Median salary
$143,500
median over time
Typical range
$100k – $192.1k
25th–75th percentile
Disclosing pay
10.2%
537 of 5,241 roles
Live roles
5,241
open right now
Salary distribution
annualized USD · disclosed rolesHighest-paying live roles
Product Designer, Claude Code
Design Engineer
Design Engineer, AI Capability Development (Education Labs)
Staff Software Engineer, Replit Cloud
Frontend Engineer, Dotcom (Marketing)
Principal Software Engineer - Creator Success
Senior/Staff Design Engineer
SEO Lead
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Geotab
|
$92,926 | 37 |
Air Apps
|
$61,110 | 31 |
Accenture Federal Services
|
$138,100 | 21 |
Databricks
|
$195,500 | 18 |
The New York Times
|
$124,973 | 13 |
Environmental Science Associates
|
$115,500 | 13 |
Esri
|
$116,428 | 11 |
Harvey
|
$241,700 | 10 |
CSS salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $195,000 | 87 |
| Boston | $193,050 | 12 |
| New York | $190,525 | 98 |
| Los Angeles | $180,000 | 13 |
| Seattle | $163,400 | 15 |
| Austin | $156,250 | 8 |
| Chicago | $147,750 | 16 |
| Denver | $140,000 | 14 |
| Berlin | $133,859 | 11 |
| Atlanta | $130,250 | 15 |
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How much do CSS roles pay?
The median salary for CSS roles is $143,500 per year. Most pay falls between $100,000 (25th percentile) and $192,059 (75th percentile), with the broader 10th–90th percentile band running from $67,951 to $230,940.
These figures are computed live from 5,241 active CSS roles on JobsRadar, of which 537 (10.2%) 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 CSS roles include Anthropic, Ramp, Replit 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.