IT salary guides, technology compensation benchmarks, and pay trend analysis — helping employers set competitive offers and helping IT professionals understand their market value across roles, experience levels, and US metro areas.
By Tom Kenaley, Senior Partner and President at KORE1 Hiring a NetSuite consultant in 2026 costs $85 to $250 an hour for most US engagements. Offshore resources bill $30 to $75, independents $85 to $150, staffing-firm contractors $90 to $185, boutique partners $150 to $250, and Big 4 teams more. The spread is not noise. … Read more
By Robert Ardell, Co-Founder and Strategic Advisor, KORE1 Program managers earn $118,000 to $155,000 base at mid-level in 2026 and $150,000 to $195,000 at senior, while technical program managers at scaled tech companies clear $240,000 in total compensation. Those bands come from reconciling eight public trackers against reqs our desks actually closed. Take the trackers … Read more
By Mike Carter, Director of Partnership Success, KORE1 IAM engineers earn $115,000 to $155,000 base at mid-level in 2026 and $150,000 to $200,000 at senior, with identity architects clearing $240,000. Those bands come from reconciling six public sources against searches our desks actually closed. The public sources, taken at face value, put the national average … Read more
By Mike Carter, Director of Partnership Success, KORE1 Android developers working in the United States earn a base salary of $110,000 to $180,000 in 2026. Most senior app engineers sign between $140,000 and $165,000 before any bonus or equity gets counted. Platform and automotive specialists clear $215,000. Big-tech total compensation runs past $340,000. The headline … Read more
By Tom Kenaley, Senior Partner and President, KORE1 A U.S. product designer earns a median base near $115,000 in 2026, with most offers landing between $95,000 and $150,000, while senior designers at funded software companies clear $200,000 in total compensation. One title, a hundred-thousand-dollar spread. That is not bad data. That is what happens when … Read more
By Tom Kenaley, Senior Partner and President, KORE1 U.S. Rust developers earn a median base near $150,000 in 2026, with most offers landing between $125,000 and $190,000. Senior systems and blockchain specialists clear $210,000 to $300,000 in total compensation. The spread is not noise. Rust is a skill that sits inside four barely related jobs, … Read more
By Robert Ardell, Co-Founder and Strategic Advisor, KORE1 A U.S. tech recruiter earns a median base near $90,000 in 2026, with most in-house offers landing between $70,000 and $130,000, while agency recruiters run lower bases plus commission and big-tech recruiters clear $200,000 total. That spread is not sloppy data. It is three completely different pay … Read more
By Gregg Flecke, Senior Talent Acquisition Partner, KORE1 As of 2026, a U.S. ServiceNow developer earns a median base near $125,000, and most offers fall between $105,000 and $155,000, while certified architects and implementation specialists clear $180,000 to $250,000. What makes this role odd to price is not the title. Every “ServiceNow developer” writes on … Read more
By Gregg Flecke, Senior Talent Acquisition Partner, KORE1 In 2026, U.S. TypeScript developers earn a median base around $130,000, with most offers landing between $100,000 and $170,000, and senior full-stack or platform engineers on large TypeScript codebases clearing $200,000 in total pay. That range is wide because the title barely means anything on its own. … Read more
By Gregg Flecke, Senior Talent Acquisition Partner, KORE1 In 2026, U.S. blockchain developers earn a median base near $140,000, with most offers landing between $110,000 and $185,000, and senior smart-contract or protocol engineers in DeFi clearing $200,000 to $300,000 once tokens and equity are counted. That band hides more than it shows. No title I … Read more
