Director Engineering salaries in United States
Built from 157 employer-stated ranges observed in live postings (as of 2026-10-11). Every number traces to a public source row.
Employers hiring Director Engineering roles in United States state a median of $261,846 annual USD (P25 $229,900, P75 $300,000), measured from 157 employer-published ranges as of 2026-10-11.
Beyond base: 51.7% of evaluated postings here mention equity, 44.3% mention bonus/commission (n=230 evaluated excerpts).
Skills mentioned in this market
Tokens that literally appear in the posting text, with n and share of open roles. Not inferred.
| Skill | n | Share of open roles |
|---|---|---|
| Roadmapping | 88 | 38.3% |
| AWS | 34 | 14.8% |
| Azure | 30 | 13.0% |
| LLM | 30 | 13.0% |
| Supply Chain | 24 | 10.4% |
| Salesforce | 22 | 9.6% |
| CI/CD | 18 | 7.8% |
| GCP | 18 | 7.8% |
| Negotiation | 18 | 7.8% |
| Python | 16 | 7.0% |
| SQL | 14 | 6.1% |
| Procurement | 13 | 5.7% |
Where would an offer land?
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- P10
- $191,000
- P20
- $214,500
- P30
- $237,500
- P40
- $252,025
- P50
- $261,846
- P60
- $276,000
- P70
- $290,000
- P80
- $313,500
- P90
- $340,000
Deciles of employer-stated ranges (midpoints, annual USD) for this market. Percentiles interpolate between deciles; sample statistics, not an offer recommendation.
Companies behind these numbers (United States)
| Company | Sector | Open roles | Stated ranges | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| axon | defense | 13 | 11 | View roles → |
| crusoe | — | 9 | 9 | View roles → |
| harvey | ai | 8 | 8 | View roles → |
| servicenow | — | 9 | 5 | View roles → |
| nbcuniversal3 | — | 5 | 5 | View roles → |
| turnertownsend | — | 7 | 4 | View roles → |
| databricks | software | 6 | 4 | View roles → |
| airwallex | — | 4 | 4 | View roles → |
| anthropic | ai | 4 | 4 | View roles → |
| asteralabs | hardware | 4 | 4 | View roles → |
| affirm | fintech | 3 | 3 | View roles → |
| applied | — | 3 | 3 | View roles → |