2,556 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 3,320 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 18 Oct 2026; newest posted 18 Oct 2026.
3,320
open jobs
301
employers
$203K
median pay (2556 ranges)
513
remote
$150K
25th percentile
$203K
Median
$251K
75th percentile
Internship
$125K
$72K – $139K · 49
Entry level
$50K
$43K – $125K · 125
Mid level
$168K
$136K – $243K · 919
Senior
$202K
$176K – $225K · 711
Staff/Principal
$260K
$224K – $306K · 611
Manager
$200K
$154K – $264K · 115
Director
$258K
$248K – $287K · 20
Executive
$221K
$167K – $295K · 6
The median advertised pay is $202K a year, from 2,556 postings with a published range. Half of them fall between $150K and $251K.
Median by level: internship $125K (49 postings); entry level $50K (125 postings); mid level $168K (919 postings); senior $202K (711 postings); staff/principal $260K (611 postings); manager $200K (115 postings); director $258K (20 postings); executive $221K (6 postings).
301 employers have open roles; the most active are SpaceX (565), Walmart (201), OpenAI (139), Roblox (102) and Databricks (88).
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