Rust jobs with salary
How much do Rust jobs pay?
3,815 open tech jobs at 1,029 companies ask for Rust. 2,429 of them (64%) show the pay. The median posted base pay is $211K a year, from the 2,186 jobs with a yearly range in US dollars. The middle half of these jobs is from $181K to $246K. 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 Rust jobs with posted pay
| Company | Jobs with posted pay | Median posted base pay |
|---|---|---|
| Capital One | 234 | $224K |
| Anduril Industries | 199 | $213K |
| NVIDIA | 49 | $270K |
| Anthropic | 39 | $403K |
| OpenAI | 37 | $356K |
| SpaceX | 36 | $163K |
| K2 Space | 35 | $160K |
| xAI | 34 | $255K |
| Meta | 32 | $220K |
| Roblox | 28 | $269K |
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How much do Rust jobs pay?
The median posted base pay for open jobs that ask for Rust is $211K a year. The middle half of these jobs is from $181K to $246K. The numbers come from 2,186 jobs with a yearly range in US dollars.
Which companies hire for Rust and post the pay?
The companies with the most open Rust jobs with posted pay are Capital One, Anduril Industries, NVIDIA, Anthropic, OpenAI.
Which job types ask for Rust?
Software engineering (2,222 jobs), ML / AI engineering (876 jobs), Inference & ML systems (848 jobs). One job can have more than one job type.
How do we know that a job asks for Rust?
We read the text of each job. A job is in this list when its text names Rust. 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.