120,000Q3 ’25$120,000Q4 ’25$118,400Q1 ’26$118,400Q2 ’26$116,400$116,400MEDIAN−$2,000 vs Q1$149K$95K
02By level
typical range
Where each seniority level typically lands.
03Where offers land
this quarter
MEDIAN$85K$121K$181K
Where does your pay sit?
Median$120,800
Middle half of offers$96,400$149,700
Top tenthover $181,300
Top 5%over $210,000
04Top cities
median
05Top employers
median
06Pay growth by role
Platform / Cloud-8.7%
Median base salary, change vs a year ago · same DOL filings
AI roles are the most in demand.
+10.1%
fastest pay growth this year
$184,300
highest median in this report
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Where these numbers come from

Every figure is a base salary a U.S. employer put on an official government filing with the Department of Labor (the wage records behind work-visa and green-card applications). These are real offers, not survey guesses. We take the low end of each stated range, so the numbers are conservative. Base pay only — equity and bonuses aren’t included. Full details ship with each quarterly edition.

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