Software engineer salary in the USA — what our aggregate shows
JobCollate pulls postings from many boards. When employers publish numeric ranges, we normalize them into this page’s sample for US-oriented software engineer titles. This is not a statistically weighted nationwide survey — use it as directional context only.
Total compensation includes equity and bonuses our crawlers often do not see. Currency and “remote” vs on-site Cost-of-Living differ widely.
Sample stats (51 listings with annual-style salary)
- Min
- $62400
- 25th pct
- $171500
- Median
- $196900
- 75th pct
- $220000
- Max
- $680000
- US-linked pool
- 143 jobs
How we filter “USA”
On-site or hybrid rows use common US city or “United States” text patterns off the location field. Remote rows need US / Americas / timezone hints in the location string. Improve the signal by expanding structured geo in the crawler over time.
Open roles (highest stated range first)
- Security Software Engineer L5, Cryptography Services Team — Netflix
- Software Engineer - N-Tech — Netflix
- Principal Software Engineer, Data Platform — Credit Acceptance
- Staff Software Engineer - AI SDK — name
- Product, Platform & Enterprise Full Stack Sr/Staff Software Engineer — BNSF Railway
- Staff Software Engineer, Developer Productivity — Webflow
- Software Engineer, Growth — Descript
- Staff Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure — Instacart
- Senior Principal Software Engineer, AEC Data — Autodesk
- Software Engineer 2 (Limited Telework Available) with Security Clearance — Wyetech, LLC
- Staff Software Engineer, FinPlatform Backend — Flex
- Staff Software Engineer (Applied AI) — Pearl Health