2,528 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 $150K and $251K. These figures cover the 3,282 open software engineering jobs in United States, of which 77% 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 17 Oct 2026; newest posted 16 Oct 2026.
3,282
open jobs
298
employers
$202K
median pay (2528 ranges)
516
remote
$150K
25th percentile
$202K
Median
$251K
75th percentile
Internship
$125K
$72K – $139K · 49
Entry level
$50K
$43K – $125K · 126
Mid level
$168K
$137K – $244K · 910
Senior
$202K
$176K – $225K · 705
Staff/Principal
$258K
$223K – $303K · 602
Manager
$203K
$159K – $269K · 111
Director
$256K
$233K – $281K · 19
Executive
$221K
$167K – $295K · 6
The median advertised pay is $202K a year, from 2,528 postings with a published range. Half of them fall between $150K and $251K.
Median by level: internship $125K (49 postings); entry level $50K (126 postings); mid level $168K (910 postings); senior $202K (705 postings); staff/principal $258K (602 postings); manager $202K (111 postings); director $256K (19 postings); executive $221K (6 postings).
298 employers have open roles; the most active are SpaceX (565), Walmart (201), OpenAI (139), Roblox (102) and Databricks (88).
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