Side-by-side distribution
Engineering Manager
$168,950
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 36%
- Live roles
- 9,976
Full-Stack
$162,500
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 27%
- Live roles
- 4,739
Highest-paying jobs
Engineering Manager, Research Data Platform
Engineering Manager, GPU (ML Accelerator)
Engineering Manager, Research Productivity
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
Senior Staff Full Stack Engineer ($500k - $1.5m salary)
Senior/Staff Full Stack Engineer, Applied AI
Senior AI Fullstack Engineer
Founding Engineer - Full Stack
Fullstack Software Engineer, Agent Platform
Staff Full Stack Engineer ($400k - $500k salary)
Full-Stack Engineer, ChatGPT Education & Learning
Full Stack Engineer, Fleet Scheduling
Staff+ Software Engineer, Full-stack
Full Stack Software Engineer, Cybersecurity Products
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 |
|---|---|---|
Booz Allen Hamilton
|
$142,400 | 48 |
CACI
|
$146,300 | 33 |
|
OpenAI
|
$330,000 | 20 |
Accenture Federal Services
|
$131,425 | 18 |
Leidos
|
$151,475 | 17 |
GDIT
|
$163,500 | 16 |
| GU Guidehouse | $122,500 | 16 |
SpaceX
|
$142,500 | 13 |
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 |
Full-Stack salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $215,000 | 173 |
| Seattle | $202,500 | 47 |
| New York | $194,975 | 182 |
| Boston | $186,250 | 26 |
| Los Angeles | $175,000 | 22 |
| London | $149,458 | 14 |
| Denver | $146,294 | 16 |
| Austin | $145,000 | 21 |
| Chicago | $142,950 | 29 |
| Atlanta | $141,545 | 14 |
Engineering Manager vs Full-Stack: which pays more?
The median for Engineering Manager is $168,950 per year (typically $132,750–$210,194), versus $162,500 for Full-Stack ($125,000–$200,000). That puts Engineering Manager about 4% ahead at the median.
Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so Engineering Manager and Full-Stack 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.