Developer Advocate salary
What a developer advocate actually earns, from 224 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 2026-07-23.
What the number means
A developer advocate earns a blended US median near 173,006 dollars, with the typical middle running from 141,948 dollars to 222,809 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 181,038 dollars to 196,253 dollars. Demand is rated moderate, and 6% of postings are fully remote. The nearest adjacent move on our skill graph is penetration tester, at 33 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.
- Senior Developer AdvocateOnehouse.ai · United States$180k–$220kRemoteJul 23
- DevRel Engineer, Agentic InfrastructureVercel · Hybrid - San Francisco$168k–$252kJul 22
- Community Engineer (multiple roles and seniority levels)Canonical Ltd. · AnywhereRemoteJul 21
- Senior Developer AdvocateNeo4j · Remote: San Mateo area$190kRemoteJun 15
- Senior Developer Advocate - Modern App DevelopmentDatadog · California, USA, Remote; Nevada, USA, Remote; Texas, USA, Re$172kRemoteJun 5
- Developer AdvocateNotion · New York, New YorkRemoteMay 28
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.
- Californiamedian $194,583
- Washingtonmedian $131,800
- Texasmedian $108,170
- New Yorkmedian $105,210
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Quick answers
How much does a developer advocate make?
The blended US median is about 173,006 dollars, with a typical range from 141,948 dollars to 222,809 dollars, against an official OEWS median of 108,970 dollars.
Is developer advocate a good career in 2026?
Demand for the role is rated moderate in our July 2026 corpus, with 6% 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 penetration tester, at 33 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 224 observations, 2026-07-23. Definitions in the glossary.