Posted annual pay in US dollars has a median midpoint of $220,810 across 442 open roles at the end of Nov 3, 233 of them at Roblox
Roblox and its companies have 233 of those 442 roles; outside them the median of 209 roles is $195,000.
At the end of Nov 3, 2026 (UTC), 608 of the 1,806 open roles on the hiring boards we read showed a pay figure in their posting. Of those 608, 482 posted an annual range in a currency with both ends, and 123 stated pay for an hour, a month or another period than a year. The median below is the median of the midpoints of those annual ranges, one currency at a time, and a posted range is what a company posts for a role, not what anyone is paid.1,2,3,4,5
The 442 open roles that posted an annual range in US dollars come from 7 company groups, and the median of their midpoints is $220,810. Roblox and its companies have 233 of the 442, so the median leans on one group's postings. Outside Roblox and its companies, the 209 roles in 6 groups have a median of $195,000.6,7,8,9,10,11,12
By role family, a grouping of title words that is our own and not any company's department, engineering and programming roles posted in US dollars have a median of $269,270 across 223 roles from 7 groups, 170 of them at Roblox and its companies. Product management has a median of $305,745 across 21 roles from 5 groups, 11 of them at Roblox and its companies. Quality assurance has a median of $138,750 across 7 roles from 3 groups, 3 of them at Sony Group and its companies.13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24
Roles that name a technology post medians in US dollars of $257,590 for C++ (116 roles, 6 groups, 84 at Roblox and its companies), $220,020 for Python (115 roles, 7 groups, 63 at Roblox) and $269,270 for Go (59 roles, 4 groups, 54 at Roblox). A role can name several technologies, so these roles overlap.25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37
In Canadian dollars, 30 roles from 6 groups have a median of CAD 176,200, and the 20 roles outside Epic Games and its companies, in 5 groups, have a median of CAD 144,000. In euros, 9 roles, all from Sony Group and its companies, have a median of €109,800. Currencies are never mixed, so these figures are not set against the US-dollar one.38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,5
We read the hiring boards of 42 companies in 31 groups, and a company that hires through a closed system such as Workday is not read, so a company missing here is not one without openings. Our records of the boards begin on Sep 26, 2026, and a collector run began on 30 of the 39 days from then to the end of Nov 3. A role is one company's postings under one title, an open role is not a hire, and in our records 28 of the 482 roles with an annual range list a range for each of several pay zones and count once. The counts are as we counted them when this article was written, and a posting confirmed or closed later can move them by a few roles.47,48,37,49,2
How each figure was checked
- Open roles that show a pay figure608 of the 1,806 open roles at the end of Nov 3, 2026 (UTC) show a pay figure in their posting
- Open roles1,806 open roles at the end of Nov 3, 2026 (UTC)
- Open roles with an annual pay range482 of the 608 open roles that show pay at the end of Nov 3, 2026 (UTC) post an annual range in a currency, with both ends
- Open roles that show pay and are left out: states it for an hour, a month or another period than a year123 open roles that show pay state it for an hour, a month or another period than a year at the end of Nov 3, 2026 (UTC)
- what our records cover of the analysis (pay-by-role-2026-11-03)Our records of pay are the pay figure a posting shows: the range the company posts for the role, not what anyone is paid. Few postings show one: 608 of the 1,806 open roles at the end of Nov 3, 2026 (UTC) do, by the newest open posting of the role that shows pay. A median counts only a role that posts an annual range with both ends, in a named currency: 482 do, and of the others 123 state it for an hour, a month or another period than a year; 3 state no period for it. A median is of the midpoints of those ranges, one currency at a time and never mixed with another, and none is stated from fewer than 5 roles. Where a posting lists a range for each pay zone, the role counts once, at the median of its zones' midpoints in that currency: for two zones, halfway between their midpoints. A zone we cannot read is passed over while another can be read. 28 of the 482 roles with an annual range list more than one zone. A rate per hour or month is not turned into a year. A role family is our own keyword grouping of the English words in a title, not the company's department: a title in another language, or with none of the words, is in the family of other titles.
