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Mid level engineering salaries in the United States
Median $163k a year across 4,199 live postings that publish pay; the middle half runs from $130k to $215k. 95% of the 4,413 live postings in this segment publish a band at all.
The middle half: $130k to $215k. The ends are folded into the outer bars.
- Internship$80k
- Entry level$128k
- Mid level (this page)$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
Anthropicmedian of 162 published bands$403k
Thinking Machines Labmedian of 22 published bands$350k
Mercormedian of 31 published bands$330k
Sierramedian of 41 published bands$310k
OpenAImedian of 186 published bands$309k
Shepherdmedian of 6 published bands$285k
Rogomedian of 9 published bands$283k
Periodic Labsmedian of 12 published bands$281k
Hiring the most right now
SpaceXopen roles in this segment1,059
Applied Intuitionopen roles in this segment121
Saronic Technologiesopen roles in this segment73
Apex Spaceopen roles in this segment67
Mach Industriesopen roles in this segment67
K2 Spaceopen roles in this segment56
By job title
| Title | Median | Postings |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | $176k | 64 |
| Forward Deployed Engineer | $174k | 52 |
| GTM Engineer | $170k | 25 |
| Security Engineer | $175k | 22 |
| Mechanical Engineer | $128k | 19 |
| Product Engineer | $175k | 17 |
| Applied AI Engineer | $203k | 15 |
| Technical Support Engineer | $92k | 15 |
The best-paid openings in this segment
- Pre-training Data Infrastructure EngineerAnthropic · San Francisco, CA$500k to $850k
- Research Engineer / Performance Engineer, RL Distributed SystemsAnthropic · Remote$500k to $850k
- Research Engineer, Code RL (Reinforcement Learning)Anthropic · San Francisco, CA $500k to $850k
- Research Engineer, Computer UseAnthropic · San Francisco, CA $500k to $850k
- Research Engineer, Chip Design RLAnthropic · San Francisco, CA$500k to $850k
- Research Engineer / Research Scientist, RL FrontiersAnthropic · San Francisco, CA $500k to $850k
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Questions this data answers
What is the median salary for mid level engineering roles in the United States?
$163k a year in base pay, across 4,199 live postings that publish a salary band. The middle half of those bands runs from $130k to $215k.
What do the best-paid mid level engineering roles in the United States offer?
One in ten published bands has a midpoint above $285k, and one in ten sits below $114k.
How many mid level engineering job posts publish a salary?
95% of the 4,413 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 $195k against $156k for on-site and hybrid ones, from 719 and 3480 postings respectively.
Which companies pay the most for mid level engineering roles in the United States?
Among employers with at least two published bands, the highest medians right now are at Anthropic ($403k), Thinking Machines Lab ($350k), Mercor ($330k).
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.