Backend Engineer · Seattle
$201,750
median · per year, annualized USD
Median over time
▼ -6.2%
$215,000
$201,750
$190k
25th
$201.8k
Median
$250k
75th
$166k
$299k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th
Full range $145k – $485k · outliers off-axis
- Disclosing
- 73.3%
- Live roles
- 75
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