Kafka salaries in Austin.
What Kafka roles in Austin pay, from live listings on JobsRadar.
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$180,000
per year · annualized USD
Typical range
$149.4k – $222k
25th–75th percentile
Disclosing pay
42.9%
27 of 63 roles
Live roles
63
open right now
Salary trend
median · annualized USDSalary distribution
annualized USD · disclosed rolesHighest-paying jobs
Inside Sales Rep, Austin, Texas
Full Stack Software Engineer
Principal Backend Engineer (Forward Deployed)
Staff Machine Learning Engineer (Active Secret Clearance)
Senior Platform Engineer, Operator
Senior Backend Engineer
Staff Software Engineer
Staff Machine Learning Engineer
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
|
Striveworks
|
$225,000 | 3 |
Iterable
|
$172,750 | 3 |
Redpanda Data
|
$105,000 | 3 |
| DR DRW | $186,250 | 2 |
|
Aiven
|
$1,400,000 | 1 |
| AU Auctane | $416,000 | 1 |
|
Invisible Technologies
|
$275,000 | 1 |
|
Ditto
|
$241,000 | 1 |
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How much do Kafka roles in Austin pay?
The median salary for Kafka roles in Austin is $180,000 per year. Most pay falls between $149,375 (25th percentile) and $222,000 (75th percentile), with the broader 10th–90th percentile band running from $116,520 to $254,600.
These figures are computed live from 63 active Kafka roles in Austin on JobsRadar, of which 27 (42.9%) 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 Kafka roles in Austin include Aiven, Auctane, Invisible Technologies and Striveworks.
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.