Finbold data: Average Web3 pay falls to $138,000 in May 2026 from $553,000 in Jan 2025
Web3 pay levels slid in 2026, with the average worker earning about $138,000 annually in May 2026. That is a 75.1% drop from the January 2025 peak of $553,000 and about 32.7% below the roughly $205,000 seen in December 2021.