Engineering Lead salary
7 market ranges · employer-stated pay · updated Oct 23, 2026
The best-evidenced figure here is for engineering lead roles at senior level across the United States: 97 postings where the employer stated pay put the middle half between $148,363 and $209,000, with a median of $177,900.
Every range here is counted from real postings, never modelled. 4 of the 7 ranges in the table rest on fewer than 10 postings and are marked hint: treat those as hints rather than benchmarks.
Engineering Lead pay by specialization
Engineering Leadership 63Frontend Engineering 1
Live engineering lead roles by software function. A title spans functions; each link opens that function's own benchmark.
Every measured range
7 by market and level| Market | Level | Market range | Median | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States · country-wide | Senior | $148,363 – $209,000 | $177,900 | 97 |
| United Kingdom · country-wide | Senior | £66,967 – £120,000 | £86,000 | 12 |
| Canada · country-wide | Senior | CA$140,000 – CA$181,400 | CA$170,000 | 9hint |
| Remote · United States | Senior | $144,105 – $184,325 | $165,000 | 9hint |
| London | Senior | £87,000 – £120,000 | £120,000 | 5hint |
| New York | Senior | $185,500 – $300,000 | $211,250 | 16 |
| San Francisco | Senior | $203,375 – $234,375 | $219,250 | 6hint |
Entry is junior titles. Mid is mid-level and manager titles. Senior is senior titles. Lead is director, VP and above. Rows marked hint rest on fewer than 10 postings: read them as a hint, not a benchmark.
Ranges span the 25th to 75th percentile of employer-stated base pay for the market and level. Median is the 50th percentile. Sample is the number of postings measured.
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Open engineering lead roles · 64 with stated pay
this job's paywhere most pay sits here, $115,400–$250,000scale $60,000–$350,000
Engineering Lead Juicebox · San Francisco New $225,000–$300,000 1d ago Software Engineering Lead IGS · Remote · US New $110,850–$177,360 3d ago Mission Assurance and Launch Operations Engineering Lead Aerospace Corporation · Huntsville $120,800–$233,900 5d ago Software Engineering Lead S&P Global · New York $103,805–$174,106 10d ago 
Engineering Lead - Account Management Wise · London £105,000–£135,000 2w ago 
Quality Engineering Lead Dayshape · Edinburgh Up to £63,000 2w ago Software Engineering Lead Leidos · Rockville $107,900–$195,050 3w ago 
Orace ERP Engineering Lead Trane Technologies · Davidson $123,721–$173,004 3w ago 
System Engineering Lead, Infotainment Systems Scout Motors · Charlotte $160,000–$192,500 3w ago 
Protocol Engineering Lead Cielo Projects · New York $175,000–$230,000 4w ago Quality Engineering Lead (Finance & Corporate Technology) Hdks · Mississauga CA$108,700–CA$158,700 4w ago Systems Engineering Lead Leidos · Gaithersburg $87,100–$157,450 4w ago Software Engineering Lead LexisNexis® Risk Solutions · Alpharetta $115,400–$192,300 4w ago Software Engineering Lead LexisNexis® Risk Solutions · Alpharetta $115,400–$192,300 4w ago Software Engineering Lead LexisNexis® Risk Solutions · Arizona $115,400–$192,300 4w ago Software Engineering Lead RELX · Alpharetta $115,400–$192,300 4w ago Software Engineering Lead RELX · Alpharetta $115,400–$192,300 4w ago Software Engineering Lead RELX · Arizona $115,400–$192,300 4w ago Engineering Lead - Verification Platform Wise · London £105,000–£135,000 4w ago 
Privacy Engineering Lead Suno · New York $276,960–$363,510 4w ago 
