Backend Engineer · California
$208,595
median · per year, annualized USD
Median over time
▲ +1.8%
$205,000
$208,595
$182.5k
25th
$208.6k
Median
$247.1k
75th
$155.3k
$300k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th
Full range $60.3k – $500k · outliers off-axis
- Disclosing
- 74.1%
- Live roles
- 274
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| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
|
OpenAI
|
$355,500 | 15 |
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|
$195,500 | 7 |
Scout Motors
|
$182,500 | 6 |
Brex
|
$216,000 | 5 |
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|
$261,000 | 4 |
Archer
|
$172,000 | 4 |
Harvey
|
$264,000 | 3 |
DOSS
|
$220,000 | 3 |