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Software Engineering Salary Guide

Compensation data from 5,000 job postings across 256 companies

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Median Salary
$187,250
Software Engineering roles
Jobs with Pay Data
5,000
postings with salary info
Salary Range
$160,700 – $217,550
25th to 75th percentile
Companies Reporting
256
with compensation data

Salary by Seniority

Median Software Engineering salary by experience level

intern
$67,600
junior
$97,403
mid
$169,050
senior
$192,500
staff
$222,000
principal
$209,500
manager
$211,085
director
$257,750
vp
$316,353

Top-Paying Companies

By median Software Engineering salary

Netflix
$473,000
Lambda
$370,500
Anthropic
$362,500
HubSpot
$346,050
xAI
$310,000
OpenAI
$307,500
Roku
$301,500
Veeam
$288,550
Snowflake
$287,600
Mixpanel
$280,003

Top Locations by Salary

Median salary by location

Taipei
$2,875,000
Panamá
$473,000
Los Gatos
$410,000
San Francisco Office
$370,500
London
$310,000
San Francisco Bay Area or Remote
$263,500
San Francisco Bay Area or Remote (U.S.)
$263,500
Folsom
$261,000

Compensation Distribution

Based on 5,000 Software Engineering postings with salary data

<$75k
46
$75k–$100k
84
$100k–$150k
716
$150k–$200k
2,308
$200k–$300k
1,691
$300k+
155

Software Engineering Jobs with Salary

Enterprise/Principal Architect – Digital Commerce & Experience Platforms
principal Solutions Architect · 2U · Crystal City
JavaScript React Next.js
$202k – $235k
Lead Salesforce Developer
senior Software Engineer · 2U · Crystal City
Java AWS Snowflake
$133k – $187k
Engineering Manager - Aggregates Systems
manager Engineering Manager · Abnormal Security · Remote (United States)
Kafka Spark Flink
$187k – $270k
Manager, Mid Market Sales EMEA
manager Engineering Manager · Abnormal Security · Remote (Germany)
$50k – $100k
Manager, Mid Market Sales UK
manager Engineering Manager · Abnormal Security · Remote (United Kingdom)
$50k – $100k
Manager, Professional Services Deployment
manager Engineering Manager · Abnormal Security · Remote (United States)
$125k – $179k
Senior Manager, Customer Trust
senior Technical Lead · Abnormal Security · Remote (United States)
ServiceNow Security Compliance
$176k – $253k
Senior Software Engineer - Development Infrastructure
senior Software Engineer · Abnormal Security · Remote (United States)
Python CI/CD Security
$180k – $259k
Senior Software Engineer - Platform Infrastructure (Federal Operations)
senior Platform Engineer · Abnormal Security · Remote (United States)
Python AWS Kubernetes
$180k – $259k
Software Engineer 2 (Fullstack), Threat Narrative
mid Software Engineer · Abnormal Security · Remote (Canada) | Remote (United States)
Python TypeScript React
$149k – $215k
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Other Role Family Salaries

Machine Learning $206,825Product $204,957Design $195,000Legal $181,050Security $180,700Data Engineering $175,979Sales $161,000Marketing $160,700People $156,000Services $147,500Operations $142,300Finance $142,000
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