Developer Advocate salary
What a developer advocate actually earns, from 162 live job postings blended with the official US OEWS (Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics) wage anchor. Pick a market for its median and range, then read the seniority split, the trend, and the country comparison below. Updated 2026-09-06.
What the number means
A developer advocate earns a blended US median near 168,381 dollars, with the typical middle running from 143,672 dollars to 210,020 dollars. The official OEWS median is 108,970 dollars, under the posted figure, because the advertised roles skew senior or well-funded. The official trend has moved up about 23 percent since 2019. By seniority, posted pay runs from roughly 170,671 dollars to 180,450 dollars. Demand is rated high, and 11% of postings are fully remote. The nearest adjacent move on our skill graph is conversation designer, at 47 percent coverage; the instrument maps the rest.
Open developer advocate roles
Live openings tagged to this occupation, from company career pages and remote boards. Apply at the source.
Developer Advocate (Database) at JetbrainsRemoteTodayApply
Staff Developer Advocate - Leadership at DatadogCalifornia, USA, Remote; Colorado, USA, Remote; New York, US$255k–$310k2d agoApply- Developer Advocate at TesslcareersLondon Office3d agoApply
Senior Developer Relations Manager, Brazil at NvidiaSão Paulo - SP5d agoApply- Developer Relations / Developer Advocate (Brazil-Only | Remote) at Andrade Co.Florianópolis - SC · Remote1w agoApply
Developer Evangelist - Integrations at XsollaUnited States · Remote$150k–$175k1w agoApply
By seniority
Posted-median pay by seniority signal in the title, from our corpus. Noisy at the edges where sample sizes are small.
Top-paying US states
OEWS median by state, highest first.
- California$169,355
- Washington$131,800
- New York$105,210
Every measured move out of this role, ranked by readiness: alternative careers for a developer advocate.
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Quick answers
How much does a developer advocate make?
The blended US median is about 168,381 dollars, with a typical range from 143,672 dollars to 210,020 dollars, against an official OEWS median of 108,970 dollars.
Is developer advocate a good career in 2026?
Demand for the role is rated high in our July 2026 corpus, with 11% of postings fully remote. The pay is shown above by seniority and by country.
What can a developer advocate move into?
The nearest adjacent role on our skill graph is conversation designer, at 47 percent skill coverage. Run the instrument for the full set of reachable moves.
Method: bands are the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles of live US postings with stated pay, shrunk toward the official OEWS anchor by sample size (the “blended” figure). Trend is the OEWS annual median for SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code 15-1299. Live corpus 162 observations, 2026-09-06. Definitions in the glossary.