# Platform engineer salary: $159,900–$222,000 a year

Every number below comes from 514 tracked live postings whose title matches "platform engineer". No surveys, no self-reports. Listed salaries only, in US dollars.

Measured November 2026 · n=164 US postings with salary.

## Findings

- The median platform engineer posting offers $159,900–$222,000 a year (n=164).
- 36.8% of the 514 live postings matching "platform engineer" are remote.
- Builds AI (AI Level 4) platform engineers list $159,650–$227,500, vs $150,000–$210,000 at Little AI (AI Level 1).

## Median salary by seniority (USD / year)

| Segment | US postings with salary | Median min–max / year |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Intern | 0 | not enough data |
| Junior | 2 | $135,600–$193,400 |
| Mid-level | 34 | $135,000–$191,000 |
| Senior | 80 | $160,000–$223,500 |
| Lead | 42 | $190,000–$251,400 |

## Remote vs on-site (USD / year)

| Segment | US postings with salary | Median min–max / year |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Remote | 65 | $173,900–$240,000 |
| On-site / hybrid | 99 | $148,700–$201,200 |

## Companies hiring platform engineers

- [Amazon](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/amazon) (27)
- [GSK](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/gsk) (18)
- [State Street](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/state-street) (14)
- [LSEG](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/lseg) (13)
- [Mastercard](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/mastercard) (11)
- [Commonwealth Bank of Australia](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/commonwealth-bank-of-australia) (9)
- [Anduril Industries](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/anduril-industries) (8)
- [Thales](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/thales) (8)

## Method

US-dollar postings whose title contains "platform engineer", with both salary bounds listed. This page exists because 164 such postings clear the 50-posting floor Level requires before publishing a dedicated salary page. Below that, the median moves too much between ingestion cycles to be a citable number.

Sample: postings at tech companies tracked by Level. Not the whole labor market. Do not cite as a national average.

Refreshed automatically; this edition is measured November 2026. Small-n slices move a lot. Read the n column first.

## Platform engineer salary questions, answered from the data

**What is the median platform engineer salary?**

Across 164 live US postings for platform engineers with a listed USD salary, measured November 2026, the median offer is $159,900–$222,000 a year. This is the tracked catalog, not the whole labor market.

**How many platform engineers jobs are remote?**

36.8% of the 164 live postings are marked remote by the employer, measured November 2026.

**Does the AI level of the job change the pay?**

In this sample, 68 postings build AI and 324 involve little AI. See the level breakdown below for the median at each level. Measured November 2026.

Source: https://jobsbylevel.com/salaries/role/platform-engineer

## Cite this page

Level. https://jobsbylevel.com/salaries/role/platform-engineer. Measured November 2026.

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