Distribución lado a lado
Software Engineer
$173,500
mediana · por año, USD anualizado
- Divulgan
- 30.5%
- Puestos activos
- 35,762
Staff Engineer
$210,200
mediana · por año, USD anualizado
- Divulgan
- 50.8%
- Puestos activos
- 7,406
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Principales empresas que contratan
| Empresa | Mediana | Puestos |
|---|---|---|
Northrop Grumman
|
$136,000 | 341 |
Anduril Industries
|
$221,000 | 292 |
Booz Allen Hamilton
|
$126,800 | 185 |
Leidos
|
$122,275 | 162 |
OpenAI
|
$355,500 | 142 |
CACI
|
$139,950 | 142 |
SpaceX
|
$142,500 | 124 |
Blue Origin
|
$197,582 | 108 |
Principales empresas que contratan
| Empresa | Mediana | Puestos |
|---|---|---|
|
Northrop Grumman
|
$210,200 | 260 |
|
Anduril Industries
|
$222,000 | 106 |
|
Anthropic
|
$425,000 | 80 |
Databricks
|
$226,000 | 76 |
General Motors
|
$239,650 | 53 |
Crusoe
|
$232,500 | 49 |
GEICO
|
$172,500 | 49 |
| AD Analog Devices | $160,697 | 41 |
Salario de Software Engineer por ubicación
| Ubicación | Mediana | Puestos |
|---|---|---|
| Sydney | $431,406 | 5 |
| San Francisco | $225,000 | 1,573 |
| New York | $212,225 | 1,430 |
| Seattle | $202,000 | 609 |
| Boston | $185,000 | 259 |
| Los Angeles | $183,075 | 228 |
| London | $181,500 | 135 |
| Austin | $171,700 | 207 |
| Atlanta | $162,000 | 167 |
| Chicago | $161,000 | 217 |
Salario de Staff Engineer por ubicación
| Ubicación | Mediana | Puestos |
|---|---|---|
| London | $263,000 | 52 |
| Seattle | $253,250 | 227 |
| New York | $248,050 | 527 |
| San Francisco | $245,650 | 690 |
| Los Angeles | $223,000 | 81 |
| Boston | $219,366 | 90 |
| Austin | $210,135 | 108 |
| Denver | $210,000 | 65 |
| Singapore | $195,465 | 3 |
| Toronto | $193,250 | 166 |
Software Engineer vs Staff Engineer: ¿cuál paga más?
La mediana de Software Engineer es de $173,500 por año (normalmente $135,000–$215,000), frente a $210,200 de Staff Engineer ($176,260–$244,475). Eso pone a Staff Engineer alrededor de un 21% por delante en la mediana.
Ambas cifras se calculan en vivo a partir de ofertas activas en JobsRadar y se normalizan a USD anualizado, de modo que Software Engineer y Staff Engineer se comparan en igualdad de condiciones independientemente de la moneda en la que se publicó originalmente cada puesto. Solo los puestos que publican un rango salarial alimentan las medianas; las cifras se actualizan cada pocas horas a medida que se publican nuevos puestos y se cierran los antiguos, así que esta comparación refleja el mercado actual y no una encuesta fija. Úsala como referencia orientativa al sopesar un camino frente a otro.