Side-by-side distribution
Full-Stack
$175,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 30.6%
- Live roles
- 2,765
Mobile Engineer
$157,500
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 29.5%
- Live roles
- 728
Highest-paying jobs
Senior Staff Full Stack Engineer ($500k - $1.5m salary)
Senior/Staff Full Stack Engineer, Applied AI
Forward Deployed Engineer, Full-Stack
Staff Full Stack Engineer ($300k - $500k salary)
Staff Software Engineer, Fullstack
Fullstack Engineer, Assesment
Fullstack Engineer, RL Environments
Staff+ Software Engineer, Full-stack
Software Engineer, Full Stack, Tinker
Software Engineer, Full Stack
Highest-paying jobs
Mobile Android Engineer
Mobile iOS Engineer
Mobile Engineer
Founding Mobile Engineer (React Native)
Senior Software Engineer (Mobile)
Android Engineer, ChatGPT Mobile Infrastructure
iOS Engineer, ChatGPT Mobile Infrastructure
Software Engineer, Mobile Web
Mobile iOS Engineer
Mobile Android Engineer
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
|
OpenAI
|
$307,500 | 17 |
Accenture Federal Services
|
$157,275 | 14 |
| TP Third-Party Job Posts | $155,000 | 14 |
Databricks
|
$208,913 | 10 |
Anduril Industries
|
$222,000 | 8 |
Silver.dev
|
$96,000 | 7 |
| GR GRVTY | $200,000 | 6 |
Benchling
|
$189,028 | 6 |
Mindrift
Air Apps
Konrad
ABM UK
SpaceX
Full-Stack salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $210,000 | 173 |
| Seattle | $210,000 | 35 |
| New York | $204,125 | 180 |
| Austin | $180,900 | 12 |
| Denver | $176,900 | 3 |
| Boston | $172,950 | 33 |
| Chicago | $165,000 | 19 |
| Los Angeles | $160,000 | 21 |
| Atlanta | $152,500 | 7 |
| London | $137,697 | 19 |
Full-Stack vs Mobile Engineer: which pays more?
The median for Full-Stack is $175,000 per year (typically $140,000–$210,000), versus $157,500 for Mobile Engineer ($84,600–$200,000). That puts Full-Stack about 11% ahead at the median.
Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so Full-Stack and Mobile 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.