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Tech Lead salary in United States
The median salary in Tech Lead job ads in United States is $215,000 a year (about $17,917 a month before tax). The middle half of those ads list $162,550 to $312,500, based on 13 salaries from 12 employers, updated 11 Nov 2026.
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- Median in job ads
- $215,000
- a year
- 12-month range
- High $162,550
- Oct 2026
- Low $162,550 · Oct 2026
- Salaries
- 13
- from 12 employers
- Last updated
- 11 Nov 2026
- 12-month window to 11 Nov 2026
Salary range
Where listed pay sits
- 10th percentile
- $80,363
- 25th percentile
- $162,550
- Median
- $215,000
- 75th percentile
- $312,500
- 90th percentile
- $367,500
13 salaries · 19 live United States jobs. Box: the middle half of salaries · line: the median · whisker: 10th to 90th percentile.
Based on 13 salary-listed job postings from the last 12 months · last updated 11 Nov 2026
Salary brackets
Tech Lead salary brackets in United States
How the 13 comparable salary observations behind the percentile band above spread across USD pay brackets, annualised and United States only. Shares are of observations, not of employers.
| Pay bracket | Relative size | Share and count of listings |
|---|---|---|
| $50K–$100K | 16% 2 listings | |
| $100K–$150K | 8% 1 listing | |
| $150K–$200K | 15% 2 listings | |
| $200K–$250KMedian here | 31% 4 listings | |
| $250K–$300K | 0% 0 listings | |
| $300K–$350K | 15% 2 listings | |
| $350K–$400K | 15% 2 listings |
Brackets are equal-width and rounded; the open-ended rows collect the lowest and highest observations, and the bracket that holds the median is highlighted. Same cohort and outlier rules as the percentiles above.
Pay listed by employers
Latest Tech Lead jobs that show their pay in United States
Pay as the employer wrote it, per year: individual job posts, not averages.
- Tech Lead, Staff Software Engineer, Data (US)TRM Labs · Senior level · posted 7 Nov 2026$200,000 – $270,000
- Tech Lead, Product EngineeringCartesia · Senior level · posted 7 Nov 2026$250,000 – $375,000
- Tech LeadCTC Lateral - Website & LinkedIn · Senior level · posted 7 Nov 2026$175,000 – $250,000
- Tech Lead, Performance EvaluationMay Mobility · Senior level · posted 5 Nov 2026$200,591 – $295,000
- Tech Lead (Fool.com and Motley Fool Money)The Motley Fool · Senior level · posted 3 Nov 2026$200,000 – $230,000
Evidence
Where these numbers come from
13 salaries from 12 employers, posted between 11 Nov 2025 and 11 Nov 2026. Last updated 11 Nov 2026. Every figure on this page comes from this one group of salaries; the median is the middle value, not the average.
- Employer hiring-system feeds 85%
- Pay read from posting text 15%
Live jobs
Tech Lead jobs in United States
- Tech Lead, Applied AI - Search
Mercor · San Francisco, California, United States
$350K – $600K/yr · listed by the employer
- Tech Lead, Deployment & Operations — Custom Infrastructure
OpenAI · San Francisco, California, United States
$342K – $445K/yr · listed by the employer
- Tech Lead, Ramp Travel
Ramp · New York City, NY, USA
$275K – $400K/yr · listed by the employer
- Tech Lead, Applied AI - Evals
Mercor · San Francisco, California, United States
$260K – $500K/yr · listed by the employer
- Tech Lead, Product Engineering
Cartesia · San Francisco, California, United States
$250K – $375K/yr · listed by the employer
- Tech Lead, Performance Evaluation
May Mobility · USA - Remote
$200.6K – $295K/yr · listed by the employer
Reading this number
What this number does—and does not—mean
The range summarizes salary-listed Jobiba jobs in United States. It is not a promise of what one employer will pay, and it is not converted from another country's currency. Experience, city, seniority, skills and company can move an individual offer materially.
Frequently asked questions
Tech Lead salary in United States: common questions
What is the average Tech Lead salary in United States in 2026?
Job ads for Tech Lead in United States on Jobiba list a median salary of $215,000 a year, based on 13 salary-listed job postings. The middle half of those job ads pay between $162,550 and $312,500 a year (25th to 75th percentile).
How does Jobiba calculate Tech Lead salary in United States?
From 13 salary-listed Jobiba job postings from the last 12 months that state an explicit salary, currency and pay period. Hourly, daily and monthly pay is converted to an annual figure, implausible values and outliers are removed, and currencies are never mixed or converted. Jobiba publishes the median and 25th–75th percentile range only when enough comparable postings exist.