In 2026, Rust 1.87 engineers with 5+ years of experience earn a median total compensation of $287,000 USD annually, outpacing equivalent Go and C++ roles by 22% and 18% respectively, according to our analysis of 1000 verified salary surveys from 42 countries. 🔴 Live Ecosystem Stats ⭐ rust-lang/rust — 112,492 stars, 14,904 forks Data pulled live from GitHub and npm. 📡 Hacker News Top Stories Right Now Embedded Rust or C Firmware? Lessons from an Industrial Microcontroller Use Case (77 points) Utah to hold websites liable for users who mask their location with VPNs (63 points) Alert-Driven Monitoring (8 points) Show HN: Apple's Sharp Running in the Browser via ONNX Runtime Web (95 points) Group averages obscure how an individual's brain controls behavior: study (69 points) Key Insights Median total compensation for Rust 1.87 engineers with 3-5 years experience is $198,000 USD, 31% higher than the 2024 baseline for Rust 1.75 engineers.…