Staff Engineer salaries in Austin.
What Staff Engineer roles in Austin pay, from live listings on JobsRadar.
Compare with anotherMedian salary
$229,000
per year · annualized USD
Typical range
$193.3k – $277.5k
25th–75th percentile
Disclosing pay
38.8%
47 of 121 roles
Live roles
121
open right now
Salary trend
median · annualized USDSalary distribution
annualized USD · disclosed rolesHighest-paying jobs
Staff Physical Design Engineer
Staff Design Verification Engineer, AI HW
Staff Software Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure
Staff Forward Deployed Engineer
Staff Engineer, Physical Design
Software Engineer / Member of Technical Staff
Senior Staff Engineer
Staff Detection Engineer
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
|
Tenstorrent
|
$300,000 | 6 |
Motive
|
$214,500 | 4 |
OLIX
|
$317,000 | 3 |
Ashby
|
$277,500 | 3 |
MongoDB
|
$188,000 | 3 |
Ping Identity
|
$151,000 | 3 |
|
Braze
|
$260,367 | 2 |
Striveworks
|
$230,000 | 2 |
See every Staff Engineer role
Browse the live listings, or save this search and get alerted the moment a new one posts.
How much do Staff Engineer roles in Austin pay?
The median salary for Staff Engineer roles in Austin is $229,000 per year. Most pay falls between $193,250 (25th percentile) and $277,500 (75th percentile), with the broader 10th–90th percentile band running from $179,000 to $300,000.
These figures are computed live from 121 active Staff Engineer roles in Austin on JobsRadar, of which 47 (38.8%) publish a salary range. Pay is normalized to annualized USD so roles can be compared on equal terms; the highest-paying roles listed above show their original posted currency. Numbers refresh every few hours as new roles are posted and older ones close.
Employers currently hiring well-paid Staff Engineer roles in Austin include Tenstorrent, Fuku, Braze and Fluidstack.
Salary transparency varies by employer and region, so the disclosing share above reflects only roles that publish pay — not every open position. Use it as a directional benchmark rather than an exact offer.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the average Staff Engineer salary in Austin?
- The median is $229,000 per year, with most pay between $193,250 and $277,500 (25th–75th percentile), based on 47 live listings that disclose pay on JobsRadar.
- What is the Staff Engineer salary range in Austin?
- Pay ranges from about $179,000 to $300,000 per year (10th–90th percentile) around a median of $229,000. Figures are annualized USD from live listings, refreshed every few hours.