Median salary
$185,000
per year · annualized USD
Typical range
$152.5k – $223.7k
25th–75th percentile
Disclosing pay
34.3%
889 of 2,594 roles
Live roles
2,594
open right now
Salary trend
median · annualized USDSalary distribution
annualized USD · disclosed rolesHighest-paying jobs
Senior Business Development Lead - Retail Tech & Software Services
Lead Software Engineer (Backend)
Customer Engineering Lead
Technical Lead, Safety Research
Lead Security Engineer
Data Engineering Lead
RISC-V AI / HPC & Agentic Software Engineering Lead
Staff Engineer, Emulation Technical Lead
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Anduril Industries
|
$170,000 | 33 |
STR
|
$197,000 | 27 |
Motional
|
$237,500 | 21 |
Accenture Federal Services
|
$197,750 | 21 |
Fluidstack
|
$275,000 | 17 |
Scout Motors
|
$176,250 | 16 |
Relativity Space
|
$170,000 | 15 |
|
OpenAI
|
$338,750 | 14 |
Tech Lead salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| Austin | $272,500 | 22 |
| San Francisco | $237,500 | 138 |
| Seattle | $233,000 | 31 |
| New York | $222,000 | 98 |
| Boston | $212,500 | 51 |
| Atlanta | $190,000 | 13 |
| Denver | $182,000 | 16 |
| Los Angeles | $175,000 | 19 |
| Toronto | $167,673 | 24 |
| Chicago | $166,000 | 26 |
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How much do Tech Lead roles pay?
The median salary for Tech Lead roles is $185,000 per year. Most pay falls between $152,500 (25th percentile) and $223,683 (75th percentile), with the broader 10th–90th percentile band running from $113,860 to $266,000.
These figures are computed live from 2,594 active Tech Lead roles on JobsRadar, of which 889 (34.3%) publish a salary range. Pay is normalized to annualized USD so roles can be compared on equal terms; the highest-paying roles listed above show their original posted currency. Numbers refresh every few hours as new roles are posted and older ones close.
Employers currently hiring well-paid Tech Lead roles include Mindera, Varicent, Rain and OpenAI.
Salary transparency varies by employer and region, so the disclosing share above reflects only roles that publish pay — not every open position. Use it as a directional benchmark rather than an exact offer.