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Kayak salaries

What Kayak publishes in its job posts: the median, the range, and how pay differs by role, AI level and country. Only salaries from live posts, nothing self-reported.

$118k median · $20k to $155k middle half · 33 job posts with a salary

Updated Nov 15, 2026

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Salary by role at Kayak

In USD a year. Range is the middle half of posts from 5 posts, and lowest to highest below that. A row appears from 3 posts.

Published salary at Kayak by role
RoleJob postsMedianRange
Software Engineering13$20k$20k to $50k
Data4$163k$98k to $183k
Sales4$155k$155k
Finance4$101k$93k to $130k

Salary by AI level at Kayak

Level rates every job by how central AI is to the work. In USD a year.

Published salary at Kayak by AI level
AI levelJob postsMedianRange
Uses AI ●●○○8$118k$88k to $134k
Little AI ●○○○22$95k$20k to $153k

Salary by country at Kayak

Posts published in USD, grouped by the country of the job.

Published salary at Kayak by country
CountryJob postsMedianRange
United States22$141k$118k to $155k
Lithuania11$20k$20k

Kayak job posts with a salary

The 25 most recent of 33. Pay is shown as the employer published it.

Method

Based on 33 job posts at Kayak with a published salary, read from the live job posts themselves. Each post counts once, at the midpoint of its listed range. Hourly rates are shown apart from annual pay, and amounts whose period is unclear are left out. No surveys, no self-reported figures. Updated Nov 15, 2026.

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Kayak salary questions, answered from the data

What salary does Kayak pay?

Kayak job posts with a published annual salary in USD have a median of $118k. The middle half of those posts range from $20k to $155k. That is 33 job posts, as of Nov 15, 2026.

Which roles at Kayak list the highest salaries?

Among roles with at least 3 posts that publish a salary, Data has the highest median at $163k, from 4 job posts. The table by role above shows every role that clears the minimum.

Does the salary at Kayak change with how much AI the job involves?

Level rates every job by how central AI is to the work. Median published salaries by level at Kayak: Uses AI $118k, Little AI $95k. Only levels with at least 3 posts that publish a salary are shown.

Where do these Kayak salary figures come from?

From the live job posts at Kayak that list a salary, nothing else. Level takes the midpoint of each listed range, then reports the median and the middle half of posts once there are at least 3. Amounts are never converted between currencies, and amounts whose period is unclear are left out.

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