What is the average Backend Engineering salary in United States?

Based on 4 jobs with salary data, the average Backend Engineering salary in United States ranges from $161.4–272K per year.

How do Backend Engineering salaries in United States compare to the board-wide average?

Backend Engineering roles in United States pay 8% above the board-wide Backend Engineering average of $149.1–252.6K.

How are Backend Engineering salaries in United States calculated?

Salary figures are based on published job postings with salary data, normalized to annual USD equivalents. Statistical outliers are removed using interquartile range (IQR) filtering to ensure accuracy. Only positions with at least 5 data points are included.

Backend Engineering salaries in United States

Backend Engineering professionals in United States earn $161.4–272K per year on average, based on 4 jobs. Backend Engineering roles in United States pay 8% above the board-wide average of $149.1–252.6K for Backend Engineering jobs on LumiJobs.

Average salary range

$161.4–272K

Based on 4 jobs · 8% more than the average salary on LumiJobs

25th percentile

$151.9K

Average

$216.7K

75th percentile

$310K

United StatesAverage salary on LumiJobs

$149.1K$310K

Backend Engineering salaries by seniority in United States

Seniority	Avg. salary	Jobs	vs Avg. on LumiJobs
Senior	$160.2–287.7K	3	+11%

Top paying titles in United States

Highest paying job titles in United States, ranked by average salary.

Software Engineering

Avg. $139.4–202.1K · 163 jobs

Backend Engineering

Avg. $163.4–235.5K · 64 jobs

Machine Learning Engineering

Avg. $146.5–221.5K · 43 jobs

Backend Development

Avg. $133.7–194.9K · 39 jobs

AI Engineering

Avg. $130.8–195.4K · 38 jobs

Full Stack Development

Avg. $135–193.3K · 38 jobs

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Other top paying skills in United States

Highest paying skills in United States beyond Backend Engineering, ranked by average salary.

Python

Avg. $142.7–212K · 222 jobs

AWS

Avg. $146.3–214.6K · 117 jobs

CI/CD

Avg. $138.1–204.6K · 93 jobs

Kubernetes

Avg. $143.4–214.8K · 89 jobs

Java

Avg. $133.6–197.5K · 88 jobs

Machine Learning

Avg. $150.1–230.5K · 74 jobs

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Other locations for Backend Engineering

Compare Backend Engineering salaries in other locations.

California

Avg. $177.7–301.7K · 3 jobs

San Francisco, CA

Avg. $177.7–301.7K · 3 jobs

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All salary figures are normalized to USD annual equivalents. Averages are based on published jobs with salary data and filtered for statistical outliers.