Staff Engineer · California
$226,500
median · per year, annualized USD
Median over time
▲ +3.5%
$218,750
$226,500
$198.5k
25th
$226.5k
Median
$262.3k
75th
$175k
$312.5k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th
Full range $110k – $850k · outliers off-axis
- Disclosing
- 83.2%
- Live roles
- 1,773
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Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Anduril Industries
|
$222,000 | 95 |
Northrop Grumman
|
$221,300 | 78 |
|
Anthropic
|
$402,500 | 76 |
|
Databricks
|
$226,000 | 58 |
General Motors
|
$240,000 | 35 |
Crusoe
|
$237,500 | 32 |
Relativity Space
|
$205,000 | 30 |
Perplexity
|
$312,500 | 26 |