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Engineering salaries in United States
Built from 6039 employer-stated ranges observed in live postings (as of 2026-10-13). Every number traces to a public source row.
Employers hiring Engineering roles in United States state a median of $188,500 annual USD (P25 $145,500, P75 $232,500), measured from 6039 employer-published ranges as of 2026-10-13.
Beyond base: 44.4% of evaluated postings here mention equity, 30.0% mention bonus/commission (n=9609 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Python | 2259 | 23.5% |
| AWS | 1380 | 14.4% |
| CI/CD | 1061 | 11.0% |
| Roadmapping | 1054 | 11.0% |
| SQL | 944 | 9.8% |
| Kubernetes | 927 | 9.6% |
| Azure | 804 | 8.4% |
| TypeScript | 800 | 8.3% |
| C++ | 788 | 8.2% |
| GCP | 783 | 8.1% |
| LLM | 762 | 7.9% |
| Linux | 745 | 7.8% |
Where would an offer land?
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- P10
- $107,500
- P20
- $136,500
- P30
- $155,000
- P40
- $171,900
- P50
- $188,500
- P60
- $205,000
- P70
- $222,950
- P80
- $245,000
- P90
- $280,000
Deciles of employer-stated ranges (midpoints, annual USD) for this market. Percentiles interpolate between deciles; sample statistics, not an offer recommendation.
Median over time
What moved here in 30 days
- 2026-10-13 range stated Senior Sourcing Engineer, Infrastructure · linkedin3 · 109,000–180,000 USD
- 2026-10-13 range stated Software Engineer - Applications · linkedin3 · 108,900–147,400 USD
- 2026-10-13 range revised ↓ Software Engineer, Extensibility Platform · benchling · 173,369–234,557 USD → 148,159–200,451 USD
Change events derived from consecutive dated observations of this market. Full stream: API →
Who is being hired here
19.3% of open roles here are remote-eligible, and Senior roles are the largest slice at 36.2% of postings.
Stated pay by level
| Seniority | n | P25 | Median | P75 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VP | 10 | $267,500 | $300,000 | $385,000 |
| Director | 155 | $229,900 | $261,846 | $302,500 |
| Executive | 28 | $215,000 | $247,500 | $285,000 |
| Staff | 799 | $205,500 | $232,500 | $270,000 |
| Principal | 188 | $206,300 | $226,000 | $270,000 |
| Manager | 917 | $170,000 | $210,000 | $254,488 |
| Senior | 1387 | $155,091 | $183,150 | $213,000 |
| Mid | 115 | $112,500 | $137,500 | $155,000 |
| Junior | 95 | $87,500 | $110,000 | $135,000 |
| Intern | 155 | $59,280 | $62,400 | $93,600 |
levels shown only at n≥3 · USD comparisons use dated reference FX; original local ranges are retained.
Companies behind these numbers (United States)
| Company | Sector | Open roles | Stated ranges | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| accenturefederalservices | services | 305 | 305 | View roles → |
| databricks | software | 228 | 220 | View roles → |
| openai | ai | 184 | 184 | View roles → |
| anthropic | ai | 155 | 153 | View roles → |
| applied | — | 151 | 151 | View roles → |
| crusoe | — | 146 | 144 | View roles → |
| fluidstack | — | 115 | 115 | View roles → |
| kpffconsultingengineers | — | 147 | 114 | View roles → |
| axon | defense | 171 | 111 | View roles → |
| altentechnologyusa | — | 158 | 110 | View roles → |
| chaosindustries | — | 107 | 106 | View roles → |
| apex-technology-inc | — | 101 | 101 | View roles → |
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