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Intern engineering salaries in the United States
Median $80k a year across 163 live postings that publish pay; the middle half runs from $63k to $80k. 45% of the 359 live postings in this segment publish a band at all.
The middle half: $63k to $80k. The ends are folded into the outer bars.
- Internship (this page)$80k
- Entry level$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
Etchedmedian of 14 published bands$275k
Basetenmedian of 2 published bands$248k
Fieldguidemedian of 2 published bands$228k
SpaceXmedian of 8 published bands$143k
DoorDashmedian of 4 published bands$133k
Verkadamedian of 8 published bands$80k
SingleStoremedian of 4 published bands$80k
Notionmedian of 3 published bands$80k
Hiring the most right now
By job title
| Title | Median | Postings |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer Intern | $80k | 4 |
| Mechanical Engineer Intern (Summer 2027) | $63k | 3 |
The best-paid openings in this segment
- Applied AI Architect, International PolicyAnthropic · San Francisco, CA $240k to $315k
- Internal Acceleration, Research Engineer (Hardware)Etched · San Jose, CA, United States$150k to $400k
- Internal Acceleration, Engineer (Kernels)Etched · San Jose, CA, United States$150k to $400k
- Internal Acceleration, Research Engineer (Kernels)Etched · San Jose, CA, United States$150k to $400k
- Internal Acceleration, Research Engineer (ASIC)Etched · San Jose, CA, United States$150k to $400k
- Internal Acceleration, Engineer (Special Projects)Etched · San Jose, CA, United States$150k to $400k
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Questions this data answers
What is the median salary for intern engineering roles in the United States?
$80k a year in base pay, across 163 live postings that publish a salary band. The middle half of those bands runs from $63k to $80k.
What do the best-paid intern engineering roles in the United States offer?
One in ten published bands has a midpoint above $205k, and one in ten sits below $60k.
How many intern engineering job posts publish a salary?
45% of the 359 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 $80k against $80k for on-site and hybrid ones, from 14 and 149 postings respectively.
Which companies pay the most for intern engineering roles in the United States?
Among employers with at least two published bands, the highest medians right now are at Etched ($275k), Baseten ($248k), Fieldguide ($228k).
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.