Backend Engineer
$185,000
median · per year, annualized USD
Median over time
▼ -6.3%
$197,500
$185,000
$140.5k
25th
$185k
Median
$219.7k
75th
$95k
$260k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th
Full range $7.2k – $1,000k · outliers off-axis
- Disclosing
- 33.9%
- Live roles
- 2,595
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Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Affirm
|
$158,000 | 50 |
Air Apps
|
$65,555 | 33 |
|
OpenAI
|
$355,500 | 17 |
Databricks
|
$195,500 | 14 |
Grafana Labs
|
$148,144 | 14 |
Verkada
|
$225,000 | 11 |
| KA Kalepa | $219,000 | 11 |
Robinhood
|
$180,500 | 9 |
Backend Engineer salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $215,000 | 148 |
| New York | $205,000 | 173 |
| Seattle | $200,000 | 52 |
| Los Angeles | $196,000 | 17 |
| Boston | $191,500 | 19 |
| Denver | $167,950 | 11 |
| Austin | $160,625 | 14 |
| Chicago | $150,350 | 10 |
| Singapore | $143,718 | 6 |
| Toronto | $139,976 | 42 |