2,540 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 3,291 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 16 Oct 2026; newest posted 16 Oct 2026.
3,291
open jobs
300
employers
$202K
median pay (2540 ranges)
526
remote
$149K
25th percentile
$202K
Median
$251K
75th percentile
Internship
$125K
$72K – $139K · 49
Entry level
$50K
$43K – $124K · 126
Mid level
$168K
$136K – $240K · 916
Senior
$202K
$176K – $225K · 708
Staff/Principal
$258K
$223K – $303K · 602
Manager
$203K
$155K – $266K · 113
Director
$256K
$230K – $280K · 20
Executive
$221K
$167K – $295K · 6
The median advertised pay is $202K a year, from 2,540 postings with a published range. Half of them fall between $149K and $251K.
Median by level: internship $125K (49 postings); entry level $50K (126 postings); mid level $168K (916 postings); senior $202K (708 postings); staff/principal $258K (602 postings); manager $202K (113 postings); director $256K (20 postings); executive $221K (6 postings).
300 employers have open roles; the most active are SpaceX (565), Walmart (201), OpenAI (139), Roblox (102) and Databricks (88).
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