Side-by-side distribution
Mobile Engineer
$154,450
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 25.2%
- Live roles
- 1,082
Staff Engineer
$210,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 50.7%
- Live roles
- 7,605
Highest-paying jobs
Mobile / Full Stack Staff & Software Engineer, Consumer Monetization
Mobile iOS Engineer
Mobile Android Engineer
Mobile Engineer
Senior Software Engineer, Rips (Mobile)
Software Engineer, Mobile Web — Dots
Android Engineer, Plugin Developer Platform
Mobile iOS Engineer
Mobile Android Engineer
Design Engineer, Mobile
Highest-paying jobs
Senior Staff Full Stack Engineer ($500k - $1.5m salary)
Senior Staff React Native Engineer ($500k - 1.5m salary)
Senior/Staff Full Stack Engineer, Applied AI
Senior/Staff Backend Engineer, Applied AI
Staff Research Engineer, Multi-Agent Scaling
Staff+ Research Engineer, RL Data Platform
Staff Research Engineer, Discovery Team
Staff Software Engineer, Kubernetes Platform
Staff Infrastructure Engineer, Cluster Infrastructure
Staff Software Engineer, Node Infra
Cushman & Wakefield
Compass
Air Apps
SpaceX
Coinbase
Esri
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Northrop Grumman
|
$210,750 | 258 |
Anduril Industries
|
$222,000 | 126 |
|
Anthropic
|
$402,500 | 96 |
Databricks
|
$226,000 | 71 |
Crusoe
|
$235,000 | 51 |
GEICO
|
$182,500 | 47 |
| AD Analog Devices | $168,305 | 44 |
General Motors
|
$236,000 | 36 |
Mobile Engineer salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| Seattle | $216,250 | 10 |
| San Francisco | $211,250 | 30 |
| New York | $186,775 | 32 |
| Los Angeles | $181,650 | 4 |
| Boston | $162,125 | 10 |
| Austin | $153,000 | 5 |
| Chicago | $151,538 | 4 |
| Paris | $143,151 | 3 |
| Atlanta | $138,075 | 3 |
| Toronto | $124,591 | 13 |
Staff Engineer salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| London | $274,386 | 46 |
| Seattle | $256,000 | 250 |
| San Francisco | $254,500 | 739 |
| New York | $252,500 | 539 |
| Berlin | $227,311 | 11 |
| Los Angeles | $223,000 | 98 |
| Boston | $219,375 | 93 |
| Austin | $206,675 | 101 |
| Atlanta | $206,250 | 29 |
| Denver | $205,000 | 79 |
Mobile Engineer vs Staff Engineer: which pays more?
The median for Mobile Engineer is $154,450 per year (typically $107,500–$199,250), versus $210,000 for Staff Engineer ($176,425–$245,000). That puts Staff Engineer about 36% ahead at the median.
Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so Mobile Engineer and Staff 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.