Backend Engineer salaries in Chicago.
What Backend Engineer roles in Chicago pay, from live listings on JobsRadar.
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$175,000
per year · annualized USD
Typical range
$156.3k – $201.5k
25th–75th percentile
Disclosing pay
32.7%
35 of 107 roles
Live roles
107
open right now
Salary distribution
annualized USD · disclosed rolesHighest-paying live roles
Engineering Manager - Fintech, Lodging
Senior Solutions Engineer, Strategic (Chicago)
Design Engineer, Americas
Staff Product Engineer, Americas
Staff Software Engineer, AI
Senior Full Stack Product Engineer
Senior Engineering Manager - Full Stack
Full-Stack Engineer
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How much do Backend Engineer roles in Chicago pay?
The median salary for Backend Engineer roles in Chicago is $175,000 per year. Most pay falls between $156,250 (25th percentile) and $201,500 (75th percentile), with the broader 10th–90th percentile band running from $140,500 to $231,700.
These figures are computed live from 107 active Backend Engineer roles in Chicago on JobsRadar, of which 35 (32.7%) publish a salary range. Pay is normalized to annualized USD so roles can be compared on equal terms; the highest-paying roles listed above show their original posted currency. Numbers refresh every few hours as new roles are posted and older ones close.
Employers currently hiring well-paid Backend Engineer roles in Chicago include Hopper, Okta, Ashby and Codal.
Salary transparency varies by employer and region, so the disclosing share above reflects only roles that publish pay — not every open position. Use it as a directional benchmark rather than an exact offer.