Side-by-side distribution
Frontend Engineer
$160,950
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 32.1%
- Live roles
- 1,339
Prompt Engineer
$185,500
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 20.6%
- Live roles
- 209
Highest-paying jobs
Staff Frontend Engineer ($400k - $500k salary)
Staff/Principal Frontend Software Engineer
Staff/Principal Frontend Software Engineer
Software Engineer, Frontend
Frontend Software Engineer, Codex App
Frontend Software Engineer, ChatGPT Space
Principal Frontend AI Engineer - Cortex Code
Senior / Staff Software Engineer, Frontend
Principal Frontend Software Engineer - Discovery
Staff Software Engineer, Frontend
Highest-paying jobs
Software Engineer, Tokens and Prompt Structures
Machine Learning Engineer, Speech LLM Training - San Francisco
Principal Machine Learning Engineer- LLM Fine-tuning and Optimization
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 |
|---|---|---|
CACI
|
$137,075 | 18 |
Air Apps
|
$58,701 | 11 |
Sift Stack, Inc.
|
$205,000 | 9 |
GDIT
|
$155,000 | 9 |
Booz Allen Hamilton
|
$113,700 | 9 |
|
Harvey
|
$241,700 | 8 |
Verkada
|
$225,000 | 7 |
|
Roblox
|
$268,610 | 6 |
Otter.ai
Censys
Accenture
Frontend Engineer salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| New York | $208,750 | 66 |
| San Francisco | $205,000 | 67 |
| Boston | $200,000 | 8 |
| Seattle | $199,000 | 16 |
| Austin | $187,500 | 5 |
| Chicago | $155,600 | 8 |
| Los Angeles | $134,531 | 4 |
| Paris | $130,094 | 3 |
| Denver | $127,250 | 5 |
| Berlin | $112,040 | 3 |
Prompt Engineer salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $228,700 | 9 |
| New York | $203,175 | 6 |
| Seattle | $195,000 | 3 |
Frontend Engineer vs Prompt Engineer: which pays more?
The median for Frontend Engineer is $160,950 per year (typically $122,500–$202,483), versus $185,500 for Prompt Engineer ($112,150–$235,200). That puts Prompt Engineer about 15% ahead at the median.
Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so Frontend 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.