Technical Lead Salary in United States during 2025
💰 The median Technical Lead Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 186,960
✏️ This salary info is based on 94 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average Technical Lead salary lies between USD 150,000 and USD 250,000 in the United States. It represents the overall compensation/gross salary amount for the working year (before deductions like social security, taxes and other contributions), not including equity/stock options or similar benefits.
- Job title
- Technical Lead
- Experience
- all levels
- Region
- United States
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 94
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Region represents the primary country of residence of an employee during the year (or residence for tax purposes). All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.
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Top 20 Job Tags for Technical Lead roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with Technical Lead job listings are Python, Engineering and Machine Learning. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:
Python | 203 jobs Engineering | 199 jobs Machine Learning | 173 jobs Architecture | 137 jobs Computer Science | 133 jobs SQL | 130 jobs AWS | 119 jobs Azure | 107 jobs Pipelines | 106 jobs Security | 91 jobs ETL | 79 jobs Agile | 79 jobs Testing | 77 jobs APIs | 69 jobs Research | 68 jobs Data pipelines | 59 jobs CI/CD | 58 jobs DevOps | 57 jobs Generative AI | 57 jobs LLMs | 56 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Technical Lead roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Technical Lead job listings are Career development, Health care and Equity / stock options. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:
Career development | 183 jobs Health care | 96 jobs Equity / stock options | 62 jobs Salary bonus | 53 jobs Competitive pay | 52 jobs Insurance | 47 jobs Startup environment | 45 jobs Flex hours | 43 jobs Team events | 38 jobs Flex vacation | 35 jobs 401(k) matching | 31 jobs Medical leave | 28 jobs Wellness | 24 jobs Parental leave | 16 jobs Conferences | 16 jobs Transparency | 13 jobs Fertility benefits | 7 jobs Gear | 4 jobs Fitness / gym | 4 jobs Relocation support | 4 jobsWant to contribute?
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