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Senior engineering salaries in the United States
Median $190k a year across 2,719 live postings that publish pay; the middle half runs from $160k to $215k. 92% of the 2,963 live postings in this segment publish a band at all.
The middle half: $160k to $215k. The ends are folded into the outer bars.
- Internship$80k
- Entry level$128k
- Mid level$163k
- Senior (this page)$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 3 published bands$363k
Ivomedian of 3 published bands$327k
Decagonmedian of 11 published bands$300k
Legoramedian of 3 published bands$279k
Rillamedian of 2 published bands$278k
CodeRabbitmedian of 3 published bands$275k
Robloxmedian of 84 published bands$269k
OpenAImedian of 6 published bands$267k
Hiring the most right now
By job title
| Title | Median | Postings |
|---|---|---|
| Senior Software Engineer | $190k | 83 |
| Senior Full Stack Engineer | $165k | 18 |
| Senior Electrical Engineer | $180k | 17 |
| Senior Software Engineer, Backend | $215k | 15 |
| Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Games | $216k | 14 |
| Senior Infrastructure Engineer | $199k | 11 |
| Senior Mechanical Engineer | $148k | 11 |
| Senior Product Engineer | $220k | 11 |
The best-paid openings in this segment
- Senior Data Integration Engineer - BangaloreShippeo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, IN$20k to $4000k
- Senior+ Software Engineer, Legal TechAnthropic · Remote$320k to $485k
- Senior Software Security EngineerAnthropic · San Francisco, CA $320k to $405k
- Senior Security Engineer, Offensive SecurityDocker · Remote$271k to $434k
- Senior Counsel, Commercial (Infrastructure)OpenAI · Remote$330k to $366k
- RTL Design Engineer - Interconnect & Network DatapathOpenAI · Remote$225k to $445k
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Questions this data answers
What is the median salary for senior engineering roles in the United States?
$190k a year in base pay, across 2,719 live postings that publish a salary band. The middle half of those bands runs from $160k to $215k.
What do the best-paid senior engineering roles in the United States offer?
One in ten published bands has a midpoint above $235k, and one in ten sits below $147k.
How many senior engineering job posts publish a salary?
92% of the 2,963 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 $191k against $190k for on-site and hybrid ones, from 641 and 2078 postings respectively.
Which companies pay the most for senior engineering roles in the United States?
Among employers with at least two published bands, the highest medians right now are at Anthropic ($363k), Ivo ($327k), Decagon ($300k).
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.