Kafka jobs with salary
How much do Kafka jobs pay?
3,847 open tech jobs at 1,299 companies ask for Kafka. 1,652 of them (43%) show the pay. The median posted base pay is $200K a year, from the 1,404 jobs with a yearly range in US dollars. The middle half of these jobs is from $168K to $228K. The numbers come from the companies' own job postings on Nov 10, 2026. They show base pay only, without stock or a bonus.
Companies with the most Kafka jobs with posted pay
| Company | Jobs with posted pay | Median posted base pay |
|---|---|---|
| SpaceX | 49 | $163K |
| Walmart | 40 | $197K |
| Fanatics Betting & Gaming | 17 | $191K |
| Visa | 16 | $175K |
| Altruist | 14 | $220K |
| 12 | $260K | |
| Palo Alto Networks | 12 | $205K |
| Coinbase | 11 | $202K |
| Databricks | 11 | $194K |
| xAI | 10 | $255K |
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How much do Kafka jobs pay?
The median posted base pay for open jobs that ask for Kafka is $200K a year. The middle half of these jobs is from $168K to $228K. The numbers come from 1,404 jobs with a yearly range in US dollars.
Which companies hire for Kafka and post the pay?
The companies with the most open Kafka jobs with posted pay are SpaceX, Walmart, Fanatics Betting & Gaming, Visa, Altruist.
Which job types ask for Kafka?
Software engineering (2,200 jobs), Infra, platform & SRE (834 jobs), ML / AI engineering (576 jobs). One job can have more than one job type.
How do we know that a job asks for Kafka?
We read the text of each job. A job is in this list when its text names Kafka. The text can name a skill as a requirement or as a plus, so read the job before you apply.
A skill page needs 50 or more open jobs that name the skill, and 20 or more of them with a yearly posted range in US dollars. The median uses the middle point of each posted range. We do not use a range with a bottom below $15,000, a top above $1,000,000, or a top that is more than four times the bottom.