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Staff Engineer · Washington

$221,150

median · per year, annualized USD

Median over time ▲ +0.5%

$220,000 $221,150

$206.4k 25th

$221.2k Median

$252.8k 75th

$187.2k

$262.5k

Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $173k – $485k · outliers off-axis

Disclosing: 68.2%
Live roles: 151

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Staff+ Software Engineer, Public Sector

Anthropic · Remote-Friendly, United States; San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Washington, DC

$405,000 – $485,000

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Muon Space · Washington D.C. or Northern VA or Denver area

$403,520 – $403,520

Senior Staff Software Engineer, Gov

OpenAI · Washington, DC

$207,000 – $385,000

Senior Staff Engineer, AMP

MongoDB · California; Oregon; Washington

$211,000 – $363,000

Staff Software Engineer, Public Sector

Scale AI · San Francisco, CA; St. Louis, MO; New York, NY; Washington, DC

$252,000 – $362,000

Staff Robotics Software Engineer, Air Vehicle Autonomy

Anduril Industries · Washington, District of Columbia, United States

$254,000 – $338,000

Staff Robotics Software Engineer, Air Vehicle Autonomy

Anduril Industries · Costa Mesa, California, United States; Washington, District of Columbia, United States

$254,000 – $338,000

Staff Software Engineer

Anduril Industries · Seattle, Washington, United States

$220,000 – $330,000

Staff Software Engineer

Anduril Industries · Washington, District of Columbia, United States

$220,000 – $330,000

Sr. Staff Software Engineer - Unity Catalog Data Governance

Databricks · Bellevue, Washington

$217,000 – $312,200

Top companies hiring

Company	Median	Roles
Anduril Industries	$256,000	19
Databricks	$221,075	16
Okta	$210,000	16
AX Axon	$219,375	11
MongoDB	$188,000	4
TN The Nuclear Company	$161,500	4
Aurora Innovation	$246,000	3
Metropolis	$220,000	3