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 Cloud security engineers earn $105,000 to $215,000 base in 2026, from associate to senior, with staff and principal roles running $215,000 to $300,000 and past it at large technology employers. Total compensation lands higher once bonus and equity enter. The spread between two people holding the … Read more
By Gregg Flecke, Senior Talent Acquisition Partner, KORE1 Hiring a NetSuite developer in 2026 runs $90,000 to $210,000 in direct-hire salary, $65 to $210 an hour on contract, or salary plus a 15% to 25% placement fee through a staffing agency. Which path costs less rarely comes down to the sticker price. It comes down … Read more
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
