Median salary
$180,000
median over time
Typical range
$147.5k – $215k
25th–75th percentile
Disclosing pay
16.9%
1,714 of 10,156 roles
Live roles
10,156
open right now
Salary distribution
annualized USD · disclosed rolesHighest-paying live roles
Customer Engineering Lead
Machine Learning Engineer - Fraud Risk
Research Scientist, Interpretability
Performance Engineer
Senior Staff+ Software Engineer, Kubernetes Platform
Software Engineer, Collective Communication
Software Engineer, Inference – AMD GPU Enablement
Staff Software Engineer, AI Reliability Engineering
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Anduril Industries
|
$170,000 | 159 |
PlayStation Global
|
$205,663 | 70 |
Astranis
|
$155,000 | 61 |
Accenture Federal Services
|
$157,775 | 42 |
|
OpenAI
|
$309,000 | 35 |
Silvus Technologies
|
$167,500 | 31 |
northwoodspace
|
$182,000 | 27 |
Zscaler
|
$187,531 | 26 |
Network Engineer salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| Atlanta | $241,000 | 27 |
| Seattle | $222,000 | 84 |
| Austin | $219,000 | 49 |
| San Francisco | $217,500 | 342 |
| London | $215,000 | 30 |
| Sydney | $205,000 | 3 |
| New York | $202,500 | 218 |
| Boston | $172,500 | 42 |
| Los Angeles | $167,500 | 59 |
| Singapore | $165,576 | 3 |
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How much do Network Engineer roles pay?
The median salary for Network Engineer roles is $180,000 per year. Most pay falls between $147,500 (25th percentile) and $215,000 (75th percentile), with the broader 10th–90th percentile band running from $116,732 to $265,000.
These figures are computed live from 10,156 active Network Engineer roles on JobsRadar, of which 1,714 (16.9%) 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 Network Engineer roles include Rain, Anthropic 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.