- Roles behind the median, USD442 open roles post an annual pay range in USD at the end of Nov 3, 2026 (UTC)
- Company groups behind the median, USDThe 442 open roles that post an annual pay range in USD come from 7 company groups
- Median pay range midpoint, USDThe median of the midpoints of the annual pay ranges that 442 open roles post in USD at the end of Nov 3, 2026 (UTC) is $220,810
- Roles behind the median, USD, at RobloxRoblox and its companies have 233 of the 442 open roles that post an annual pay range in USD at the end of Nov 3, 2026 (UTC)
- Roles behind the median outside Roblox and its companies, USD209 open roles outside Roblox and its companies post an annual pay range in USD at the end of Nov 3, 2026 (UTC)
- Company groups behind the median outside Roblox and its companies, USDThe 209 open roles outside Roblox and its companies that post an annual pay range in USD come from 6 company groups
- Median pay range midpoint outside Roblox and its companies, USDThe median of the midpoints of the annual pay ranges that 209 open roles outside Roblox and its companies post in USD at the end of Nov 3, 2026 (UTC) is $195,000
- Median pay range midpoint in engineering and programming, USDThe median of the midpoints of the annual pay ranges that 223 open roles in engineering and programming post in USD at the end of Nov 3, 2026 (UTC) is $269,270
- Roles behind the median in engineering and programming, USD223 open roles in engineering and programming post an annual pay range in USD at the end of Nov 3, 2026 (UTC)
- Company groups behind the median in engineering and programming, USDThe 223 open roles in engineering and programming that post an annual pay range in USD come from 7 company groups
- Roles behind the median in engineering and programming, USD, at RobloxRoblox and its companies have 170 of the 223 open roles in engineering and programming that post an annual pay range in USD at the end of Nov 3, 2026 (UTC)
- Median pay range midpoint in product management, USDThe median of the midpoints of the annual pay ranges that 21 open roles in product management post in USD at the end of Nov 3, 2026 (UTC) is $305,745
- Roles behind the median in product management, USD21 open roles in product management post an annual pay range in USD at the end of Nov 3, 2026 (UTC)
- Company groups behind the median in product management, USDThe 21 open roles in product management that post an annual pay range in USD come from 5 company groups
- Roles behind the median in product management, USD, at RobloxRoblox and its companies have 11 of the 21 open roles in product management that post an annual pay range in USD at the end of Nov 3, 2026 (UTC)
- Median pay range midpoint in quality assurance, USDThe median of the midpoints of the annual pay ranges that 7 open roles in quality assurance post in USD at the end of Nov 3, 2026 (UTC) is $138,750
- Roles behind the median in quality assurance, USD7 open roles in quality assurance post an annual pay range in USD at the end of Nov 3, 2026 (UTC)
- Company groups behind the median in quality assurance, USDThe 7 open roles in quality assurance that post an annual pay range in USD come from 3 company groups
- Roles behind the median in quality assurance, USD, at Sony GroupSony Group and its companies have 3 of the 7 open roles in quality assurance that post an annual pay range in USD at the end of Nov 3, 2026 (UTC)
- Median pay range midpoint naming C++, USDThe median of the midpoints of the annual pay ranges that 116 open roles naming C++ post in USD at the end of Nov 3, 2026 (UTC) is $257,590
- Roles behind the median naming C++, USD116 open roles naming C++ post an annual pay range in USD at the end of Nov 3, 2026 (UTC)
- Company groups behind the median naming C++, USDThe 116 open roles naming C++ that post an annual pay range in USD come from 6 company groups
- Roles behind the median naming C++, USD, at RobloxRoblox and its companies have 84 of the 116 open roles naming C++ that post an annual pay range in USD at the end of Nov 3, 2026 (UTC)
- Median pay range midpoint naming Python, USDThe median of the midpoints of the annual pay ranges that 115 open roles naming Python post in USD at the end of Nov 3, 2026 (UTC) is $220,020
- Roles behind the median naming Python, USD115 open roles naming Python post an annual pay range in USD at the end of Nov 3, 2026 (UTC)
- Company groups behind the median naming Python, USDThe 115 open roles naming Python that post an annual pay range in USD come from 7 company groups
- Roles behind the median naming Python, USD, at RobloxRoblox and its companies have 63 of the 115 open roles naming Python that post an annual pay range in USD at the end of Nov 3, 2026 (UTC)
- Median pay range midpoint naming Go, USDThe median of the midpoints of the annual pay ranges that 59 open roles naming Go post in USD at the end of Nov 3, 2026 (UTC) is $269,270
- Roles behind the median naming Go, USD59 open roles naming Go post an annual pay range in USD at the end of Nov 3, 2026 (UTC)
- Company groups behind the median naming Go, USDThe 59 open roles naming Go that post an annual pay range in USD come from 4 company groups
- Roles behind the median naming Go, USD, at RobloxRoblox and its companies have 54 of the 59 open roles naming Go that post an annual pay range in USD at the end of Nov 3, 2026 (UTC)
- what our records cover of the analysis (pay-by-role-2026-11-03)Our records count roles, not postings: a role is one company's postings that share a title, so a role open in several cities is one role. A role is open at the end of a day when one of its postings had been seen by then and had not closed. An open role is not a hire, and a role that closes is not a role that was filled. A role names a technology when its title or the text of its postings does, leaving out the lines a company's board repeats across its roles (a paragraph the company writes about itself): a marketing director at a company that makes an engine does not name it for the paragraph about the company. A role naming a technology is evidence that its team uses it, not a list of what the company uses.
