Akamai Technologies salaries in San Jose, CA

Based on 34 certified H-1B filings by Akamai Technologies, Inc. in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Base salary only.

Median salary$183,093
Middle 50%$164.6k–$200.6k
vs. all employers here+2%comparison median $178,705
Filings34FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $121,450 and $265,342.
PercentileSalary
10th$152,924
25th$164,600
50th (median)$183,093
75th$200,591
90th$227,444

Salary by year

Median salary

$120k $160k $200k FY2020: median $143,337 (61 filings) FY2021: median $143,562 (57 filings) FY2022: median $165,000 (31 filings) FY2023: median $158,410 (33 filings) FY2024: median $159,848 (33 filings) FY2025: median $184,892 (21 filings) FY2026: median $177,534 (13 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 61 filings FY20 FY2021: 57 filings FY21 FY2022: 31 filings FY22 FY2023: 33 filings FY23 FY2024: 33 filings FY24 FY2025: 21 filings FY25 FY2026: 13 filings FY26 61
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020$143,337$126,000$157,00061
FY2021$143,562$125,764$164,78457
FY2022$165,000$142,267$187,24331
FY2023$158,410$146,259$190,00033
FY2024$159,848$150,800$194,89933
FY2025$184,892$161,953$212,78221
FY2026$177,534$176,851$190,03613

By job

JobMedian hereFilings
Software Engineer$184,89216
QA Engineertoo few7
Systems Engineer / Architecttoo few4
Network Architecttoo few2
Data Scientisttoo few2

Jobs with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings; links go to all employers for that job in San Jose, CA.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I too few 1
Mid-level · Level II $176,851 11
Senior · Level III $200,591 13
Expert · Level IV too few 4

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.