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Staff Engineer · Austin

$211,270

median · per year, annualized USD

Median over time ▲ +1.8%

$207,500 $211,270

$188.4k 25th

$211.3k Median

$238.7k 75th

$158.6k

$280.9k

Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $74k – $500k · outliers off-axis

Disclosing: 49.3%
Live roles: 219

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Top companies hiring

Company	Median	Roles
General Motors	$234,000	18
Samsung	$225,300	13
PA PayPal	$199,600	9
Tenstorrent	$300,000	6
Silicon Labs	$180,000	5
OLIX	$317,000	3
Ashby	$277,500	3
MongoDB	$188,000	3