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Engineering Manager salary guide

Live six-figure salary ranges for engineering manager roles, based on verified $100k+ job listings from top tech and SaaS companies. Remote, hybrid, and on-site pay data across USD and local currencies updates regularly.
Data freshness: updated from live $100k+ listings; thin pages stay noindex until more roles are available.
  • Salary-first: $200k+ compensation sourced from ATS feeds.
  • Remote eligibility noted; local currency kept where provided for transparency.
  • Seniority focus: mid-to-senior and leadership roles; junior only when six-figure.
Median base salary
$336,000/yr
Calculated from live $100k+ job listings.
Typical range
$196,000–$560,000/yr
Based on min / max ranges across all roles.
Sample size
3
Live jobs with $100k+ local base compensation.
Country coverage
2
Distinct country buckets in the active sample.

Salary snapshot by country

Country-level pay snapshots help separate local market effects from global blended salary ranges.

Global / unknown

$425,000 median · $216,200$560,000 range

4 datapoints

US

$336,000 median · $196,000$336,000 range

2 datapoints

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Engineering Manager, Inference

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Vercel

Engineering Manager, CDN

$196k - $336k
Verified salary
🇺🇸 San Francisco, USHybridMidApply by Sep 24

Manage the CDN engineering team at Vercel, focusing on cloud infrastructure and developer tools. This role involves scal...

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Scale AI

Engineering Manager, AgentOps

$216k - $270k
Verified salary
San Francisco +3OnsiteMidApply by Sep 24

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How this engineering manager salary guide is built

We source only verified $100k+ engineering manager roles directly from ATS-powered company job boards. Every listing is normalized for salary, role slug, country, and remote mode, then deduped and expired when it goes stale. The medians and ranges on this page are computed from live openings rather than historical surveys, so the data reflects current hiring demand. When a company publishes a new engineering manager job with a clear range, it feeds into the stats; when the job is filled or closed, it disappears from the sample. Remote and hybrid roles are labeled, and local currencies are preserved wherever possible. This approach keeps the guide aligned with what hiring managers are paying today, not last year. Use the band toggles to see how compensation shifts at $200k, $300k, and $400k, then scroll the job list to apply to the exact roles behind the numbers.
Source quality
Direct ATS and company-careers feeds, not self-reported surveys.
Normalization
Role slugs, currency, seniority, and work mode are standardized before analysis.
Freshness
Expired jobs are removed so salary stats reflect the current market, not stale demand.