Side-by-side distribution
Mobile Engineer
$180,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 19.2%
- Live roles
- 812
Prompt Engineer
$194,670
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 30.2%
- Live roles
- 106
Highest-paying jobs
Lead Mobile Engineer, Performance
Mobile Android Engineer
Mobile iOS Engineer
Senior Software Engineer (Mobile)
Founding Mobile Engineer (React Native)
Mobile Engineer
Software Engineer - Mobile Web
Mobile iOS Engineer
Mobile Android Engineer
Design Engineer, Mobile
Highest-paying jobs
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 Research Engineer, LLM Training & Post-Training
Senior Machine Learning Engineer - LLM Quantization & Deployment
Intermediate/ Senior Software Engineer - Cortex LLM Training Platform
Senior Staff LLM Inference Engineer
Staff Attack Engineer, AI/LLM
Senior Machine Learning Engineer, LLM Inference Optimization
Air Apps
Konrad
SpaceX
Ableserve
Esri
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Otter.ai
|
$207,500 | 3 |
|
Plaud
|
$280,000 | 2 |
|
XPENG
|
$262,500 | 2 |
Censys
|
$179,000 | 2 |
Accenture Federal Services
|
$151,800 | 2 |
Five9
|
$150,675 | 2 |
|
Airbnb
|
$328,500 | 1 |
|
Horizon3 AI
|
$249,000 | 1 |
Prompt Engineer salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $237,500 | 5 |
| New York | $226,000 | 3 |
Mobile Engineer vs Prompt Engineer: which pays more?
The median for Mobile Engineer is $180,000 per year (typically $121,108–$217,500), versus $194,670 for Prompt Engineer ($168,300–$237,500). That puts Prompt Engineer about 8% ahead at the median.
Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so Mobile 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.