Distribución lado a lado
Software Engineer
$172,500
mediana · por año, USD anualizado
- Divulgan
- 33.7%
- Puestos activos
- 33,097
Staff Engineer
$210,000
mediana · por año, USD anualizado
- Divulgan
- 50.7%
- Puestos activos
- 7,605
Empleos mejor pagados
Senior Software Engineer, Machine Learning (Audio)
Senior Software Engineer
Senior Software Engineer (Database Reliability)
Staff Software Engineer, Node Infra
Staff Software Engineer, Kubernetes Platform
Staff+ Software Engineer, Developer Productivity
Staff Software Engineer, Code RL
Software Engineer, Research Productivity
Staff Software Engineer, Claude Code
Staff Software Engineer, Environments Infrastructure
Empleos mejor pagados
Senior Staff Full Stack Engineer ($500k - $1.5m salary)
Senior Staff React Native Engineer ($500k - 1.5m salary)
Senior/Staff Full Stack Engineer, Applied AI
Senior/Staff Backend Engineer, Applied AI
Staff Research Engineer, Discovery Team
Staff Research Engineer, Multi-Agent Scaling
Staff+ Research Engineer, RL Data Platform
Staff Software Engineer, Node Infra
Staff Software Engineer, Kubernetes Platform
Staff Infrastructure Engineer, Cluster Infrastructure
Principales empresas que contratan
| Empresa | Mediana | Puestos |
|---|---|---|
Anduril Industries
|
$222,000 | 331 |
Northrop Grumman
|
$131,950 | 272 |
Leidos
|
$151,475 | 176 |
SpaceX
|
$145,000 | 173 |
Booz Allen Hamilton
|
$142,400 | 168 |
OpenAI
|
$355,500 | 153 |
Speechify
|
$170,000 | 144 |
Blue Origin
|
$197,582 | 140 |
Principales empresas que contratan
| Empresa | Mediana | Puestos |
|---|---|---|
|
Northrop Grumman
|
$210,750 | 258 |
|
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 | 44 |
General Motors
|
$236,000 | 36 |
Salario de Software Engineer por ubicación
| Ubicación | Mediana | Puestos |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $228,950 | 1,633 |
| New York | $212,500 | 1,427 |
| Sydney | $212,347 | 4 |
| Seattle | $209,500 | 697 |
| Los Angeles | $196,000 | 252 |
| Austin | $187,500 | 213 |
| Boston | $185,250 | 290 |
| London | $181,500 | 135 |
| Denver | $180,316 | 222 |
| Atlanta | $174,828 | 130 |
Salario de Staff Engineer por ubicación
| Ubicación | Mediana | Puestos |
|---|---|---|
| London | $274,386 | 46 |
| Seattle | $256,000 | 250 |
| San Francisco | $254,500 | 739 |
| New York | $252,500 | 539 |
| Berlin | $227,311 | 11 |
| Los Angeles | $223,000 | 98 |
| Boston | $219,375 | 93 |
| Austin | $206,675 | 101 |
| Atlanta | $206,250 | 29 |
| Denver | $205,000 | 79 |
Software Engineer vs Staff Engineer: ¿cuál paga más?
La mediana de Software Engineer es de $172,500 por año (normalmente $133,500–$215,500), frente a $210,000 de Staff Engineer ($176,425–$245,000). Eso pone a Staff Engineer alrededor de un 22% 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.