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Salary guide · $200k+

Software Engineer salary in United States

Live salary signals from $200k+ roles. Remote, hybrid, and on-site jobs included; refreshed daily with $100k+ openings.

Sample size: 683Verified companiesUpdated daily

Median base salary

$230,000/yr

Typical range

$102,100–$536,000/yr

Salary band

$200k+

Salary bands

Salary snapshot by country

United States

$230,000/yr median

$102,100–$536,000 range · 1363 datapoints

Software Engineer job openings in United States

Cloudflare logo
$194k - $266kUSA
Cloudflare logo
$194k - $266kUSA
Cloudflare logo
$194k - $266kUSA
Mastercard logo

Lead Software Engineer

Mastercard · 18d ago

$161k - $266kArlington, USA
CACI International Inc logo

Ruby on Rails Developer

CACI International Inc · 8d ago

$121k - $266kChantilly, USA
Benchling logo

Software Engineer, Agents

Benchling · 2mo ago

$194k - $265kSan Francisco, USA
ZipRecruiter logo
$265k+Santa Monica, USA
Applied Intuition logo
$256k - $265kUSA
Descript logo

Software Engineer, Product

Descript · 2mo ago

$220k - $265kUSA
Anyscale logo

Software Engineer (Ray Core)

Anyscale · 2mo ago

$215k - $265kSan Francisco, USA
Airbnb logo
$212k - $265kUSA
Zscaler logo
$212k - $265kSanta Clara, USA
Airbnb logo
$212k - $265kUSA
Airbnb logo
$212k - $265kUSA
Ripple logo

Staff Software Engineer

Ripple · 1mo ago

$212k - $265kSan Francisco, USA
Airbnb logo
$212k - $265kUSA
Airbnb logo
$212k - $265kUSA
Firecrawl logo

Forward Deployed Engineer

Firecrawl · 3mo ago

$209k - $265kSan Francisco, USA
Benchling logo
$195k - $265kSan Francisco, USA
Benchling logo
$195k - $265kSan Francisco, USA
Databricks logo
$190k - $265kSan Francisco, USA
Databricks logo
$190k - $265kUSA
Zscaler logo
$186k - $265kSanta Clara, USA
Zscaler logo
$186k - $265kSanta Clara, USA
Zscaler logo
$186k - $265kSanta Clara, USA
Zscaler logo
$185k - $265kSanta Clara, USA
Perplexity logo
$170k - $265kSan Francisco, USA
Perplexity logo
$170k - $265kSan Francisco, USA
RoboForce logo
$165k - $265kMilpitas, USA
SpaceX logo
$165k - $265kWashington, USA
Checkr logo
$224k - $264kUSA
Harvey logo
$201k - $264kNew York, USA
SoFi logo
$154k - $264kUSA

How this software engineer salary guide uses local data

This page pulls live $100k+ software engineer roles filtered to United States, including remote and hybrid openings tagged for this market. Salary ranges are shown in local currency where provided, and converted bands (like €90k+/£75k+/CHF 120k+) are used to align with regional expectations. Every listing comes from an ATS-powered company board and is expired when it goes stale, keeping the sample fresh. As new roles are published, medians and ranges update automatically. Use the salary band toggles to see how compensation shifts at higher thresholds and explore the live openings below to move from research to application in one click.