Side-by-side distribution
Python
$162,050
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 15.9%
- Live roles
- 1,066
Rust
$190,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 40.8%
- Live roles
- 130
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 Engineer 3 - Linux/Bash/Python/Java/IaC/Docker/CI/CD
Software Integration Engineer 2 (On-Call) - Linux/Bash/Python/Docker/Kubernetes/IaC/Helm/Prometheus/Grafana
Senior DevOps Engineer - AWS/Java/Linux/Ansible/Git/Python
Software Engineer 2 (Hybrid) - AWS/Hadoop/Accumulo/Terraform/Python/Java
Highest-paying jobs
Software Engineer - Platform Infrastructure (Rust, C++)
Staff Software Engineer, C++/Rust
Staff Software Engineer, C++/Rust
Senior Software Engineer, Rust
Senior Software Engineer, C++/Rust
Senior Software Engineer, C++/Rust
Senior Software Engineer, C++/Rust
Senior Software Engineer, C++/Rust
Software Engineer 2 - Linux/Bash/Python/Rust/HPC/CI/CD/Git/Agile
Software Engineer 3 - Linux/Bash/Python/Rust/NoSQL/Docker/Kubernetes/Helm
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Anduril Industries
|
$222,000 | 8 |
|
Stellar Development Foundation
|
$230,000 | 6 |
N1
|
$190,000 | 3 |
Weekday AI
|
$187,200 | 3 |
Cloudflare
|
$88,336 | 3 |
| LI Legion Intelligence | $207,500 | 2 |
|
Captivation Software
|
$200,000 | 2 |
Zscaler
|
$186,750 | 2 |
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 | $162,500 | 14 |
| Los Angeles | $150,000 | 3 |
| Toronto | $94,897 | 7 |
Rust salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| Seattle | $222,500 | 3 |
| New York | $210,000 | 8 |
| San Francisco | $192,500 | 8 |
| Austin | $88,336 | 3 |
Python vs Rust: which pays more?
The median for Python is $162,050 per year (typically $127,143–$200,000), versus $190,000 for Rust ($158,750–$206,500). That puts Rust about 17% ahead at the median.
Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so Python and Rust 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.