Salaries
8 software roles, from postings where the employer stated pay.
Each figure is a median for the single city and level we have the most disclosures for, so the roles below are different cohorts, not a like-for-like ranking. Every figure is counted from real postings, never modelled; the city, level and sample sit on each row.
Pay by role
8 of 8 measured Backend Engineering $203,000New York, senior, n=76 Embedded & Firmware $207,000San Francisco, senior, n=17 Engineering Leadership $233,750New York, senior, n=151 Frontend Engineering $212,650New York, senior, n=34 Full-stack Engineering $205,000New York, senior, n=66 Mobile Engineering $195,000New York, senior, n=25 QA & Test $162,500San Francisco, mid, n=21 Software Engineering $190,000New York, mid, n=229
Pay by job title
83 of 83 measured Software Engineer $185,000United States · country-wide, senior, n=1,604 Engineering Manager $195,500United States · country-wide, mid, n=554 Software Developer $120,000United States · country-wide, mid, n=104 Backend Engineer $202,750United States · country-wide, senior, n=112 Full Stack Engineer $174,750United States · country-wide, senior, n=88 Embedded Software Engineer $165,000United States · country-wide, senior, n=103 Firmware Engineer $180,000United States · country-wide, senior, n=77 Lead Software Engineer $177,700United States · country-wide, senior, n=151 Full Stack Software Engineer $161,250United States · country-wide, mid, n=56 Software Engineering Manager $191,800United States · country-wide, mid, n=97 Full Stack Developer $125,500United States · country-wide, mid, n=63 Backend Software Engineer $198,921United States · country-wide, senior, n=42 Engineering Lead $177,900United States · country-wide, senior, n=97 Frontend Engineer $210,000United States · country-wide, senior, n=35 Software Development Engineer $135,000United States · country-wide, mid, n=59 QA Engineer $105,830United States · country-wide, mid, n=39 Software Architect $209,000United States · country-wide, senior, n=45 Robotics Software Engineer $170,000United States · country-wide, mid, n=18 Software Test Engineer $112,631United States · country-wide, mid, n=40 Forward Deployed Software Engineer $180,000United States · country-wide, mid, n=11 Systems Software Engineer $182,940United States · country-wide, mid, n=23 Software Integration Engineer $149,228United States · country-wide, mid, n=26 System Software Engineer $181,750United States · country-wide, mid, n=11 Flight Software Engineer $130,676United States · country-wide, mid, n=17 Mobile Engineer $186,325United States · country-wide, senior, n=22 Platform Software Engineer $204,375United States · country-wide, senior, n=14 Product Software Engineer $185,000United States · country-wide, senior, n=6 Backend Developer $148,000United States · country-wide, senior, n=9 Fullstack Software Engineer $194,950United States · country-wide, senior, n=13 Project Engineering Manager $160,000United States · country-wide, mid, n=11 Embedded Firmware Engineer $182,500United States · country-wide, senior, n=16 Engineering Intern $59,500United States · country-wide, entry, n=29 Engineering Director $248,000United States · country-wide, lead, n=35 Cloud Software Engineer $183,350United States · country-wide, mid, n=15 C++ Software Engineer $175,000United States · country-wide, senior, n=11 Frontend Software Engineer $217,500United States · country-wide, mid, n=10 QA Automation Engineer $114,875United States · country-wide, mid, n=17 Test Automation Engineer $139,950United States · country-wide, mid, n=19 Engineering Team Lead $170,200United States · country-wide, senior, n=21 Software Engineering Lead $173,050United States · country-wide, senior, n=17 Embedded Engineer $185,000United States · country-wide, senior, n=12 Native Software Engineer $142,713United States · country-wide, mid, n=6 QA Analyst $103,225United States · country-wide, mid, n=10 AI Native Software Engineer $144,750United States · country-wide, mid, n=5 R&d Software Engineer $114,400United States · country-wide, mid, n=5 Systems Engineering Manager $205,000United States · country-wide, mid, n=17 Ground Software Engineer $206,650United States · country-wide, senior, n=6 Embedded Systems Engineer $127,750United States · country-wide, mid, n=8 Front End Software Engineer $190,000United States · country-wide, senior, n=9 Java Software Engineer $179,525United States · country-wide, senior, n=11 QA Specialist $90,600United States · country-wide, mid, n=14 Systems Engineering Lead $193,250United States · country-wide, senior, n=16 Firmware Developer $149,275United States · country-wide, senior, n=5 QA Manager $130,361United States · country-wide, mid, n=15 Android Software Engineer $137,250United States · country-wide, mid, n=5 Associate Software Engineer $92,350United States · country-wide, entry, n=25 Lead Software Development Engineer $204,050United States · country-wide, senior, n=8 Mobile Application Developer $142,100United States · country-wide, mid, n=7 QA Lead $133,150United States · country-wide, senior, n=7 Radar Software Engineer $123,003United States · country-wide, mid, n=5 Software Engineer Intern $59,900United States · country-wide, entry, n=13 Software QA Engineer $129,500United States · country-wide, mid, n=9 Solutions Engineering Manager $188,250United States · country-wide, mid, n=8 Advanced Software Engineer $129,000United States · country-wide, mid, n=6 Automation Software Engineer $151,254United States · country-wide, mid, n=6 Cyber Software Engineer $122,275United States · country-wide, mid, n=9 Distinguished Software Engineer $273,375United States · country-wide, mid, n=8 Embedded Software Developer CA$108,000Canada · country-wide, mid, n=8 Hardware Engineering Manager $215,000United States · country-wide, mid, n=9 Intermediate Software Developer CA$98,600Canada · country-wide, mid, n=6 Lead Embedded Software Engineer $135,023United States · country-wide, senior, n=8 Mobile Developer $135,200United States · country-wide, mid, n=5 Quality Engineering Manager $143,750United States · country-wide, mid, n=12 Software Engineer Lead $179,288United States · country-wide, senior, n=14 Software Engineering Intern $60,430United States · country-wide, entry, n=12 Test Engineering Manager $170,000United States · country-wide, mid, n=16 Full Stack Java Developer $125,000United States · country-wide, mid, n=9 Lead Full Stack Engineer $175,500United States · country-wide, senior, n=9 Lead Product Software Engineer $185,000United States · country-wide, senior, n=6 Software Applications Engineer $133,550United States · country-wide, mid, n=6 Software Development Manager $179,078United States · country-wide, mid, n=14 Software Quality Assurance Engineer $126,000United States · country-wide, senior, n=7 Full Stack Software Developer $146,300United States · country-wide, mid, n=7
Remote pay
23 measuredSoftware EngineerSoftware EngineeringEngineering LeadershipBackend EngineeringEngineering ManagerFull-stack EngineeringBackend EngineerFrontend EngineeringQA & TestSoftware DeveloperFull Stack EngineerMobile EngineeringFrontend EngineerEmbedded & FirmwareQA EngineerLead Software EngineerSoftware ArchitectFull Stack DeveloperSoftware Engineering ManagerEngineering LeadFull Stack Software EngineerBackend Software EngineerMobile Engineer