Side-by-side distribution
Python
$162,050
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 15.9%
- Live roles
- 1,066
Ruby
$193,300
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 29%
- Live roles
- 31
Highest-paying jobs
Python Senior Software Engineer, AI Training
Software Engineer (C++ or Python) – 2027 Grads
GenAI Python Systems Engineer –Senior Manager
Senior Software Engineer (Networking, Python, C/C++)
Senior Software Engineer, Treasury and Reference Data (Java/Ruby/Python)
Software Engineer 2 (Hybrid) - AWS/Hadoop/Accumulo/Terraform/Python/Java
Software Integration Engineer 2 (On-Call) - Linux/Bash/Python/Docker/Kubernetes/IaC/Helm/Prometheus/Grafana
Software Engineer 3 - Linux/Bash/Python/Apache Airflow/SQL/Jupyter Notebook/NumPy/JSON
Senior DevOps Engineer - AWS/Java/Linux/Ansible/Git/Python
Software Engineer 2 (Hybrid) - AWS/Hadoop/Accumulo/Terraform/Python/Java
Highest-paying jobs
Senior Software Engineer, Treasury and Reference Data (Java/Ruby/Python)
Ruby Developer Senior
Staff Fullstack Engineer (Ruby/Vue.js) Monetization Engineering: Purchase
Staff Engineer/Senior Developer CONTRACT (Elixir, Ruby, Flutter)
Senior Software Engineer (Ruby/Rails), MVR
Senior Ruby / Ruby on Rails Engineer
Senior Software Engineer II -Ruby
Staff Engineer/Senior Developer (Elixir, Ruby, Flutter)
Ruby Developer
Senior Ruby Engineer - Remote Europe
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
|
Captivation Software
|
$200,000 | 33 |
Northbeam
|
$185,000 | 12 |
Travelers
|
$144,750 | 8 |
Bank of America
|
$141,400 | 7 |
| PA PayPal | $199,600 | 5 |
Leidos
|
$151,475 | 5 |
Anduril Industries
|
$222,000 | 4 |
OpenDataJobs
|
$123,750 | 4 |
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
|
SmartLogic
|
$175,250 | 2 |
| DR DRW | $237,500 | 1 |
|
GitLab
|
$206,000 | 1 |
|
Checkr
|
$201,500 | 1 |
|
CACI
|
$193,300 | 1 |
|
Capital Technology Group
|
$142,500 | 1 |
|
MKS2 Technologies
|
$135,000 | 1 |
|
RELX
|
$127,050 | 1 |
Python salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| Austin | $202,000 | 5 |
| San Francisco | $200,000 | 3 |
| Boston | $200,000 | 3 |
| Atlanta | $184,700 | 3 |
| Chicago | $165,000 | 11 |
| New York | $163,000 | 15 |
| Los Angeles | $150,000 | 3 |
| Toronto | $94,897 | 7 |
Python vs Ruby: which pays more?
The median for Python is $162,050 per year (typically $127,143–$200,000), versus $193,300 for Ruby ($135,000–$206,000). That puts Ruby about 19% ahead at the median.
Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so Python and Ruby are compared on equal terms regardless of the currency each role was originally posted in. Only roles that publish a salary range feed the medians; numbers refresh every few hours as new roles post and older ones close, so this comparison reflects the market right now rather than a fixed survey. Use it as a directional benchmark when weighing one path against the other.