Median salary
$180,000
median over time
Typical range
$137.1k – $215k
25th–75th percentile
Disclosing pay
17.4%
437 of 2,512 roles
Live roles
2,512
open right now
Salary distribution
annualized USD · disclosed rolesHighest-paying live roles
Senior Director, Revenue Technology & Innovation
Full Stack Engineer, Fleet Scheduling
Staff Product Manager, Connectors
Staff Mobile Engineer
Forward Deployed Infrastructure Engineer
Full-Stack SWE, Data Acquisition (Foundations)
Senior Staff Machine Learning Systems Engineer, Feed Relevance
Sr Manager, Software Engineering
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Air Apps
|
$68,094 | 33 |
Ashby
|
$204,770 | 16 |
Toast
|
$206,500 | 11 |
Apollo GraphQL
|
$187,500 | 9 |
Pylon
|
$240,000 | 8 |
|
Reddit
|
$228,950 | 8 |
HackerOne
|
$206,000 | 8 |
|
PlayStation Global
|
$196,100 | 8 |
GraphQL salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| Seattle | $214,700 | 17 |
| San Francisco | $210,000 | 88 |
| Austin | $206,000 | 12 |
| Boston | $192,500 | 25 |
| New York | $187,500 | 58 |
| Los Angeles | $186,500 | 7 |
| Chicago | $180,000 | 10 |
| Denver | $169,500 | 12 |
| Berlin | $145,499 | 13 |
| Toronto | $115,257 | 13 |
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How much do GraphQL roles pay?
The median salary for GraphQL roles is $180,000 per year. Most pay falls between $137,117 (25th percentile) and $215,000 (75th percentile), with the broader 10th–90th percentile band running from $86,406 to $240,410.
These figures are computed live from 2,512 active GraphQL roles on JobsRadar, of which 437 (17.4%) 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 GraphQL roles include Pinterest, OpenAI, Veeam Software and Giga.
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.