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Infrastructure, IT, & Security in Compute & Semiconductors Salaries

Live posted base-salary benchmarks for infrastructure, it, & security roles at compute & semiconductors companies.

342 openings with posted pay · Updated Sep 5, 2026

Median base salary

$207k

Posted range midpoint

Typical range

$166k–$251k

25th to 75th percentile

Openings with pay

342

55% of 623 live openings

Companies disclosing

19

From their own postings

Annual base salary in USD. Equity and bonus excluded.

Highest-paying live openings

Sorted by posted range
1
Data Center Standards Architect

Lambda · San Francisco, CA · Staff / Principal

$443k–$517k
2
Distinguished Engineer - Wireless Infrastructure

Nvidia · Santa Clara, CA · Staff / Principal

$320k–$489k
3
Distinguished Engineer, Production Engineering, Cluster Management

Nvidia · Santa Clara, CA · Staff / Principal

$320k–$489k
4
Distinguished Engineer, Storage – AI Cloud

Nvidia · Santa Clara, CA · Staff / Principal

$320k–$489k
5$320k–$489k
6
Staff Software Engineer - Managed Kubernetes

Lambda · Bellevue, WA · Staff / Principal

$314k–$465k
7
Staff Software Engineer - Infrastructure Storage

Lambda · San Francisco, CA · Staff / Principal

$314k–$465k
8
Engineering Manager, Identity & Access Management (IAM)

Lambda · San Francisco, CA · Manager

$297k–$440k
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Methodology

BuildList pulls salary ranges from company applicant tracking systems hourly. Nothing is self-reported or estimated.

Non-USD pay is converted to USD, and hourly, weekly, and monthly pay is annualized. Figures are medians and quartiles of each posting's range midpoint, weighted by currently open roles.

Base salary only. Equity and bonus are excluded. Groups with fewer than 30 salaried openings are withheld.

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