Side-by-side distribution
Psychiatrist
$358,800
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 36%
- Live roles
- 1,081
Staff Engineer
$220,300
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 54.1%
- Live roles
- 4,830
Highest-paying jobs
Psychiatrist (MD / DO)
Psychiatrist
Psychiatrist Supervisor
Psychiatrist Supervisor
Psychiatrist Supervisor
Psychiatrist Supervisor
Psychiatrist Supervisor
Psychiatrist Supervisor
Psychiatrist - Intellectual & Developmental Disability
Psychiatrist | General Adult | Coastal regional WA
Highest-paying jobs
Staff, Hardware Electrical Engineer
Senior Staff Full Stack Engineer ($500k - $1.5m salary)
Senior Staff React Native Engineer ($500k - 1.5m salary)
Senior Staff Frontend Engineer ($500k - $1.5m salary)
Senior Staff Backend Engineer ($500k - $1.5m salary)
Staff Software Engineer (Backend)
Senior/Staff Full Stack Engineer, Applied AI
Senior/Staff Backend Engineer, Applied AI
Research Engineer (Senior Staff+), Safeguards Labs
Staff Research Engineer, Discovery Team
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Lifestance
|
$369,500 | 208 |
Serenity Mental Health Centers
|
$500,000 | 118 |
|
Mediix
|
$448,012 | 10 |
Greenlife Healthcare Staffing
|
$353,600 | 10 |
Array Behavioral Care
|
$358,800 | 8 |
|
Gotham Enterprises Ltd
|
$520,000 | 6 |
Amae Health
|
$315,000 | 6 |
| PH Pulse Healthcare | $149,408 | 4 |
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Anduril Industries
|
$222,000 | 109 |
Databricks
|
$226,000 | 77 |
|
Anthropic
|
$403,750 | 62 |
Grafana Labs
|
$147,822 | 48 |
Crusoe
|
$231,000 | 46 |
Archer
|
$192,500 | 37 |
Okta
|
$206,000 | 35 |
Aurora Innovation
|
$231,500 | 34 |
Staff Engineer salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| Seattle | $250,000 | 160 |
| San Francisco | $245,000 | 619 |
| New York | $240,000 | 468 |
| Dublin | $238,416 | 4 |
| Chicago | $230,000 | 46 |
| Austin | $228,750 | 54 |
| Los Angeles | $220,000 | 62 |
| Boston | $212,500 | 98 |
| Denver | $212,000 | 47 |
| London | $208,297 | 48 |
Psychiatrist vs Staff Engineer: which pays more?
The median for Psychiatrist is $358,800 per year (typically $335,000–$397,250), versus $220,300 for Staff Engineer ($190,000–$250,000). That puts Psychiatrist about 63% ahead at the median.
Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so Psychiatrist 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.