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4,283 postings · 208 companies

Developer Advocate salary

Represents developers to a company and the company to developers: docs, demos, talks.

25 posted ranges at 17 companies · median $192k · H-1B median $218k (19 filings)

On Titles

By level

Median of posted rangesMiddle halfH-1B median

LevelPostedH-1B
Senior9 posted$177k$149k to $205k$191k4 filings
Staff2 posted$188k to $243k2 postingsNone
Manager4 posted$194k$164k to $225kFew2 filings
Director and up2 posted$220k to $293k2 postingsNone
Not stated8 posted$201k$154k to $261k$217k11 filings

By company

Databricks$177kDatabricks, Inc. is an American data and artificial intelligence software company headquartered in San Francisco, California.Anthropic$363kAnthropic, PBC is an American artificial intelligence (AI) public benefit corporation headquartered in San Francisco, California.Datadog$173kDatadog, Inc. is an American company that provides an observability service for cloud-scale applications, providing monitoring of servers, databases, tools, and services, through a SaaS-based data analytics platform.Twilio$310kTwilio Inc. is an American cloud communications company based in San Francisco, California, which provides programmable communication tools for making and receiving phone calls, sending and receiving text messages, and...Sierra$228kAn AI app company posting pay on 30 open jobs, mostly Software Engineer roles.Render$227kA developer tools company posting pay on 24 open jobs, mostly Software Engineer roles.H-1B $240kModal$225kAn AI infrastructure company posting pay on 17 open jobs, mostly Member of Technical Staff roles.OpenRouter$220kOpenRouter is an American artificial intelligence routing service provider that operates a platform for accessing and routing requests to large language models and other generative artificial intelligence models.Vercel$210kVercel Inc. is an American cloud application company.CoreWeave$204kCoreWeave, Inc. is an American artificial intelligence (AI) cloud-computing company based in Livingston, New Jersey.LaunchDarkly$203kA tech employer posting pay on 5 open jobs, mostly Software Engineer roles.Figma$192kA software company posting pay on 26 open jobs, mostly Engineering Manager roles.Pinecone$190kThe vector database, Pinecone Assistant and hosted inference.Okta$175kOkta, Inc. is an American identity and access management company based in San Francisco.H-1B $165kMetabase$163kA tech employer posting pay on 7 open jobs, mostly Software Engineer roles.Snowflake$149kSnowflake Inc. is an American cloud-based artificial intelligence (AI) data platform company founded in San Mateo, California, and headquartered in Menlo Park.H-1B $191kElastic$146kElastic is a Dutch-American software company that provides a platform for enterprise search, observability, and cybersecurity.
CompanyPosted
DatabricksDatabricks, Inc. is an American data and artificial intelligence software company headquartered in San Francisco, California.$177k$149k to $205k
AnthropicAnthropic, PBC is an American artificial intelligence (AI) public benefit corporation headquartered in San Francisco, California.$290k to $435k2 postings
DatadogDatadog, Inc. is an American company that provides an observability service for cloud-scale applications, providing monitoring of servers, databases, tools, and services, through a SaaS-based data analytics platform.$154k to $193k2 postings
TwilioTwilio Inc. is an American cloud communications company based in San Francisco, California, which provides programmable communication tools for making and receiving phone calls, sending and receiving text messages, and...$276k to $345kone posting
SierraAn AI app company posting pay on 30 open jobs, mostly Software Engineer roles.$175k to $280kone posting
RenderA developer tools company posting pay on 24 open jobs, mostly Software Engineer roles.$204k to $250kone posting
ModalAn AI infrastructure company posting pay on 17 open jobs, mostly Member of Technical Staff roles.$175k to $275kone posting
OpenRouterOpenRouter is an American artificial intelligence routing service provider that operates a platform for accessing and routing requests to large language models and other generative artificial intelligence models.$200k to $240kone posting
VercelVercel Inc. is an American cloud application company.$168k to $252kone posting
CoreWeaveCoreWeave, Inc. is an American artificial intelligence (AI) cloud-computing company based in Livingston, New Jersey.$165k to $242kone posting
LaunchDarklyA tech employer posting pay on 5 open jobs, mostly Software Engineer roles.$171k to $235kone posting
FigmaA software company posting pay on 26 open jobs, mostly Engineering Manager roles.$115k to $269kone posting
PineconeThe vector database, Pinecone Assistant and hosted inference.$140k to $240kone posting
OktaOkta, Inc. is an American identity and access management company based in San Francisco.$147k to $202kone posting
MetabaseA tech employer posting pay on 7 open jobs, mostly Software Engineer roles.$135k to $190kone posting
SnowflakeSnowflake Inc. is an American cloud-based artificial intelligence (AI) data platform company founded in San Mateo, California, and headquartered in Menlo Park.$122k to $175kone posting
ElasticElastic is a Dutch-American software company that provides a platform for enterprise search, observability, and cybersecurity.$113k to $179kone posting

