Software Engineering salary in Chicago
Employer-stated pay · updated Oct 24, 2026
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Software Engineering pay in Chicago is measured from 128 postings where the employer stated pay. The best-evidenced figure is senior, where 67 postings put the middle half between $135,000 and $169,310, with a median of $153,317.
Pay rises with seniority here: the medians run entry-level $78,250, mid-level $140,000 and senior $153,317. Moving from entry-level to senior is worth roughly 96% more.
Against the 75 other measured markets for software engineering at senior, this sits below 60 of them; Foster City leads at $244,000.
61 software engineering roles are open in Chicago right now, 60 listing pay.
| Level | Market range | Median | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry | $68,844 – $124,188 | $78,250 | 10 |
| Mid | $116,943 – $166,597 | $140,000 | 51 |
| Senior | $135,000 – $169,310 | $153,317 | 67 |
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 level. Median is the 50th percentile. Sample is the number of postings measured.
Open software engineering roles in Chicago · 60 with stated pay
this job's paywhere most pay sits here, $115,600–$206,000scale $60,000–$290,000
ServiceNow Engineer I Tempus · Chicago New $65,000–$85,000 2d ago Sr Manager, Software Engineering CIBC · Chicago $155,000–$185,000 9d ago Sr Software Engineer CIBC · Chicago $125,000–$150,000 11d ago 
Sr. Software Engineer, Account Management zoro · Chicago $105,100–$175,100 3w ago 
Software Engineer Honeycomb Insurance · Chicago $140,000–$170,000 3w ago ServiceNow Lead Developer University of Chicago · Chicago $120,000–$145,000 3w ago 
Integration Engineer 4 (IBM MQ) Capital One · Chicago $149,800–$171,000 3w ago Software Engineer, Early Career IMC · Chicago $200,000 3w ago 
Lead Forward Deployed Engineer Vizient · Chicago $117,600–$206,000 3w ago 
Software Engineer Cboe · Chicago $107,525–$139,150 4w ago Software Engineer IV - Search Platform Grainger · Chicago $134,100–$223,500 4w ago 
AVP, Software Engineering, Employee Benefits The Hartford · Hartford $182,000–$273,000 4w ago Research Software Engineer University of Chicago · Chicago $76,500–$93,500 4w ago 
Sr Lead Software Engineer - AI Security Platform Ntrs · Chicago $114,500–$194,700 4w ago Sr Lead Software Engineer, AI Security Platform Ntrs · Chicago $114,500–$194,700 4w ago 
Sr. Software Engineer in Test I NinjaTrader · Chicago $82,000–$132,000 4w ago Senior AI Operations Engineer (Senior Software Engineer) Vizient · Irving $102,400–$179,000 4w ago Senior Staff Guidewire Software Engineer - Hybrid The Hartford · Charlotte $127,600–$191,400 5w ago Software Engineer – BP&A IMC · Chicago $130,000–$180,000 5w ago Lead Software Engineer Grainger · Chicago $134,100–$223,500 6w ago Senior Software Engineer TransUnion · Chicago $78,750–$131,250 6w ago 
Senior Software Engineer (Quantum Computing) Infleqtion · Boulder $160,000–$185,000 6w ago Senior Software Engineer Seic · Chicago $130,000–$150,000 6w ago Sr. Software Engineer II, Buy zoro · Chicago $115,600–$192,600 6w ago 
Sr. Data & Software Engineer Ovative Group · Minneapolis $90,000–$132,000 6w ago 
Engineering & Quality - Software Engineer, Senior Fitch · Chicago $120,000–$130,000 7w ago Senior Software Engineer University of Chicago · Chicago $80,000–$120,000 7w ago 
Graduate Software Engineer Edgehog Trading · Chicago $140,000 7w ago Software Engineer, Quantum Systems & Digital Engineering Infleqtion · Chicago $145,000–$170,000 7w ago Senior Java Software Engineer Marmon · Chicago $130,000–$140,000 7w ago 
Associate, Software Engineer - SMA Solutions Blackrock · Chicago $120,000–$148,000 8w ago Quantum Software Engineer (Compiler) Infleqtion · Chicago $145,000–$170,000 2mo ago Quantum Software Engineer - Compiler & Control Systems Infleqtion · Chicago $145,000–$170,000 2mo ago Quantum Software Engineer - Quantum Error Correction (QEC) Infleqtion · Chicago $145,000–$170,000 2mo ago 
Forward Deployed Engineer Loadsmart · Chicago $115,700–$180,800 2mo ago 
Senior Software Engineer (Java) - Banking Accounts Adyen · Chicago $180,000–$243,000 2mo ago Sr. Software Engineer, Data Products zoro · Chicago $105,100–$175,100 2mo ago 
Senior Software Engineer Ripple · Chicago $164,000–$205,000 2mo ago 
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer project44 · Chicago $130,000–$190,000 2mo ago Senior Software Developer (Shared Services) Eagle Seven · Chicago From $160,000 3mo ago 
Forward Deployed Engineer - AI AvePoint · Jersey City $180,000–$230,000 3mo ago Research Software Engineer University of Chicago · Chicago $110,000–$135,000 3mo ago Software Engineer - Risk Technology IMC · Chicago $175,000–$225,000 3mo ago Software Engineer Rockstar · Seattle $150,000–$225,000 3mo ago Software Engineer Intern - Summer 2027 IMC · Chicago $200,000 3mo ago Senior Software Engineer GCM Grosvenor · Chicago $145,000–$180,000 4mo ago 
Member of Technical Staff, Founding Forward Deployed Engineer GC AI · Remote · US $165,000–$350,000 4mo ago 
Principal Software Developer - FinOps Zynga · Austin $119,140–$169,140 6mo ago 
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Healthcare & Life Sciences Databricks · Chicago $182,000–$250,208 6mo ago 
Software Engineer - GPU reliability Hudson River Trading · New York $200,000–$300,000 8mo ago Software Engineer - Python Hudson River Trading · Chicago $200,000–$300,000 8mo ago Senior C++ Software Engineer - Algorithmic Trading Edgehog Trading · Chicago $150,000–$175,000 11mo ago Software Engineer – AI Powered Engineering IMC · Chicago $180,000–$225,000 1y ago C++ Software Engineer IMC · Chicago $175,000–$225,000 1y ago 
Forward Deployed Engineer Happyrobot Inc. · Chicago $120,000–$200,000 1y ago 
Forward Deployed Software Engineer, New Grad - Commercial Palantir · New York $135,000–$145,000 1y ago 
Forward Deployed Engineer Vooma · San Francisco $100,000–$200,000 1y ago Software Engineer - Distributed Compute Hudson River Trading · London $200,000–$300,000 1y ago 
Sr. SAP Developer Komatsu · Chicago $140,000 SAP Technical Business Analyst - FICO Komatsu · Chicago $110,000–$120,000 60 of 61 open roles. All software engineering jobs