Engineering Manager salary

34 market ranges · employer-stated pay · updated Oct 24, 2026

The best-evidenced figure here is for engineering manager roles at mid level across the United States: 554 postings where the employer stated pay put the middle half between $157,103 and $240,000, with a median of $195,500.

Pay rises with seniority across the United States: the medians run mid-level $195,500 and senior $227,500. Moving from mid-level to senior is worth roughly 16% more.

Every range here is counted from real postings, never modelled. 17 of the 34 ranges in the table rest on fewer than 10 postings and are marked hint: treat those as hints rather than benchmarks.

Engineering Manager pay by specialization

Engineering Leadership 558Frontend Engineering 10Embedded & Firmware 8Full-stack Engineering 2Backend Engineering 2QA & Test 1Mobile Engineering 1

Live engineering manager roles by software function. A title spans functions; each link opens that function's own benchmark.

Every measured range

34 by market and level

Market	Level	Market range	Median	Sample
United States · country-wide	Mid	$157,103 – $240,000	$195,500	554
Canada · country-wide	Mid	CA$140,000 – CA$212,000	CA$171,800	49
United Kingdom · country-wide	Mid	£62,000 – £125,375	£108,000	22
France · country-wide	Mid	€86,875 – €113,750	€101,250	6hint
Germany · country-wide	Mid	€123,000 – €140,000	€132,500	5hint
United States · country-wide	Senior	$191,200 – $255,000	$227,500	186
Canada · country-wide	Senior	CA$197,925 – CA$237,188	CA$218,500	12
United Kingdom · country-wide	Senior	£122,625 – £148,686	£128,622	6hint
Remote · United States	Mid	$178,125 – $241,875	$211,250	86
Remote · United Kingdom	Mid	£110,000 – £116,000	£115,000	5hint
Remote · United States	Senior	$207,550 – $249,852	$225,000	43
Atlanta	Senior	$229,150	$229,150	6hint
Austin	Mid	$170,588 – $199,536	$188,075	6hint
Bellevue	Mid	$211,875 – $259,550	$217,375	7hint
Boston	Mid	$170,125 – $208,750	$193,000	12
Chicago	Mid	$165,945 – $206,125	$177,881	18
Denver	Mid	$145,000 – $225,250	$145,000	7hint
London	Mid	£120,000 – £140,000	£127,000	9hint
Mountain View	Mid	$219,500 – $225,156	$223,438	8hint
Mountain View	Senior	$257,500 – $272,917	$271,425	5hint
New York	Mid	$212,000 – $263,500	$233,750	69
New York	Senior	$218,750 – $253,125	$227,500	16
San Francisco	Mid	$238,250 – $304,250	$265,000	72
San Francisco	Senior	$232,500 – $292,500	$274,500	17
San Jose	Mid	$176,800 – $222,250	$205,000	7hint
San Mateo	Mid	$231,625 – $304,484	$257,500	6hint
San Mateo	Senior	$266,500 – $372,230	$275,000	5hint
Santa Clara	Mid	$196,308 – $271,500	$225,000	9hint
Santa Clara	Senior	$190,578 – $259,375	$226,375	6hint
Seattle	Mid	$224,400 – $268,125	$256,750	10
Sunnyvale	Mid	$221,750 – $279,350	$256,750	12
Toronto	Mid	CA$163,750 – CA$216,875	CA$196,500	18
Vancouver	Mid	CA$167,500 – CA$262,500	CA$212,000	5hint
Washington	Mid	$180,250 – $235,159	$210,000	11

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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