Median salary
$185,000
per year · annualized USD
Typical range
$152.5k – $222.5k
25th–75th percentile
Disclosing pay
34.8%
903 of 2,596 roles
Live roles
2,596
open right now
Salary trend
median · annualized USDSalary distribution
annualized USD · disclosed rolesHighest-paying jobs
Senior Business Development Lead - Retail Tech & Software Services
Lead Software Engineer (Backend)
Customer Engineering Lead
Evals Infrastructure Tech Lead / Manager
Software Engineering Team Lead
Technical Lead, Safety Research
Team Lead, Site Reliability Engineering
RISC-V AI / HPC & Agentic Software Engineering Lead
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Anduril Industries
|
$170,000 | 34 |
STR
|
$198,250 | 28 |
Fluidstack
|
$264,250 | 22 |
Motional
|
$237,500 | 22 |
Accenture Federal Services
|
$197,750 | 22 |
Scout Motors
|
$176,250 | 16 |
|
OpenAI
|
$338,750 | 14 |
Relativity Space
|
$165,000 | 12 |
Tech Lead salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| Austin | $254,500 | 28 |
| San Francisco | $235,000 | 143 |
| Seattle | $227,500 | 38 |
| New York | $224,000 | 101 |
| Boston | $215,750 | 52 |
| Denver | $195,000 | 17 |
| Atlanta | $183,188 | 14 |
| Los Angeles | $175,000 | 20 |
| Toronto | $167,673 | 26 |
| Chicago | $166,000 | 30 |
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How much do Tech Lead roles pay?
The median salary for Tech Lead roles is $185,000 per year. Most pay falls between $152,500 (25th percentile) and $222,500 (75th percentile), with the broader 10th–90th percentile band running from $114,611 to $266,600.
These figures are computed live from 2,596 active Tech Lead roles on JobsRadar, of which 903 (34.8%) 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 Tech Lead roles include Mindera, Varicent, 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.