Side-by-side distribution
Embedded Engineer
$158,800
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 46%
- Live roles
- 1,083
Prompt Engineer
$186,528
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 20.8%
- Live roles
- 212
Highest-paying jobs
Architect/Staff Embedded Software Engineer
Principal Software Engineer - Embedded Platform Software Development
Principal Software Engineer - Embedded (RIS)
Principal Software Engineer, Embedded (RIS)
Principal Embedded Software Engineer
Senior Embedded Engineer - Command Connector
Principal Embedded Software Engineer
Embedded Software Engineer, Power, Level 5
Embedded SW Engineer
Principal BIOS Embedded Software Engineer
Highest-paying jobs
Software Engineer, Tokens and Prompt Structures
Principal Machine Learning Engineer- LLM Fine-tuning and Optimization
Machine Learning Engineer, Speech LLM Training - San Francisco
Machine Learning Engineer, Inference & Serving (Speech LLM) - San Francisco
Staff Machine Learning Engineer - LLM Quantization & Deployment
Senior/Staff System Research Engineer – LLM Inference Optimization
Senior Research Engineer, LLM Training & Post-Training
Senior Machine Learning Engineer - LLM Quantization & Deployment
Intermediate/ Senior Software Engineer - Cortex LLM Training Platform
Lead ML Engineer - Advance AI (applied ML, LLM's, ML Ops)
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Northrop Grumman
|
$142,500 | 60 |
Anduril Industries
|
$222,000 | 26 |
|
Blue Origin
|
$181,117 | 17 |
SpaceX
|
$145,000 | 15 |
Leidos
|
$122,275 | 14 |
|
Verkada
|
$220,000 | 12 |
Motorola Solutions
|
$121,750 | 11 |
Silvus Technologies
|
$170,000 | 10 |
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| HI Honeycomb.io | $178,264 | 4 |
CACI
|
$68,675 | 4 |
|
Plaud
|
$280,000 | 2 |
| SN Snowflake | $263,375 | 2 |
|
XPENG
|
$262,500 | 2 |
Otter.ai
|
$188,750 | 2 |
Censys
|
$179,000 | 2 |
Accenture
|
$118,977 | 2 |
Embedded Engineer salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| London | $279,940 | 3 |
| Toronto | $191,700 | 4 |
| San Francisco | $186,250 | 18 |
| Seattle | $182,209 | 26 |
| Denver | $181,117 | 11 |
| Boston | $180,650 | 6 |
| New York | $178,800 | 3 |
| Los Angeles | $170,000 | 34 |
| Austin | $137,919 | 7 |
Prompt Engineer salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $228,700 | 9 |
| New York | $203,175 | 6 |
| Seattle | $195,000 | 3 |
Embedded Engineer vs Prompt Engineer: which pays more?
The median for Embedded Engineer is $158,800 per year (typically $128,000–$194,000), versus $186,528 for Prompt Engineer ($131,250–$231,950). That puts Prompt Engineer about 17% ahead at the median.
Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so Embedded Engineer and Prompt Engineer are compared on equal terms regardless of the currency each role was originally posted in. Only roles that publish a salary range feed the medians; numbers refresh every few hours as new roles post and older ones close, so this comparison reflects the market right now rather than a fixed survey. Use it as a directional benchmark when weighing one path against the other.