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Entry level engineering salaries in the United States
Median $128k a year across 145 live postings that publish pay; the middle half runs from $108k to $153k. 81% of the 179 live postings in this segment publish a band at all.
The middle half: $108k to $153k. The ends are folded into the outer bars.
- Internship$80k
- Entry level (this page)$128k
- Mid level$163k
- Senior$190k
- Staff$230k
- Principal$238k
- Manager$238k
- Director$255k
- Executive$222k
Bars are the middle half of published bands; the tick is the median.
Highest-paying employers
Citadel Securitiesmedian of 2 published bands$268k
Legoramedian of 4 published bands$182k
Harveymedian of 2 published bands$173k
SingleStoremedian of 4 published bands$173k
Perpaymedian of 2 published bands$173k
Domino Data Labmedian of 2 published bands$164k
Muon Spacemedian of 3 published bands$153k
Scale AImedian of 2 published bands$143k
Hiring the most right now
SpaceXopen roles in this segment38
Astranisopen roles in this segment23
Applied Intuitionopen roles in this segment12
Mach Industriesopen roles in this segment12
Radiantopen roles in this segment8
Guidehouseopen roles in this segment5
Celonisopen roles in this segment4
CesiumAstroopen roles in this segment4
By job title
| Title | Median | Postings |
|---|---|---|
| Legal Engineer Associate | $182k | 4 |
| New Graduate Engineer, Software Security - '26/'27 (Starlink) | $158k | 3 |
| Software Engineer, New Grad | $173k | 3 |
The best-paid openings in this segment
- Associate General Counsel, Commercial - InfrastructureOpenAI · Remote$347k to $385k
- Software Engineer - University Graduate (US)Citadel Securities · New York, NY, US$235k to $300k
- Quantitative Research Engineer - PhD Graduate (US)Citadel Securities · New York, NY, US$235k to $300k
- Software Engineer, New GradNooks · San Francisco, California, United States$200k to $200k
- Legal Engineer AssociateLegora · San Francisco, California, United States$165k to $224k
- Legal Engineer AssociateLegora · New York City, New York, United States$165k to $224k
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Questions this data answers
What is the median salary for entry level engineering roles in the United States?
$128k a year in base pay, across 145 live postings that publish a salary band. The middle half of those bands runs from $108k to $153k.
What do the best-paid entry level engineering roles in the United States offer?
One in ten published bands has a midpoint above $173k, and one in ten sits below $80k.
How many entry level engineering job posts publish a salary?
81% of the 179 live postings in this segment state a pay range. The figures here are drawn only from those.
Do remote engineering roles in the United States pay less?
Remote postings publish a median of $173k against $123k for on-site and hybrid ones, from 12 and 133 postings respectively.
Which companies pay the most for entry level engineering roles in the United States?
Among employers with at least two published bands, the highest medians right now are at Citadel Securities ($268k), Legora ($182k), Harvey ($173k).
Where does this data come from?
Base pay only, as employers publish it in their own job posts: the midpoint of each annual range, in the currency most postings use. Equity, bonus and commission are not in it. Updated daily.
Base pay only, as employers publish it in their own job posts: the midpoint of each annual range, in the currency most postings use. Equity, bonus and commission are not in it. Read off the live postings on Refolk's job board, where an employer is only counted while the posting is open. Updated daily.