C++ Salaries
The average salary for C++ jobs is $164.3k – $288.5k per year across 341 jobs. Pay ranges from $126.5k – $210.5k for Entry Level roles to $171.9k – $299.7k at the Senior level.
Median salary
$212.6k
Based on 341 jobs · 0% less than the average salary on Inference Jobs
25th percentile
$136k
Average
$226.4k
75th percentile
$343k
C++ salary by seniority
| Seniority | Avg. salary | Jobs | vs Avg. on Inference Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry Level | $126.5k – $210.5k | 25 | +35% |
| Mid Level | $151.1k – $272.9k | 80 | +8% |
| Senior | $171.9k – $299.7k | 232 | -2% |
Top companies for C++ salaries
10 companies hiring for C++ roles, ranked by average salary.
NVIDIA
Avg. $159.6k – $286.3k · 135 jobs
Applied Intuition
Avg. $147.1k – $239.8k · 69 jobs
Crusoe
Avg. $184.8k – $226.5k · 18 jobs
Tenstorrent
Avg. $98.4k – $492.2k · 17 jobs
CoreWeave
Avg. $156.4k – $232.4k · 16 jobs
xAI
Avg. $178.8k – $416.7k · 12 jobs
OpenAI
Avg. $268.2k – $377.1k · 11 jobs
Figure
Avg. $154k – $270k · 10 jobs
Cerebras
Avg. $166.3k – $248.1k · 8 jobs
Vast.ai
Avg. $155k – $277.9k · 7 jobs
C++ salaries by location
Average C++ salaries across 15 locations.
Santa Clara
Avg. $162.9k – $300.0k · 117 jobs
San Francisco
Avg. $202.5k – $289.3k · 56 jobs
Sunnyvale
Avg. $150.6k – $248.3k · 49 jobs
Mountain View
Avg. $151.9k – $247.7k · 11 jobs
San Jose
Avg. $154k – $270k · 10 jobs
Palo Alto
Avg. $180k – $436k · 10 jobs
Austin
Avg. $118.2k – $353.8k · 9 jobs
New York City
Avg. $244.1k – $329k · 7 jobs
Livingston
Avg. $152k – $229.4k · 7 jobs
Washington, D.C.
Avg. $136.3k – $202.5k · 6 jobs
Related titles
Top paying titles across 6 titles.
Software Engineering
Avg. $196.3k – $313.3k · 510 jobs
DevOps
Avg. $182.7k – $283.5k · 201 jobs
Hardware Engineering
Avg. $152.5k – $308.9k · 201 jobs
Infrastructure Engineering
Avg. $202.2k – $316.4k · 187 jobs
Machine Learning Engineer
Avg. $209.1k – $344.9k · 162 jobs
Software Engineer
Avg. $190.5k – $311.4k · 161 jobs
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C++ salary FAQs
All salary figures are normalized to USD annual equivalents. Averages are based on published jobs with salary data and filtered for statistical outliers.