Software Engineer Lead salary
1 market range · employer-stated pay · updated Oct 20, 2026
The one range measured here is for software engineer lead roles at senior level across the United States: 14 postings where the employer stated pay put the middle half between $143,469 and $188,831, with a median of $179,288.
The range here is counted from real postings, never modelled. It rests on at least 10 postings.
Software Engineer Lead pay by specialization
Software Engineering 3Engineering Leadership 2
Live software engineer lead roles by software function. A title spans functions; each link opens that function's own benchmark.
Every measured range
1 by market and level| Market | Level | Market range | Median | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States · country-wide | Senior | $143,469 – $188,831 | $179,288 | 14 |
Entry is junior titles. Mid is mid-level and manager titles. Senior is senior titles. Lead is director, VP and above.
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 software engineer lead roles · 5 with stated pay
this job's paywhere most pay sits here, $133,980–$304,700scale $80,000–$430,000
Rust Software Engineer Lead, Distributed Ledger Fis · US NY NYC OVA FLR62 $133,980–$227,770 5w ago 
Software Engineer Lead - Secret - WPAFB - 27735 * HII Technical Solutions Corporation · Dayton Wright-Patterson AFB $109,418–$139,118 6w ago 
Optics Software Engineer Lead Arista Networks · Santa Clara $150,000–$230,000 4mo ago