2,524 open software engineering postings in United States publish a pay range. Converted to a yearly figure, the median is $202K, and the middle half sits between $149K and $251K. These figures cover the 3,323 open software engineering jobs in United States, of which 76% show pay. Advertised ranges are what employers offer, not what people are paid, and senior roles publish pay less often.
Counted from live job postings on 16 Oct 2026; newest posted 15 Oct 2026.
3,323
open jobs
292
employers
$202K
median pay (2524 ranges)
562
remote
$149K
25th percentile
$202K
Median
$251K
75th percentile
Internship
$125K
$72K – $139K · 49
Entry level
$50K
$43K – $125K · 125
Mid level
$168K
$136K – $244K · 910
Senior
$202K
$176K – $225K · 704
Staff/Principal
$258K
$223K – $303K · 600
Manager
$203K
$159K – $269K · 111
Director
$256K
$239K – $282K · 18
Executive
$179K
$154K – $284K · 7
The median advertised pay is $202K a year, from 2,524 postings with a published range. Half of them fall between $149K and $251K.
Median by level: internship $125K (49 postings); entry level $50K (125 postings); mid level $168K (910 postings); senior $202K (704 postings); staff/principal $258K (600 postings); manager $202K (111 postings); director $256K (18 postings); executive $179K (7 postings).
292 employers have open roles; the most active are SpaceX (565), Walmart (201), OpenAI (139), Roblox (102) and Databricks (88).
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