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Software Engineer
2939 employer-disclosed salaries · last 90 days · refreshed 4317 min ago
$169kmedian · disclosed by employers, not self-reported
p25 $130kmedian $169kp75 $210k
National baseline: $130k (BLS OEWS, U.S. national, May 2023). Live postings skew toward employers that disclose pay.
Am I underpaid?
By seniority
Junior$64k – $88k – $110k36 postings
Mid$113k – $145k – $186k1342 postings
Senior$140k – $169k – $200k942 postings
Staff+$188k – $222k – $259k553 postings
Remote vs on-site
Remote $213k · on-site $160k
By employer type
Startup $215k (151)
Enterprise $196k (222)
Gov contractor $134k (103)
Where this comes from
- Senior Forward Deployed Engineer · Webflow · $178,500 - $210,000
- Senior Platform Security Engineer · Discord · $196,000 to $245,000
- IT Ops Engineer · Vercel · $116,000-$174,000.
- Software Engineering Intern - Winter '27 · Vercel · $110,000 - $132,000.
Live pay-transparency data parsed from public job boards — what employers offer today, not what people self-reported years ago.