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Staff Engineer Salary

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

$195,096
Average Min
$260,381
Average Max
$253,778
Median Salary
$485,000
Top Salary
Entry level: $230,178
Senior level: $283,642
Top earners: $322,557

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Related Staff 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 Android Engineer

4 open positions

$216,625 - $324,925
salary range
3

Staff iOS Engineer

5 open positions

$218,100 - $321,540
salary range
4

Staff Software Engineer, Backend

8 open positions

$217,763 - $276,100
salary range
5

Staff Software Engineer, Frontend

6 open positions

$216,833 - $272,667
salary range
6

Senior Staff Engineer, Server Networking & Observability

4 open positions

$169,750 - $308,250
salary range
7

Staff Machine Learning Engineer

12 open positions

$198,199 - $269,350
salary range
8

Staff Software Engineer, Fullstack

5 open positions

$195,200 - $251,200
salary range
9

Staff Data Engineer

12 open positions

$189,521 - $249,944
salary range
10

Staff Backend Engineer

9 open positions

$181,694 - $254,778
salary range

Staff Engineer Salary by Experience Level

How staff engineer salaries vary based on seniority and experience.

Senior

$260,381
average max salary
Range: $195,096 - $260,381
Based on 676 jobs

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Top Paying Companies for Staff Engineers

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

1

Anthropic

6 staff engineer jobs

$362,500 - $461,667
salary range
2

Block

14 staff engineer jobs

$253,136 - $379,707
salary range
3

Waymo

13 staff engineer jobs

$244,615 - $310,308
salary range
4

Pinterest

5 staff engineer jobs

$179,005 - $356,159
salary range
5

Discord

10 staff engineer jobs

$248,000 - $279,000
salary range
6

Harvey

12 staff engineer jobs

$231,833 - $288,667
salary range
7

Quizlet 2

14 staff engineer jobs

$210,679 - $284,207
salary range
8

Aurora Innovation

19 staff engineer jobs

$191,053 - $298,053
salary range
9

Airbnb

19 staff engineer jobs

$217,053 - $271,316
salary range
10

Databricks

45 staff engineer jobs

$198,982 - $271,149
salary range

Staff Engineer Salary by Region

Compare staff engineer compensation across different geographic regions.

North America

348 jobs

$196,427 - $262,153
salary range

Worldwide

328 jobs

$193,685 - $258,501
salary range

Staff Engineer Salary by Industry

How staff engineer salaries vary across different industries.

Engineering

583 jobs

$192,772 - $257,276
salary range

Data

84 jobs

$214,054 - $282,999
salary range

Product

3 jobs

$168,223 - $224,663
salary range

Sales

3 jobs

$188,667 - $274,000
salary range

Support

2 jobs

$155,500 - $243,950
salary range

Finance

1 jobs

$137,000 - $270,000
salary range

Recent Staff Engineer Jobs with Salary

Latest staff engineer job postings with published compensation.

Staff DevOps Engineer

Riverside Insights • United States

$170,000 - $175,000

Staff Software Engineer

Murmuration • United States

$145,000 - $170,000

Staff Software Engineer - Safety Experience

Discord • San Francisco Bay Area

$248,000 - $279,000

Staff Mobile Engineer

Upside • Remote

$220,000 - $260,000

Staff Software Engineer

Ironcladhq • Remote

$210,000 - $235,000

Staff Platform Engineer - Canada

Inworld Ai • Remote

$190,000 - $240,000
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Real Job Data

Salaries from actual staff engineer job postings.

Updated Regularly

Data refreshed as new jobs are posted.

USD Based

All figures in US Dollars, annual.