Side-by-side distribution
Full-Stack
$162,500
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 27%
- Live roles
- 4,739
Unity
$139,300
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 12.2%
- Live roles
- 41
Highest-paying jobs
Senior Staff Full Stack Engineer ($500k - $1.5m salary)
Senior/Staff Full Stack Engineer, Applied AI
Senior AI Fullstack Engineer
Staff Full Stack Engineer ($400k - $500k salary)
Fullstack Software Engineer, Agent Platform
Founding Engineer - Full Stack
Full Stack Engineer, Fleet Scheduling
Full-Stack Engineer, ChatGPT Education & Learning
Staff+ Software Engineer, Full-stack
Software Engineer, Full-Stack - Core Experimentation
Highest-paying jobs
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 |
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Databricks
|
$264,600 | 1 |
|
Booz Allen Hamilton
|
$162,000 | 1 |
Zynga
|
$139,300 | 1 |
The Aerospace Corporation
|
$108,200 | 1 |
|
CACI
|
$96,500 | 1 |
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 |
Full-Stack vs Unity: which pays more?
The median for Full-Stack is $162,500 per year (typically $125,000–$200,000), versus $139,300 for Unity ($108,200–$162,000). That puts Full-Stack about 17% ahead at the median.
Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so Full-Stack and Unity 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.