Staff Engineer · Seattle
$257,825
median · per year, annualized USD
Median over time
▲ +3.6%
$248,825
$257,825
$214.2k
25th
$257.8k
Median
$324k
75th
$172.5k
$402.5k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th
Full range $126k – $850k · outliers off-axis
- Disclosing
- 65.6%
- Live roles
- 381
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Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
|
Anthropic
|
$402,500 | 54 |
GEICO
|
$172,500 | 28 |
Brex
|
$262,500 | 15 |
DigitalOcean
|
$215,100 | 15 |
Coupang
|
$298,000 | 12 |
Databricks
|
$214,700 | 11 |
Perplexity
|
$312,500 | 7 |
Pinterest
|
$306,235 | 6 |