Posted ranges

Not stated$115k to $269k

Developer Advocate, Payload

San Francisco Bay Area

Figmaseen Nov 4Posting ↗
Staff$204k to $250k

Staff Developer Relations Engineer

Remote (US)

Renderseen Nov 4Posting ↗
Director and up$276k to $345k

Senior Director, Developer Relations

Remote (US)

Twilioseen Oct 28Posting ↗
Not stated$140k to $240k

Developer Advocate

San Francisco Bay Area

Pineconeseen Oct 21Posting ↗
Senior$113k to $179k

Senior Developer Advocate

New York City

Elasticseen Oct 21Posting ↗
Manager$290k to $435k

Developer Relations Manager, Claude Platform

San Francisco Bay Area

Anthropicseen Oct 14Posting ↗
Senior$200k to $240k

Community Lead, Developer Relations

Remote (US)

OpenRouterseen Sep 25Posting ↗
Staff$171k to $235k

Staff Enterprise Developer Advocate

Remote (US)

LaunchDarklyseen Sep 25Posting ↗
Not stated$135k to $190k

Developer Advocate

Remote (US)

Metabaseseen Sep 25Posting ↗
Not stated$290k to $435k

Developer Relations

San Francisco Bay Area

Anthropicseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$175k to $280k

Developer Relations Engineer

New York City

Sierraseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$175k to $275k

Developer Relations Engineer

San Francisco Bay Area

Modalseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$168k to $252k

DevRel Engineer, Agentic Infrastructure

San Francisco Bay Area

Vercelseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Director and up$165k to $242k

Director, Developer Relations

San Francisco Bay Area

CoreWeaveseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Manager$172k to $237k

Manager, Developer Relations - Open Source

San Francisco Bay Area

Databricksseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Senior$172k to $215k

Senior Developer Advocate - Modern App Development

Remote (US)

Datadogseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Manager$155k to $213k

Manager, Developer Relations - Open Source

Seattle area

Databricksseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Senior$149k to $205k

Sr. Developer Advocate, AI and Machine Learning

San Francisco Bay Area

Databricksseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Senior$149k to $205k

Sr. Developer Advocate - Neon

San Francisco Bay Area

Databricksseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Senior$149k to $205k

Sr. Developer Advocate, Open Source - Omnigent

San Francisco Bay Area

Databricksseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Senior$147k to $202k

Senior Developer Advocate (Auth0)

New York City

Oktaseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Senior$133k to $186k

Sr. Developer Advocate, AI and Machine Learning

Seattle area

Databricksseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Senior$133k to $186k

Sr. Developer Advocate, Open Source - Omnigent

Seattle area

Databricksseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$122k to $175k

Developer Advocate - AI & Developer Experiences

San Francisco Bay Area

Snowflakeseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Manager$136k to $170k