Engineering Lead, AI Email Applications, Artificial Intelligence (AI) Required - Work From Home Next Step Systems · Remote · US $170,000–$190,000 4w ago Systems Engineering Lead SciTec · Boulder $156,000–$235,000 4w ago Digital Hardware Engineering Lead Anduril Industries · Costa Mesa $209,000–$278,000 5w ago 
Systems Engineering Lead L3Harris Technologies · Clifton $127,500–$236,000 5w ago 
Technology Cost Intelligence Engineering Lead, VP Statestreet · Quincy $120,000–$202,500 5w ago Systems Engineering Lead Applied Materials · Santa Clara $176,000–$242,000 5w ago 
Senior Submarine Engineering Lead BMT · Ottawa CA$130,000–CA$150,000 5w ago Senior Engineering Lead - Business Account Experience Wise · London £135,000–£175,000 5w ago PAM Engineering Lead Eedu · Minneapolis $130,000–$170,000 6w ago Engineering Lead Slihrms · CA.ON.Toronto.191 The West Mall CA$115,000–CA$165,000 6w ago Business Analytics & Software Engineering Lead E-volve Technology Systems · Reston $190,000–$205,000 6w ago Principal AV Behavior Safety Engineering Lead Generalmotors · Remote · US $250,600–$384,600 6w ago 
Software Engineering Lead Chubb · Jersey City $166,100–$240,900 7w ago E&I Engineering Lead Every day Chemours · Dordrecht €71,520–€111,750 8w ago 
Frontend Engineering Lead Omnea · London £140,000–£180,000 8w ago 
Transformation Project Engineering Lead - API AbbVie · North Chicago $109,500–$208,500 8w ago 
Engineering Lead OpusClip · Burnaby CA$230,000–CA$350,000 8w ago 
Enterprise Applications Engineering Lead Point72 · New York $170,000–$250,000 8w ago 
Engineering Lead (Subject Recognition / Edge) Auror · Britomart NZ$142,500–NZ$182,500 2mo ago Aircraft Subsystems Engineering Lead Natilus · San Diego $170,000–$195,000 2mo ago Senior Engineering Lead - Business Onboarding Wise · London £135,000–£175,000 2mo ago 
Engineering Lead Attio · Remote · UK £120,000–£150,000 2mo ago 
Associate Maintenance Operations Engineering Lead, Test Sites Zipline · Esparto $97,000–$146,000 2mo ago Commerce Engineering Lead, Technology & Growth tarte cosmetics · New York $130,000–$150,000 2mo ago Systems Engineering Lead, Thunder Anduril Industries · Costa Mesa $167,000–$222,000 2mo ago Engineering Lead | Equities Derivatives Technology | Executive Director Ms · 750 Seventh Ave- NY $160,000–$250,000 2mo ago 
Structured Testing Vendor Engineering Lead Waymo · Mountain View $230,000–$284,000 2mo ago Engineering Lead | Onsite Fa Ertb Saasfaprod1 · United States $44,000–$154,000 2mo ago 
Legal and Operations Engineering Lead Perplexity · San Francisco $150,000–$250,000 2mo ago 
Engineering Lead, Strategic Deployments Decagon · New York $200,000–$400,000 2mo ago 
Robotics Engineering Lead Dexmate · Fremont $200,000–$400,000 3mo ago Engineering Lead - Account Details Experience Wise · London £105,000–£135,000 3mo ago 
AI Code Engineering Lead Madhive · New York $200,000–$225,000 3mo ago Systems Engineering Lead, New Product Initiatives Waymo · Mountain View $272,000–$336,000 3mo ago 
Engineering Lead Sheladia Associates, Inc · Rockville $150,000–$180,000 3mo ago Combat Power Systems Engineering Lead Aerospace Corporation · El Segundo $120,800–$181,100 4mo ago Engineering Lead Levi Strauss & Co · Remote · US $150,000–$180,000 4mo ago 
Industrial Engineering Lead stitchfix · Lithia Springs $96,000–$128,000 5mo ago 
Customer Engineering Lead Rain · New York $200,000–$280,000 7mo ago 
Founding Engineering Lead AIFund · New York $180,000–$220,000 9mo ago 60 of 64 open roles. All engineering lead jobs