Distributed Systems Salaries
The average salary for Distributed Systems jobs is $206.1k – $321.1k per year across 282 jobs. Pay ranges from $147k – $228.2k for Entry Level roles to $208.7k – $320.4k at the Senior level.
Median salary
$242.8k
Based on 282 jobs · 17% more than the average salary on Inference Jobs
25th percentile
$165k
Average
$263.6k
75th percentile
$405k
Distributed Systems salary by seniority
| Seniority | Avg. salary | Jobs | vs Avg. on Inference Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry Level | $147k – $228.2k | 6 | +50% |
| Mid Level | $175.7k – $302.3k | 51 | +22% |
| Senior | $208.7k – $320.4k | 212 | +10% |
Top companies for Distributed Systems salaries
10 companies hiring for Distributed Systems roles, ranked by average salary.
CoreWeave
Avg. $157.5k – $228.1k · 38 jobs
NVIDIA
Avg. $162.8k – $290.7k · 35 jobs
OpenAI
Avg. $264.1k – $399.0k · 34 jobs
Anthropic
Avg. $315.1k – $454.5k · 29 jobs
Crusoe
Avg. $197.3k – $244.0k · 23 jobs
xAI
Avg. $180k – $438k · 20 jobs
Scale
Avg. $208.2k – $287.3k · 15 jobs
Applied Intuition
Avg. $151.4k – $242k · 9 jobs
Together AI
Avg. $163.3k – $238.9k · 9 jobs
Replit
Avg. $201.3k – $306.9k · 8 jobs
Distributed Systems salaries by location
Average Distributed Systems salaries across 10 locations.
San Francisco
Avg. $239.1k – $345.0k · 130 jobs
Santa Clara
Avg. $174.5k – $319.6k · 31 jobs
Livingston
Avg. $157.9k – $228k · 19 jobs
Palo Alto
Avg. $180k – $437.9k · 19 jobs
Sunnyvale
Avg. $164.3k – $251.5k · 15 jobs
New York City
Avg. $214.2k – $305k · 14 jobs
Foster City
Avg. $201.3k – $306.9k · 8 jobs
Bellevue
Avg. $185.9k – $261.4k · 5 jobs
London
Avg. $243.3k – $395.2k · 5 jobs
Toronto
Avg. $99.3k – $243.9k · 3 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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Distributed Systems 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.