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Worldwide

Staff Engineer · Virginia

$205,000

median · per year, annualized USD

Median over time ▲ +4.8%

$195,654 $205,000

$184k 25th

$205k Median

$221.3k 75th

$155.8k

$241.4k

Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $117.7k – $455k · outliers off-axis

Disclosing: 57.3%
Live roles: 124

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Highest-paying jobs

Senior/Staff DevOps Engineer

Twenty · Arlington, VA

$192,000 – $455,000

Staff/Principal Backend Software Engineer

Twenty · Arlington, VA

$192,000 – $455,000

Senior/Staff Forward Deployed Software Engineer

Twenty · Chantilly, VA

$192,000 – $455,000

Staff/Principal Frontend Software Engineer

Twenty · Arlington, VA

$192,000 – $455,000

Sr. Staff Security Software Engineer - Agentic Security Engineering

Databricks · Remote - California

$228,600 – $314,250

Staff Software Senior Engineer

Accenture Federal Services · Washington, DC

$157,900 – $310,700

Staff Product Security Engineer

Adobe · New York

$168,200 – $310,100

Staff Cyber Systems Engineer

Northrop Grumman · United States-Virginia-Chantilly

$194,700 – $292,100

Staff Cyber Systems Engineer

Northrop Grumman · United States-North Carolina-Morri…

$185,900 – $292,100

Staff Software Engineer, Space Special Programs

Anduril Industries · Chantilly, Virginia, United States +1

$220,000 – $292,000

Top companies hiring

Company	Median	Roles
Northrop Grumman	$221,300	11
Twenty	$323,500	5
Databricks	$214,325	5
MS Muon Space	$211,500	5
CVS Health	$195,443	5
Red Cell Partners	$210,000	4
ID.me	$201,500	3
RC Raft Company Website	$185,000	3