Staff Engineer
$210,000
median · per year, annualized USD
Median over time
▼ -0.9%
$211,850
$210,000
$176.5k
25th
$210k
Median
$245k
75th
$143k
$285.8k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th
Full range $8.2k – $1,500k · outliers off-axis
- Disclosing
- 50.7%
- Live roles
- 7,629
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Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Northrop Grumman
|
$210,150 | 252 |
Anduril Industries
|
$222,000 | 126 |
|
Anthropic
|
$402,500 | 96 |
Databricks
|
$226,000 | 71 |
Crusoe
|
$235,000 | 51 |
GEICO
|
$182,500 | 47 |
| AD Analog Devices | $168,305 | 43 |
Okta
|
$191,000 | 35 |
Staff Engineer salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| London | $274,386 | 46 |
| Seattle | $256,000 | 252 |
| San Francisco | $253,500 | 745 |
| New York | $252,500 | 541 |
| Berlin | $227,311 | 11 |
| Los Angeles | $223,000 | 99 |
| Boston | $219,366 | 94 |
| Atlanta | $206,250 | 29 |
| Austin | $205,587 | 102 |
| Denver | $203,750 | 80 |