Side-by-side distribution
Mobile Engineer
$177,500
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 19.2%
- Live roles
- 814
Tech Lead
$185,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 28.7%
- Live roles
- 3,030
Highest-paying jobs
Lead Mobile Engineer, Performance
Mobile Android Engineer
Mobile iOS Engineer
Founding Mobile Engineer (React Native)
Senior Software Engineer (Mobile)
Mobile Engineer
Software Engineer - Mobile Web
Mobile Android Engineer
Mobile iOS Engineer
Mobile Infrastructure Engineer
Highest-paying jobs
Pre-training Distributed Systems Tech Lead / Manager
Cloud Engineering Team Lead
Lead Software Engineer
Engineering Team Lead
RISC-V AI / HPC & Agentic Software Engineering Lead
Lead Mobile Engineer, Performance
Technical Lead Manager - Training Runtime, Data(set) Movement
Web Platform Lead Engineer
Lead Software Engineer, Payment Platform
Technical Lead Manager, Data Engineering, Trust & Safety
Air Apps
Konrad
SpaceX
Ableserve
Esri
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Anduril Industries
|
$170,000 | 42 |
Accenture Federal Services
|
$197,750 | 21 |
Fluidstack
|
$262,500 | 20 |
Scout Motors
|
$176,250 | 15 |
STR
|
$190,500 | 13 |
|
OpenAI
|
$397,750 | 12 |
| ZG Zeta Global | $190,000 | 12 |
Relativity Space
|
$167,500 | 12 |
Tech Lead salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| Austin | $235,500 | 30 |
| San Francisco | $235,000 | 135 |
| Seattle | $234,250 | 48 |
| New York | $224,000 | 117 |
| Boston | $219,250 | 44 |
| Los Angeles | $197,375 | 26 |
| Denver | $176,769 | 17 |
| Atlanta | $176,400 | 7 |
| Chicago | $163,000 | 26 |
| Berlin | $144,497 | 3 |
Mobile Engineer vs Tech Lead: which pays more?
The median for Mobile Engineer is $177,500 per year (typically $121,108–$217,500), versus $185,000 for Tech Lead ($150,900–$225,000). That puts Tech Lead about 4% ahead at the median.
Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so Mobile Engineer and Tech Lead 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.