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Java · California

$175,000

median · per year, annualized USD

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$140k 25th

$175k Median

$211k 75th

$129.5k

$216k

Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $160k – $250.7k · outliers off-axis

Disclosing: 60%
Live roles: 10

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Highest-paying jobs

Staff Software Engineer - Java/Kotlin, Distributed Systems

Tenable, Inc. · US - Hybrid - Virginia, US - Hybrid - Massachusetts, US - Headquarters - Maryland - Columbia, US - Hybrid - DC , US - Remote - California - Bay Area

$188,000 – $250,667

Staff Engineer - Backend Java

Illumio · Sunnyvale, California - HQ

$192,000 – $230,000

Sr. Java Engineer - Application & Services

TP-Link Systems Inc. · Irvine, California, United States

$150,000 – $200,000

Java Engineer - Application & Services

TP-Link Systems Inc. · Irvine, California, United States

$100,000 – $180,000

Lead Java Software Engineer

Resource Innovations · Madison, Wisconsin, United States

$85,000 – $160,000

Lead Java Software Engineer

Resource Innovations · Madison, Wisconsin, United States

$85,000 – $160,000

Top companies hiring

Company	Median	Roles
TP-Link Systems Inc.	$157,500	2
Resource Innovations	$122,500	2
Tenable, Inc.	$219,333	1
Illumio	$211,000	1