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# Role Median Typical range Trend ? Roles Disclosing
1 Anesthesiologist $600,000 $450.6k – $619.5k 55 14.5%
2 Psychiatrist $358,800 $335k – $396.1k 1,103 33.5%
3 Surgeon $307,500 $211.9k – $450k 122 19.7%
4 CISO $280,500 $214.6k – $321.3k 103 40.8%
5 Dentist $265,000 $171.9k – $273.5k 104 58.7%
6 General Counsel $262,500 $214k – $288k 183 56.3%
7 Web3 $250,000 $201.8k – $272.5k 58 5.2%
8 Radiologist $241,929 $141.6k – $500k 42 40.5%
9 Privacy Officer $233,650 $208.1k – $252.4k 56 50%
10 CFO $225,000 $181k – $297.5k 333 17.4%
11 Principal Engineer $225,000 $190k – $276k 1,761 46.3%
12 Staff Engineer $220,000 $189.3k – $250k 4,780 53.5%
13 Research Scientist $214,750 $176k – $274.8k 387 55.3%
14 Counsel $214,750 $178.5k – $250k 1,236 52%
15 Medical Affairs $213,900 $193.4k – $241.9k 97 74.2%
16 ML Engineer $208,000 $175k – $250.3k 1,727 42.5%
17 Blockchain $202,483 $141k – $215k 92 9.8%
18 Geneticist $200,463 $182.6k – $219.2k 7 57.1%
19 Robotics $200,000 $167.5k – $222k 354 44.6%
20 AI Engineer $200,000 $165k – $240.8k 5,114 38.6%
21 Application Security $198,000 $167.5k – $240k 335 54.3%
22 Kotlin Kotlin $196,000 $156.8k – $203.8k 72 8.3%
23 Chief of Staff $195,000 $163.5k – $237.5k 279 39.1%
24 Platform Engineer $195,000 $167.5k – $230k 4,062 44%
25 Prompt Engineer $195,000 $164.4k – $243.2k 94 26.6%
26 Security Engineer $193,000 $155k – $234k 2,009 46.9%
27 C++ C / C++ $193,000 $152.9k – $218.9k 396 29.8%
28 Software Engineer $191,000 $155k – $225k 15,352 43.7%
29 DevOps $190,117 $151.8k – $225k 3,662 35.6%
30 Firmware Engineer $190,000 $160k – $217.5k 199 51.3%
31 Investment Banking $190,000 $165k – $225k 25 36%
32 Data Scientist $190,000 $149.9k – $226k 1,695 42.8%
33 Engineering Manager $190,000 $140k – $237.5k 4,371 42.2%
34 MLOps $190,000 $172.5k – $225.7k 132 20.5%
35 Technical Product Manager $187,848 $154.5k – $220k 1,018 54.3%
36 Quantitative Analyst $187,500 $150k – $225k 200 23.5%
37 Backend Engineer $185,650 $145k – $225k 2,473 33.6%
38 Tech Lead $185,000 $151.2k – $224.4k 2,824 31%
39 Embedded Engineer $185,000 $155k – $207.5k 445 52.6%
40 Android Android $182,500 $133k – $214k 421 32.5%
41 Frontend Engineer $182,500 $137.1k – $220k 1,072 33.9%
42 Product Manager $180,000 $146k – $214k 6,405 43.7%
43 Penetration Tester $180,000 $137.5k – $217.5k 80 32.5%
44 Architect $179,000 $146.7k – $213.8k 3,293 32.5%
45 Game Developer $178,000 $127.3k – $220.5k 105 31.4%
46 Biologist $177,688 $146.8k – $190.8k 34 29.4%
47 Bioinformatics $177,500 $148.5k – $194.7k 34 64.7%
48 Hardware Engineer $175,611 $145.1k – $207.1k 448 51.6%
49 Plant Manager $175,165 $135.3k – $201.4k 59 35.6%
50 Cloud Architect $175,000 $145.1k – $195.4k 229 24%
51 Physician $175,000 $130k – $259.3k 1,961 52.1%
52 SRE $175,000 $130k – $207.3k 1,189 39.4%
53 Lawyer $175,000 $130k – $214.8k 1,374 44.9%
54 Product Designer $175,000 $143.6k – $208k 1,264 42.4%
55 Full-Stack $175,000 $140k – $210k 2,803 30.7%
56 JavaScript JavaScript $175,000 $93.9k – $200k 216 18.5%
57 Ruby Ruby $175,000 $141.3k – $210k 44 22.7%
58 Controller $173,683 $130.6k – $209.7k 610 31%
59 Rust Rust $173,000 $151.5k – $198.1k 117 27.4%
60 Aerospace Engineer $172,750 $132.5k – $193.8k 38 28.9%

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