Distribución lado a lado
Software Engineer
$172,500
mediana · por año, USD anualizado
- Divulgan
- 33.6%
- Puestos activos
- 32,677
Tech Lead
$164,150
mediana · por año, USD anualizado
- Divulgan
- 28.1%
- Puestos activos
- 8,651
Empleos mejor pagados
Senior Software Engineer
Senior Software Engineer (Database Reliability)
Software Engineer, Research Productivity
Staff Software Engineer, Code RL
Staff Software Engineer, Claude Code
Staff+ Software Engineer, Developer Productivity
Staff Software Engineer, Environments Infrastructure
Principal Software Engineer
Senior Software Engineer, Machine Learning
Senior Software Engineer
Empleos mejor pagados
Team Lead Platform Engineering
Engineering Team Lead
Sr. Staff Engineer, RTL Physical Implementation Lead
RISC-V AI / HPC & Agentic Software Engineering Lead
Tech Lead, Systems & Platform Applied AI
Technical Lead Manager - Training Runtime, Data(set) Movement
Lead / Staff Full-Stack Software Engineer - Console Experience
Tech Lead Manager, Core Apps Data Scientist
Data Science Tech Lead Manager, Model Experience
Tech Lead, Deployment & Operations — Custom Infrastructure
Principales empresas que contratan
| Empresa | Mediana | Puestos |
|---|---|---|
Anduril Industries
|
$222,000 | 331 |
Northrop Grumman
|
$135,858 | 266 |
Leidos
|
$151,475 | 183 |
SpaceX
|
$145,000 | 178 |
Booz Allen Hamilton
|
$126,800 | 165 |
|
OpenAI
|
$355,500 | 148 |
Speechify
|
$170,000 | 144 |
Blue Origin
|
$197,582 | 140 |
Principales empresas que contratan
| Empresa | Mediana | Puestos |
|---|---|---|
|
Northrop Grumman
|
$191,100 | 99 |
| GV GE Vernova | $122,200 | 83 |
|
Leidos
|
$151,475 | 75 |
| BO Boeing | $156,000 | 64 |
|
Booz Allen Hamilton
|
$162,000 | 49 |
|
Anduril Industries
|
$171,500 | 46 |
STR
|
$199,500 | 43 |
| SA Salesforce | $232,350 | 27 |
Salario de Software Engineer por ubicación
| Ubicación | Mediana | Puestos |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $230,000 | 1,580 |
| New York | $213,000 | 1,385 |
| Seattle | $204,425 | 692 |
| Los Angeles | $196,000 | 255 |
| Sydney | $195,000 | 3 |
| Boston | $185,775 | 286 |
| Austin | $185,650 | 212 |
| London | $180,000 | 143 |
| Denver | $180,000 | 213 |
| Atlanta | $168,210 | 131 |
Salario de Tech Lead por ubicación
| Ubicación | Mediana | Puestos |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $228,450 | 173 |
| Seattle | $211,500 | 66 |
| New York | $197,971 | 215 |
| Los Angeles | $185,500 | 49 |
| Austin | $180,350 | 74 |
| Denver | $176,000 | 57 |
| Boston | $175,000 | 89 |
| Atlanta | $169,500 | 78 |
| Chicago | $162,675 | 126 |
| Berlin | $151,115 | 10 |
Software Engineer vs Tech Lead: ¿cuál paga más?
La mediana de Software Engineer es de $172,500 por año (normalmente $132,700–$215,000), frente a $164,150 de Tech Lead ($132,300–$198,882). Eso pone a Software Engineer alrededor de un 5% 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 Tech Lead 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.