Software Engineer · California
$207,500
median · per year, annualized USD
Median over time
▲ +11.5%
$186,116
$207,500
$175k
25th
$207.5k
Median
$254k
75th
$142.5k
$312.5k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th
Full range $6k – $1,000k · outliers off-axis
- Disclosing
- 82.8%
- Live roles
- 3,441
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