Data centers jobs: who is hiring and what it pays
The operators, builders and power teams behind the buildings that run the internet and AI. 2,554 open jobs at 350 employers, with a median stated pay of $195k. Every job on this page is in the United States, taken from the employer’s own career site or job system and checked to still be open.
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2,554
open data center jobs
350
employers hiring
$195k
median stated pay (371 jobs)
November 2026
first month tracked
All data center lists
Employers with the most open data center jobs
Amazon, CoreWeave and Crusoe lead the data center employers on our board. The ten with the most openings post 51% of the 2,554 open data center jobs.
| # | Employer | Open jobs |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | AmazonVA | 321 open |
| 2 | CoreWeaveWA · Median pay $180k | 261 open |
| 3 | CrusoeCA · Median pay $188k | 230 open |
| 4 | QTS Data CentersTX | 150 open |
| 5 | OracleTN | 105 open |
| 6 | LambdaCA · Median pay $294k | 77 open |
| 7 | CyrusOneTX | 46 open |
| 8 | IES HoldingsTX | 41 open |
| 9 | Advanced Micro DevicesTX | 37 open |
| 10 | GoogleTX | 35 open |
Highest-paying data center roles
Among data center jobs that state yearly pay, Marketing Managers, Software Developers and Architectural and Engineering Managers pay the most at the median, against $195k for the segment as a whole.
| # | Role | Median pay |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marketing Managers49 open · With pay 9 | $339k |
| 2 | Software Developers95 open · With pay 21 | $312k |
| 3 | Architectural and Engineering Managers69 open · With pay 12 | $237k |
| 4 | Computer Systems Engineers/Architects42 open · With pay 10 | $236k |
| 5 | Information Technology Project Managers96 open · With pay 10 | $214k |
| 6 | Electrical Engineers91 open · With pay 9 | $210k |
| 7 | Purchasing Managers30 open · With pay 10 | $206k |
| 8 | Computer and Information Systems Managers220 open · With pay 22 | $154k |
Skills employers ask for
project management, supply chain and procurement are the skills most often named in data center job postings, read from each posting's own text.
Where the data center jobs are
TX, CA and WA have the most open data center jobs.
| # | State | Open jobs |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TexasMedian pay $175k | 474 open |
| 2 | CaliforniaMedian pay $239k | 466 open |
| 3 | WashingtonMedian pay $204k | 193 open |
| 4 | VirginiaMedian pay $138k | 189 open |
| 5 | Georgia | 120 open |
| 6 | ColoradoMedian pay $121k | 116 open |
| 7 | OhioMedian pay $174k | 104 open |
| 8 | New YorkMedian pay $189k | 90 open |
New data center jobs this week
25 data center jobs were posted in the last seven days.
- Senior Security Engineer - Detection & Response
Lambda · San Francisco, CA
$296k–$395k · Nov 3
- Staff AI Engineer, Developer Relations Engineering
Crusoe · Sunnyvale, CA
Nov 2
- [Contract] Recruiter, Finance
Crusoe · Sunnyvale, CA
Nov 2
- Senior Software Engineer, Platform Engineering
Crusoe · San Francisco, CA
Nov 2
- Senior Category Manager, Metals & Raw Materials
Crusoe · Arvada, CO
Nov 2
- Data Center Controls Engineer (BMS / EPMS)
OpenAI · San Francisco, CA
$177k–$285k · Nov 2
- Executive Director, Data Center Programs & Strategy - AI/HPC
Madison Davis · Dallas, TX
Nov 2
Nov 2
Laid off in data center? Start here
- A plan for the weeks after a layoff
- Unemployment benefits and how to file, by state
- Severance calculator
- Layoff tracker: who is cutting and where
Then look at the employers above that are hiring now.
More industries
- US manufacturing34,328
- Defense and aerospace30,328
- Financial services28,982
- Healthcare26,927
- Education14,346
- Nonprofits13,697
- Biotech and pharma12,574
- AI8,364
- Construction7,544
- Transportation and logistics5,669
- Space5,418
- Automotive and EV4,186
- Semiconductors3,683
- Retail3,289
- Robotics and automation3,148
- Consumer packaged goods2,663
- Utilities and power2,405
- Clean energy and nuclear2,303
- Telecom1,689
- Real estate1,655
- Tourism and hospitality1,437
- Oil and gas1,102
- Steel, aluminum and metals1,022
- Restaurants953
- TV and streaming941
- Mining and natural resources884
- Airlines and aviation811
- Music663
- Shipbuilding and maritime474
- Casino and gaming441
- Sports235
- Movies and film63
How these lists are made
- Every job on this page is in the United States, taken from the employer’s own career site or job system and checked to still be open.
- A job is counted in data center when its employer is on our list of data center employers, or its title names data center work. A job can sit in more than one segment.
- Pay figures use only jobs that state a yearly salary range in dollars; the figure is the middle of the range, and the median is across jobs. A pay list is shown only when enough jobs state pay.
- The same employer under different spellings is counted once. A city where one employer posts half the openings is not ranked.
- Lists are rebuilt weekly from our job board and kept by month. Professional and management roles; hourly roles are not on our board.
Built November 3, 2026.
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