- Roles behind the median, CAD30 open roles post an annual pay range in CAD at the end of Nov 3, 2026 (UTC)
- Company groups behind the median, CADThe 30 open roles that post an annual pay range in CAD come from 6 company groups
- Median pay range midpoint, CADThe median of the midpoints of the annual pay ranges that 30 open roles post in CAD at the end of Nov 3, 2026 (UTC) is CAD 176,200
- Roles behind the median outside Epic Games and its companies, CAD20 open roles outside Epic Games and its companies post an annual pay range in CAD at the end of Nov 3, 2026 (UTC)
- Company groups behind the median outside Epic Games and its companies, CADThe 20 open roles outside Epic Games and its companies that post an annual pay range in CAD come from 5 company groups
- Median pay range midpoint outside Epic Games and its companies, CADThe median of the midpoints of the annual pay ranges that 20 open roles outside Epic Games and its companies post in CAD at the end of Nov 3, 2026 (UTC) is CAD 144,000
- Roles behind the median, EUR9 open roles post an annual pay range in EUR at the end of Nov 3, 2026 (UTC)
- Roles behind the median, EUR, at Sony GroupSony Group and its companies have 9 of the 9 open roles that post an annual pay range in EUR at the end of Nov 3, 2026 (UTC)
- Median pay range midpoint, EURThe median of the midpoints of the annual pay ranges that 9 open roles post in EUR at the end of Nov 3, 2026 (UTC) is €109,800
- what our records cover of the analysis (pay-by-role-2026-11-03)Our records, as of the end of Nov 3, 2026 (UTC), cover the hiring boards of 42 companies in 31 company groups: a company counts once it had a posting first seen by then, and a company that hires through a closed system such as Workday is not read, so a company missing from the figures is not a company without openings.
- what our records cover of the analysis (pay-by-role-2026-11-03)Our records of the hiring boards begin on Sep 26, 2026, when the first board was read (a board we added later counts from the day we first saw a posting on it): a role's age before then is not known. A collector run began on 30 of the 39 days from then to the end of Nov 3, 2026 (UTC). No collector run began on Sep 27 to Sep 28, Sep 30 to Oct 5, Oct 11, so a posting that opened and closed within those days is in no figure, and one that closed within them still counts as open until the first run after them.
- Open roles that list a range for each of several pay zones28 of the 482 open roles that post an annual range at the end of Nov 3, 2026 (UTC) list a range for each of several pay zones
The record
- All roles (USD)
- $220,810 · 442 roles
- All roles (CAD)
- CAD 176,200 · 30 roles
- All roles (EUR)
- €109,800 · 9 roles
- Engineering and programming (USD)
- $269,270 · 223 roles
- Business, legal, people and operations (USD)
- $188,400 · 61 roles
- Marketing, community and communications (USD)
- $194,000 · 33 roles
- Data and analytics (USD)
- $196,182 · 26 roles
- Other titles (USD)
- $216,200 · 25 roles
- Product management (USD)
- $305,745 · 21 roles
- Design and narrative (USD)
- $190,656 · 18 roles
- Production and project management (USD)
- $187,013 · 18 roles
- Art and animation (USD)
- $202,113 · 9 roles
- Quality assurance (USD)
- $138,750 · 7 roles
- Engineering and programming (CAD)
- CAD 215,223 · 14 roles
- Business, legal, people and operations (CAD)
- CAD 175,000 · 5 roles
- Engineering and programming (EUR)
- €109,800 · 8 roles