Median salary
$160,000
median over time
Typical range
$120k – $200k
25th–75th percentile
Disclosing pay
15%
3,422 of 22,819 roles
Live roles
22,819
open right now
Salary distribution
annualized USD · disclosed rolesHighest-paying live roles
Financial Crimes & Risk Data Analyst
Technical Account Manager
AI Operations Lead
Senior Product Data Analyst
Senior Data Analyst
Data Scientist
Performance Engineer, Inference Systems
Principal Machine Learning Engineer, Ads Delivery
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Anduril Industries
|
$150,000 | 118 |
Databricks
|
$213,750 | 112 |
Snowflake
|
$192,200 | 106 |
DoorDash USA
|
$130,620 | 88 |
Instacart
|
$156,250 | 75 |
Air Apps
|
$70,422 | 75 |
Accenture Federal Services
|
$151,200 | 69 |
OpenAI
|
$307,500 | 48 |
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How much do SQL roles pay?
The median salary for SQL roles is $160,000 per year. Most pay falls between $120,000 (25th percentile) and $200,000 (75th percentile), with the broader 10th–90th percentile band running from $86,481 to $239,945.
These figures are computed live from 22,819 active SQL roles on JobsRadar, of which 3,422 (15%) 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 SQL roles include Rain, Anthropic and Pinterest.
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.