Developer Advocate - Service Management

New York City

Datadogseen Sep 24Posting ↗
PostingRange
Developer Advocate, Payload (the posting, opens in a new tab)FigmaNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$115kto $269k
Staff Developer Relations Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)RenderStaffRemote (US)$204kto $250k
Senior Director, Developer Relations (the posting, opens in a new tab)TwilioDirector and upRemote (US)$276kto $345k
Developer Advocate (the posting, opens in a new tab)PineconeNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$140kto $240k
Senior Developer Advocate (the posting, opens in a new tab)ElasticSeniorNew York City$113kto $179k
Developer Relations Manager, Claude Platform (the posting, opens in a new tab)AnthropicManagerSan Francisco Bay Area$290kto $435k
Community Lead, Developer Relations (the posting, opens in a new tab)OpenRouterSeniorRemote (US)$200kto $240k
Staff Enterprise Developer Advocate (the posting, opens in a new tab)LaunchDarklyStaffRemote (US)$171kto $235k
Developer Advocate (the posting, opens in a new tab)MetabaseNot statedRemote (US)$135kto $190k
Developer Relations (the posting, opens in a new tab)AnthropicNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$290kto $435k
Developer Relations Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)SierraNot statedNew York City$175kto $280k
Developer Relations Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)ModalNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$175kto $275k
DevRel Engineer, Agentic Infrastructure (the posting, opens in a new tab)VercelNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$168kto $252k
Director, Developer Relations (the posting, opens in a new tab)CoreWeaveDirector and upSan Francisco Bay Area$165kto $242k
Manager, Developer Relations - Open Source (the posting, opens in a new tab)DatabricksManagerSan Francisco Bay Area$172kto $237k
Senior Developer Advocate - Modern App Development (the posting, opens in a new tab)DatadogSeniorRemote (US)$172kto $215k
Manager, Developer Relations - Open Source (the posting, opens in a new tab)DatabricksManagerSeattle area$155kto $213k
Sr. Developer Advocate, AI and Machine Learning (the posting, opens in a new tab)DatabricksSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$149kto $205k
Sr. Developer Advocate - Neon (the posting, opens in a new tab)DatabricksSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$149kto $205k
Sr. Developer Advocate, Open Source - Omnigent (the posting, opens in a new tab)DatabricksSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$149kto $205k
Senior Developer Advocate (Auth0) (the posting, opens in a new tab)OktaSeniorNew York City$147kto $202k
Sr. Developer Advocate, AI and Machine Learning (the posting, opens in a new tab)DatabricksSeniorSeattle area$133kto $186k
Sr. Developer Advocate, Open Source - Omnigent (the posting, opens in a new tab)DatabricksSeniorSeattle area$133kto $186k
Developer Advocate - AI & Developer Experiences (the posting, opens in a new tab)SnowflakeNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$122kto $175k
Developer Advocate - Service Management (the posting, opens in a new tab)DatadogManagerNew York City$136kto $170k
About

H-1B by prevailing-wage level

The level the employer chose on the filing: I is entry, IV is fully competent. FY2025 Q4 to FY2026 Q3.

Level II: $178k (3) · Level III: $230k (5) · Level IV: $227k (10)

H-1B median by quarter

Fiscal quarterFilingsMedian
FY2025 Q24$215k
FY2025 Q32$200k
FY2025 Q44$227k
FY2026 Q11$250k
FY2026 Q25$230k
FY2026 Q39$200k

Posted median by week

Week ofRangesMedian
Sep 2125$190k
Oct 531$194k
Oct 1231$194k
Oct 1930$190k
Oct 2629$194k
Nov 225$192k

Recent changes

ClosedNov 4 · 6d ago
Nebius

Took down Senior Developer Advocate ($180k to $224k), last seen Oct 28. Posting ↗

And 1 more: DevRel Communications Designer.

ClosedNov 4 · 6d ago
n8n

Took down Senior Developer Advocate, US, last seen Oct 28. Posting ↗

ClosedNov 4 · 6d ago
LaunchDarkly

Took down Senior Developer Advocate, AI ($152k to $210k), last seen Oct 28. Posting ↗

ClosedNov 4 · 6d ago
Prefect

Took down Developer Relations Engineer ($172k to $242k), last seen Oct 28. Posting ↗

ClosedNov 4 · 6d ago
Synthesia

Took down Staff/Principal Developer Advocate, last seen Oct 28. Posting ↗

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