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Software Engineer · Illinois

$174,500

median · per year, annualized USD

Median over time ▼ -6.1%
$185,750 $174,500
$126.5k 25th
$174.5k Median
$200k 75th
$117.5k
$218k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $80k – $376.2k · outliers off-axis
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Okta

Principal Software Engineer (Auth0)

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$274,000 – $376,200 Hudson River Trading

Software Engineer (C++ or Python) – 2027 Grads

Hudson River Trading · Austin, TX, United States; Chicago, Illinois, United States; New York, NY, United States; Singapore

$300,000 – $300,000 Okta

Senior Software Engineer, AI

Okta · Chicago, Illinois

$165,000 – $247,000 Ripple

Staff Full-Stack Software Engineer (.NET & Azure)

Ripple · Chicago, Illinois, United States

$196,000 – $245,000 Ripple

Staff Software Engineer

Ripple · Chicago, Illinois, United States

$196,000 – $240,000 Okta

Staff Software Engineer, Security Engineering

Okta · Bellevue, Washington; Chicago, Illinois; New York, New York; Washington, DC

$174,000 – $239,000 Confluent

Senior Software Engineer II

Confluent · Boston, Massachusetts

$176,000 – $230,000 Rockstar

Software Engineer

Rockstar · Seattle, Washington, United States

$150,000 – $225,000 CTC Lateral - Website & LinkedIn

Experienced Software Engineer - US

CTC Lateral - Website & LinkedIn · Chicago, Illinois, United States; New York, New York, United States

$145,000 – $225,000 Iterable

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$133,500 – $212,000

Top companies hiring

Company Median Roles
Optiver $200,000 5
Okta $206,250 4
Resource Innovations $122,250 4
Ripple $218,000 3
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New Relic $128,000 3
Reply $137,500 2
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