# Software Engineer Salary United States: $185k median (2026)

> software engineer salary United States - based on 11,570 live postings across 30+ ATS sources.

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## Salary

- **Median:** $185k
- **25th-75th percentile:** $147k - $224k
- **Based on:** 4992 disclosed salaries from live postings

## Hiring across industries (ISIC Rev.4)

- Computer programming, consultancy and related activities (division 62, 3867 open)
- Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding (division 64, 1292 open)
- Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products (division 26, 797 open)
- Manufacture of other transport equipment (division 30, 624 open)
- Employment activities (division 78, 604 open)
- Scientific research and development (division 72, 370 open)

## Top companies hiring

- JPMorganChase (301 open)
- Google (283 open)
- NVIDIA (247 open)
- Speechify (128 open)
- Capital One (102 open)
- Anduril Industries (98 open)
- Erias Ventures (98 open)
- OpenAI (90 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
- [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
- [Junior Software Engineer - AI-Forward](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/junior-software-engineer-ai-forward-at-speedyapply-4445108088) - SpeedyApply - Austin, TX
- [Quantitative Software Engineer | Research Platform](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/quantitative-software-engineer-research-platform-at-acquire-me-4426095105) - Acquire Me - Chicago, IL
- [Java Software Engineer](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/java-software-engineer-at-impetusit-4444860450) - ImpetusIT - Newark, NJ - $60k-75k
- [Software Engineer, Product Infrastructure](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/software-engineer-product-infrastructure-at-smrti-lab-4445901566) - Smrti Lab - San Francisco, CA - $209,000 - $240,000
- [Software Engineer - Model Performance](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/software-engineer-model-performance-at-baseten-4380539226) - Baseten - New York, NY - $180K - $360K
- [Staff Software Engineer, Storage](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/staff-software-engineer-storage-at-coreweave-4442804174) - CoreWeave - Sunnyvale, CA - $188,000 to $275,000

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