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Software Engineer Salary

How much does a software engineer make? Real compensation data updated December 2025.

$164,675
Average Min
$224,669
Average Max
$220,025
Median Salary
$574,000
Top Salary
Entry level: $190,690
Senior level: $251,825
Top earners: $289,001

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Related Software Engineer Job Titles

Similar roles and their compensation ranges.

1

Staff Software Engineer - Agent Platform

5 open positions

$260,000 - $300,000
salary range
2

Staff Software Engineer, Backend

7 open positions

$209,586 - $277,686
salary range
3

Principal Software Engineer

24 open positions

$188,642 - $259,078
salary range
4

Senior Software Engineer - Consumer Experience

6 open positions

$195,147 - $246,933
salary range
5

Staff Software Engineer - Backend

6 open positions

$177,800 - $244,500
salary range
6

Staff Software Engineer

46 open positions

$178,147 - $231,169
salary range
7

Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure

5 open positions

$152,300 - $254,000
salary range
8

Senior Software Engineer - Backend

9 open positions

$157,189 - $220,533
salary range
9

Senior Software Engineer, Backend

13 open positions

$161,277 - $211,023
salary range
10

Embedded Software Engineer

6 open positions

$148,000 - $217,500
salary range

Software Engineer Salary by Experience Level

How software engineer salaries vary based on seniority and experience.

Senior

$232,357
average max salary
Range: $175,643 - $232,357
Based on 1254 jobs

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Top Paying Companies for Software Engineers

Companies offering the highest software engineer salaries based on their job listings.

1

Anthropic

18 software engineer jobs

$335,000 - $458,889
salary range
2

Waymo

33 software engineer jobs

$225,970 - $286,788
salary range
3

Roblox

24 software engineer jobs

$230,777 - $275,675
salary range
4

Harvey

18 software engineer jobs

$215,889 - $270,000
salary range
5

Figma

12 software engineer jobs

$149,500 - $333,750
salary range
6

Discord

20 software engineer jobs

$213,200 - $241,050
salary range
7

StubHub

64 software engineer jobs

$202,188 - $250,781
salary range
8

Benchling

19 software engineer jobs

$187,492 - $255,661
salary range
9

Airbnb

16 software engineer jobs

$199,750 - $240,750
salary range
10

Instacart

22 software engineer jobs

$206,136 - $231,864
salary range

Software Engineer Salary by Region

Compare software engineer compensation across different geographic regions.

North America

1033 jobs

$170,110 - $230,529
salary range

Worldwide

911 jobs

$159,030 - $218,625
salary range

Latin America

4 jobs

$61,750 - $105,750
salary range

Software Engineer Salary by Industry

How software engineer salaries vary across different industries.

Engineering

1937 jobs

$164,802 - $224,818
salary range

Data

11 jobs

$139,366 - $191,922
salary range

Product

1 jobs

$198,000 - $297,000
salary range

Recent Software Engineer Jobs with Salary

Latest software engineer job postings with published compensation.

Forward Deployed, Software Engineer III

Komodo Health • United States

$194,000 - $223,000

Senior Software Engineer, Backend Platform

Harvey • Remote

$200,000 - $260,000

Staff Software Engineer, Backend Platform

Harvey • Remote

$238,000 - $290,000

Software Engineer (Hybrid)

Enova International • Chicago, IL

$68,000 - $90,000

Software Engineer, Behavior Planning

Aurora Innovation • Mountain View, California

$126,000 - $201,000

Senior Software Engineer, Marketing Enablement & Technology

Instacart • United States - Remote

$195,000 - $217,000
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Real Job Data

Salaries from actual software engineer job postings.

Updated Regularly

Data refreshed as new jobs are posted.

USD Based

All figures in US Dollars, annual.