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What Rails developers actually make.
Aggregated from 600 Rails roles that publish their salary range — out of 3,527 currently open. Only 17% of Rails employers disclose. Here's what the ones that do are paying.
Median total comp
$185K
across all disclosed roles
P25 — P75 range
$150K–$225K
middle 50% of the market
Top 10% (P90)
$286K+
staff / lead / principal roles
Disclosure rate
17%
600 of 3,527 jobs
Salary distribution
n = 600How disclosed Rails salaries fall across the dataset, binned in $20K increments.
$30K+
10
$60K+
9
$80K+
55
$100K+
13
$120K+
35
$140K+
59
$160K+
74
$180K+
98
$200K+
69
$220K+
54
$240K+
36
$260K+
20
$280K+
26
$300K+
42
Pay by stack
median + P25–P75Median salary by tech stack tag. A role can appear in multiple stacks.
Ruby on Railsn=442$184K
Reactn=352$185K
JavaScriptn=224$170K
TypeScriptn=214$192K
Angularn=73$170K
Vue.jsn=68$170K
Next.jsn=46$184K
Hotwiren=16$170K
Stimulusn=13$185K
Pay by country
median, all stacksHeadline median by country (not COL-adjusted).
United Statesn=520$190K
Canadan=33$186K
Spainn=14$48K
Germanyn=13$85K
Polandn=6small sample$190K
Francen=6small sample$85K
United Kingdomn=6small sample$97K
By seniority
Mid-senior is the bulk; principal/staff data is thin.
| Level | n | P25 | Median | P75 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Executive | 1 | $155K | $155K | $155K |
| Entry level | 34 | $101K | $165K | $175K |
| Associate | 11 | $128K | $167K | $198K |
| Mid-Senior level | 433 | $160K | $190K | $230K |
| Director | 8 | $175K | $213K | $233K |
Top-paying companies
≥ 2 disclosed roles| # | Company | Roles | Median max | Top max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Tanium | 4 | $355K | $355K |
| 02 | Hewlett Packard Enterprise | 8 | $349K | $349K |
| 03 | Salesforce | 12 | $315K | $345K |
| 04 | Binti | 2 | $300K | $300K |
| 05 | BetterUp | 10 | $297K | $297K |
| 06 | Slack | 9 | $286K | $345K |
| 07 | Gusto | 2 | $275K | $275K |
| 08 | Calendly | 4 | $272K | $284K |
| 09 | Braze | 5 | $258K | $258K |
| 10 | Lime | 4 | $249K | $261K |
| 11 | Levelpath | 2 | $240K | $240K |
| 12 | Brightline | 2 | $240K | $240K |
Highest-paying open roles right now
View all sorted by salaryS
Fintech Engineering Lead
San Francisco, United States· onsite
$300K–$380K
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Staff Engineering Manager, Planning & Tracking
United States, United States· onsite
$140K–$372K
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Staff Engineering Manager, Planning & Tracking
United States, United States· onsite
$140K–$372K
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Principal AI Systems Engineer – GPU Reliability & Customer Debug
Bellevue, United States· onsite
$237K–$356K
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Senior Software Engineer - Full Stack
Vancouver, Canada· onsite
$120K–$355K
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Senior Software Engineer - Full Stack
Durham, United States· onsite
$120K–$355K
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Senior Software Engineer - Full Stack
Bellevue, United States· onsite
$120K–$355K
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Senior Software Engineer - Full Stack
Emeryville, United States· onsite
$120K–$355K
Methodology
- Source: 3,527 currently-visible Rails roles in our index, refreshed daily.
- Includes only roles with both salary_min and salary_max in a realistic annual range ($30K–$500K). Hourly contracts excluded.
- Stack medians use salary_max. A role can appear in multiple stacks.
- "Top-paying" requires ≥ 2 disclosed roles to filter out one-offs.
- Country medians flagged when n < 10. Use as directional, not authoritative.
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