# Software Engineer Salary: $188k median (2026)

> software engineer salary - based on 18,005 live postings across 30+ ATS sources.

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## Salary

- **Median:** $188k
- **25th-75th percentile:** $150k - $226k
- **Based on:** 7421 disclosed salaries from live postings

## Hiring across industries (ISIC Rev.4)

- Computer programming, consultancy and related activities (division 62, 6292 open)
- Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding (division 64, 2018 open)
- Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products (division 26, 1215 open)
- Employment activities (division 78, 981 open)
- Manufacture of other transport equipment (division 30, 936 open)
- Scientific research and development (division 72, 507 open)

## Top companies hiring

- NVIDIA (409 open)
- Google (322 open)
- JPMorganChase (304 open)
- SpaceX (244 open)
- Speechify (132 open)
- Databricks (131 open)
- Waymo (114 open)
- Mastercard (113 open)

## Sample live roles

- [Software Engineer, Platform ($200k-$250k + Equity) at Duckbill](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/software-engineer-platform-%24200k-%24250k-%2B-equity-at-duckbill-at-jack-jill-4445442101) - Jack & Jill - San Francisco, CA - $200k-$250k
- [Frontend Software Engineer - Remote](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/frontend-software-engineer-remote-at-yo-it-consulting-4445444143) - YO IT Consulting - Los Angeles, CA
- [Senior Software Engineer- (Backend) Grocery](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/senior-software-engineer-backend-grocery-at-uber-4446171537) - Uber - New York, NY - $202,000
- [Senior Software Engineer - Mobile (Android) - (Milan)](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/EightSleep/2951fe99-cd5b-4969-bd16-ab12d9e94c41) - EightSleep - Milan, Lombardy
- [Senior Software Engineer - Mobile (iOS) - (Milan)](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/EightSleep/18cf8571-7f62-440a-b2fc-a9e7193bfc90) - EightSleep - Milan, Lombardy
- [Software Engineering Lead / Engineering Manager](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/Overview/820438fc-d2c7-4738-91a9-96c1e199b38f) - Overview
- [Lead Software Engineer, Starship Manufacturing (Application Software) ](https://boards.greenhouse.io/spacex/jobs/8651026002?gh_jid=8651026002) - SpaceX
- [Software Engineers (Front-end & Back-end Roles)](https://au.linkedin.com/jobs/view/software-engineers-front-end-back-end-roles-at-zepto-4445919092) - Zepto - Australia
- [Software Engineer, Compute (GPU)](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/software-engineer-compute-gpu-at-fluidstack-4436034919) - Fluidstack - Austin, TX - $208K - $269K
- [Senior Software Engineer, Full Stack](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/senior-software-engineer-full-stack-at-thomson-reuters-4397274754) - Thomson Reuters - Eagan, MN - $127,000 USD - $235,000
- [Software Engineer, Onboard Platform](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/software-engineer-onboard-platform-at-bedrock-robotics-4367550956) - Bedrock Robotics - San Francisco, CA
- [Software Engineer](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/software-engineer-at-gsoba-4442877497) - GSOBA - San Francisco Bay Area

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