Platform Engineer
$185,000
median · per year, annualized USD
Median over time
▼ -3.1%
$191,000
$185,000
$145k
25th
$185k
Median
$225k
75th
$110k
$273.1k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th
Full range $6k – $1,800k · outliers off-axis
- Disclosing
- 41.6%
- Live roles
- 6,293
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Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Anduril Industries
|
$193,000 | 50 |
SpaceX
|
$145,000 | 41 |
Booz Allen Hamilton
|
$126,750 | 40 |
|
OpenAI
|
$357,750 | 38 |
Palantir
|
$167,500 | 38 |
Nuro
|
$200,450 | 32 |
|
Anthropic
|
$445,000 | 30 |
Elastic
|
$105,820 | 29 |
Platform Engineer salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $234,500 | 485 |
| New York | $210,000 | 427 |
| Seattle | $207,500 | 200 |
| Los Angeles | $195,000 | 51 |
| Boston | $190,000 | 75 |
| London | $185,000 | 43 |
| Austin | $182,300 | 91 |
| Singapore | $166,616 | 4 |
| Chicago | $160,000 | 88 |
| Toronto | $158,166 | 96 |