Kafka salaries in New York.
What Kafka roles in New York pay, from live listings on JobsRadar.
Compare with anotherMedian salary
$202,313
per year · annualized USD
Typical range
$175.6k – $230k
25th–75th percentile
Disclosing pay
84.7%
261 of 308 roles
Live roles
308
open right now
Salary trend
median · annualized USDSalary distribution
annualized USD · disclosed rolesHighest-paying jobs
Payments Engineer
Staff Software Engineer, Fullstack
Machine Learning Engineer, Marketplace
Software Engineer, Build Systems / CI
Software Engineer, ML Infra & Distributed Systems (Staff & Principal)
Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Data Platform)
Software Engineer, Streaming Systems
Principal AI/ML Engineer - AdTech
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Peregrine Technologies
|
$237,500 | 17 |
Forge Global
|
$202,000 | 15 |
Justworks
|
$202,125 | 11 |
CoreWeave
|
$212,000 | 8 |
| GA Galaxy | $207,500 | 7 |
Block
|
$272,300 | 6 |
| DR DRW | $188,750 | 6 |
Compass
|
$186,050 | 6 |
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How much do Kafka roles in New York pay?
The median salary for Kafka roles in New York is $202,313 per year. Most pay falls between $175,563 (25th percentile) and $230,000 (75th percentile), with the broader 10th–90th percentile band running from $159,825 to $272,300.
These figures are computed live from 308 active Kafka roles in New York on JobsRadar, of which 261 (84.7%) 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 New York include Mercor, CLEAR - Corporate, OpenAI and Tubi.
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.