Side-by-side distribution
Engineering Manager
$168,950
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 36%
- Live roles
- 9,976
Frontend Engineer
$166,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 31.5%
- Live roles
- 1,440
Highest-paying jobs
Engineering Manager, GPU (ML Accelerator)
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Engineering Manager, Research Data Platform
Junior Business Development Manager
Business Development Manager
Business Development Manager
Business Development Manager
Business Development Manager
Engineering Manager, Inference Infrastructure
Engineering Manager, Hardware Platform Security
Highest-paying jobs
Site Reliability Engineer - Frontend
Staff Frontend Engineer ($400k - $500k salary)
Staff / Principal Frontend Software Engineer
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Staff Software Engineer, Frontend
Frontend Engineer
Principal Frontend Software Engineer, Connections
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Northrop Grumman
|
$183,100 | 164 |
Databricks
|
$225,625 | 35 |
Cushman & Wakefield
|
$143,375 | 30 |
Brex
|
$225,000 | 25 |
|
Anthropic
|
$445,000 | 23 |
Accenture
|
$217,450 | 23 |
PwC
|
$182,500 | 21 |
Atwell, LLC
|
$117,500 | 21 |
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
CACI
|
$139,950 | 20 |
Booz Allen Hamilton
|
$113,700 | 14 |
Air Apps
|
$60,559 | 11 |
Leidos
|
$151,475 | 10 |
|
Roblox
|
$268,610 | 8 |
Harvey
|
$241,700 | 8 |
Sift Stack, Inc.
|
$192,500 | 8 |
GDIT
|
$146,750 | 8 |
Engineering Manager salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| Sydney | $385,944 | 6 |
| San Francisco | $238,500 | 415 |
| Seattle | $205,800 | 172 |
| New York | $198,000 | 522 |
| Austin | $194,100 | 110 |
| London | $190,145 | 74 |
| Boston | $182,500 | 132 |
| Los Angeles | $180,891 | 119 |
| Denver | $171,989 | 103 |
| Atlanta | $168,025 | 94 |
Frontend Engineer salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $205,000 | 78 |
| New York | $200,000 | 74 |
| Boston | $191,250 | 12 |
| Austin | $190,875 | 8 |
| Seattle | $185,000 | 17 |
| London | $171,448 | 6 |
| Chicago | $150,000 | 7 |
| Atlanta | $139,500 | 3 |
| Los Angeles | $134,531 | 8 |
| Denver | $127,250 | 5 |
Engineering Manager vs Frontend Engineer: which pays more?
The median for Engineering Manager is $168,950 per year (typically $132,750–$210,194), versus $166,000 for Frontend Engineer ($126,500–$205,000). That puts Engineering Manager about 2% ahead at the median.
Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so Engineering Manager and Frontend 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.