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Salary guide · $300k+

Software Engineer salary in United States

Live salary signals from $300k+ roles. Remote, hybrid, and on-site jobs included; refreshed daily with $100k+ openings.

Sample size: 339Verified companiesUpdated daily

Median base salary

$301,600/yr

Typical range

$125,000–$536,000/yr

Salary band

$300k+

Salary bands

Salary snapshot by country

United States

$301,600/yr median

$125,000–$536,000 range · 678 datapoints

Software Engineer job openings in United States

OpenAI logo
$255k - $325kSan Francisco, USA
Cohere logo
$250k - $325kUSA
True Talent Solutions Partners logo

Software Engineer, C++ Systems

True Talent Solutions Partners · 12d ago

$250k - $325kSan Francisco, USA
OpenAI logo
$230k - $325kSan Francisco, USA
OpenAI logo
$230k - $325kSan Francisco, USA
OpenAI logo
$230k - $325kSan Francisco, USA
OpenAI logo
$230k - $325kSan Francisco, USA
True Talent Solutions Partners logo

Forward Deployed Engineer

True Talent Solutions Partners · 9d ago

$200k - $325kSan Francisco, USA
Harvey logo
$191k - $325kSan Francisco, USA
Cohere logo
$190k - $325kSan Francisco, USA
OpenAI logo
$185k - $325kSan Francisco, USA
Cohere logo
$175k - $325kUSA
Cohere logo
$175k - $325kUSA
Two Sigma logo

Software Engineer

Two Sigma · 7d ago

$165k - $325kNew York, USA
OpenAI logo
$153k - $325kUSA
OpenAI logo
$153k - $325kNew York City, USA
Rocket Lab logo

Principal Software Engineer

Rocket Lab · 11d ago

$199k - $325kChantilly, USA
Ramp logo
$168k - $325kNew York, USA
Mastercard logo

Principal Software Engineer

Mastercard · 17d ago

$170k - $323kArlington, USA
Cisco logo
$241k - $323kSeattle, USA
Cisco logo
$241k - $323kSeattle, USA
Zoox logo
$237k - $322kFoster City, USA
NVIDIA logo
$200k - $322kUS, USA
NVIDIA logo
$200k - $322kUS, USA
Databricks logo
$234k - $322kMountain View, USA
Saviynt logo
$300k - $320kMilpitas, USA
Anthropic logo
$280k - $320kUSA
Zoox logo
$255k - $320kFoster City, USA
True Talent Solutions Partners logo

Lead Software Engineer, Platform

True Talent Solutions PartnersNew · 2d ago

$220k - $320kSan Francisco, USA
Morgan Pinnacle Group logo
$220k - $320kSan Francisco, USA
True Talent Solutions Partners logo

Software Engineer, AI Agents

True Talent Solutions PartnersNew · 14h ago

$200k - $320kUSA
Morgan Pinnacle Group logo

Software Engineer, AI Agents (Remote SF)

Morgan Pinnacle Group · 7d ago

$200k - $320kUSA
True Talent Solutions Partners logo

Software Engineer, Distributed Systems (Core)

True Talent Solutions PartnersNew · 15h ago

$180k - $320kUSA
LiveKit logo
$180k - $320kUSA
LiveKit logo

Forward Deployed Engineer

LiveKit · 8mo ago

$180k - $320kUSA
Replit logo
$180k - $320kFoster City, USA

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.