Median salary
$207,500
per year · annualized USD
Typical range
$180k – $242.6k
25th–75th percentile
Disclosing pay
26.6%
828 of 3,115 roles
Live roles
3,115
open right now
Salary distribution
annualized USD · disclosed rolesHighest-paying live roles
Senior Staff Backend Engineer ($500k - $1.5m salary)
Solutions Engineer
Software Engineer - Solana
Software Engineer - Stellar
Research Engineer, Machine Learning (Reinforcement Learning)
Research Engineer, Machine Learning (Reinforcement Learning)
Senior Staff+ Software Engineer, Node Infra
Senior Staff+ Software Engineer, Kubernetes Platform
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Anduril Industries
|
$209,500 | 220 |
OpenAI
|
$309,000 | 33 |
|
Anthropic
|
$403,750 | 32 |
Ditto
|
$241,000 | 19 |
northwoodspace
|
$190,000 | 15 |
Sift Stack, Inc.
|
$195,000 | 14 |
Atomic Semi
|
$131,250 | 12 |
Perplexity
|
$312,500 | 11 |
Rust salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| London | $307,500 | 13 |
| San Francisco | $244,000 | 206 |
| New York | $243,000 | 115 |
| Seattle | $222,000 | 107 |
| Boston | $222,000 | 32 |
| Atlanta | $222,000 | 25 |
| Austin | $200,000 | 47 |
| Chicago | $200,000 | 9 |
| Los Angeles | $180,500 | 16 |
| Toronto | $178,288 | 7 |
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How much do Rust roles pay?
The median salary for Rust roles is $207,500 per year. Most pay falls between $180,000 (25th percentile) and $242,625 (75th percentile), with the broader 10th–90th percentile band running from $150,000 to $306,317.
These figures are computed live from 3,115 active Rust roles on JobsRadar, of which 828 (26.6%) 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 Rust roles include Baton Corporation Ltd, Rain and Anthropic.
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.