NPR
Podcasting · Radio
4open roles
$165kmedian advertised pay
Scaling fasthiring pace, 95 of 100
3countries with offices
Overview
NPR (National Public Radio) is an American non-profit media organisation that produces and distributes news, cultural and music programming to a network of member public radio stations across the United States. Its programmes include Morning Edition and All Things Considered, and it also publishes podcasts, a digital news site and mobile apps, supported by domestic and international bureaus. The organisation is headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States.
Jobs
In office · Full-Time · 5+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Washington
Python
SQL
Snowflake
Google BigQuery
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Claude
Gemma
Prompt Engineering
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Azure
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$109k – $134k per year · In office · Full-Time · 3+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Washington
Python
JavaScript
PowerShell
Puppet
Ansible
VMWare
Windows Server
AWS
Configuration Management
Proxmox VE
Hyper-V
Linux
Unix
DNS
DHCP
Cybersecurity
Active Directory
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$185k – $206k per year · Remote (United States) · Full-Time · 7+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree
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Java
PHP
Kotlin
SQL
Swift
Objective-C
GraphQL
DevOps
GCP
CI/CD
Git
AWS
Cybersecurity
GDPR
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$165k – $175k per year · Remote (United States) · Full-Time · 3+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree
Java
Kotlin
Swift
Objective-C
Kotlin Coroutines
Mobile
Jetpack Compose
SwiftUI
Combine
MVVM
Exoplayer
AVFoundation
AVKit
Media3
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Management
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Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$165k
Typical range
$134k – $290k
Open positions
6
6
Jobs
Middle
33.3%
Senior
33.3%
Architect
33.3%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle | 2 | $154k | $134k – $175k |
| Senior | 2 | $146k | $137k – $155k |
| Architect | 2 | $248k | $206k – $290k |
Highest paying role
Vice President, Talent Strategy
$290k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at NPR
By role, level and city, against the market · 6 jobs with pay
Growth
Hiring Momentum
95/100
Scaling fast
Open positions
11
6 opened / 11 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
16 days
faster than 65% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~5 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
+50%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Sales
32% ▼
Communications
19% ▲
Design
8% ▼
Marketing
8% ▼
Backend
5%
Administrative
5% ▲
Activity Timeline
Added Llama to stack
Nov 2026
Added Gemma to stack
Nov 2026
Added Claude to stack
Nov 2026
Added Outlook to stack
Oct 2026
Added Google Workspace to stack
Oct 2026
New location: Culver City
Oct 2026
Added Tableau to stack
Oct 2026
Added Google Sheets to stack
Oct 2026
Added Slack to stack
Oct 2026
Added AudioCraft to stack
Oct 2026
Added A/B Testing to stack
Oct 2026
Added Asana to stack
Oct 2026
Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at NPR over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
75
Postings analysed
27
Stack modernity
82/100AI adopter
Languages
Python41%
SQL30%
Java7%
Kotlin7%
Frameworks & libraries
AVFoundation4%
AVKit4%
AudioCraft4%
Combine4%
Databases
Google BigQuery19%
Snowflake15%
DynamoDB7%
ElasticSearch7%
Cloud & platforms
AWS37%
GCP26%
Azure11%
Looker11%
AI & ML
LLM7%
Claude4%
Gemma4%
Llama4%
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Inside the insurance industry's destruction lab : Planet Money
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Why public schools nationwide are facing a massive drop in student enrollment
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Paraguay's president is impeached following a bank collapse
Paraguayan lawmakers voted to impeach President Santiago Peña minutes after his resignation, as the collapse of a digital bank tied to his government froze millions of people's savings.
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As budgets tighten, people are breaking out their library cards
Some Americans squeezed by high prices are relying more on their local libraries for things like books, streaming services and high-priced items like musical instruments and sewing machines.
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A startup wants to build a nuclear-powered data center on public land in Utah
Valar Atomics wants to place over 450 reactors on more than 9,500 acres in Utah to power a huge data center project.
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AI chatbots are becoming political advisers. Their answers can mislead voters
Millions of Americans are turning to AI for election information, but chatbots are getting voting facts wrong and recommending candidates, raising concerns they could influence voters' decisions.
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
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Countries
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Washington
United States
HQ
Washington, DC - HQ
9 open roles 20 posted in 90 days 22% engineering 50-200 est. staff $179k Avg Salary
hires for Sales, Communications, AI/ML
New York
United States
Regional office
New York City
2 open roles 7 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $214k Avg Salary
hires for Communications, Sales
Culver City
United States
Regional office
NPR West - Culver City
1 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff $137k Avg Salary
hires for Communications
Beijing
China
Regional office
Beijing, China - Beijing Bureau
Chicago
United States
Regional office
Chicago
Istanbul
Turkey
Regional office
Istanbul, Turkey - Istanbul Bureau