What is the average Software Engineering salary in United States?

Based on 10 jobs with salary data, the average Software Engineering salary in United States ranges from $144.6–187.5K per year.

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

Software Engineering roles in United States pay 3% below the board-wide Software Engineering average of $147.3–193.8K.

How are Software 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.

Software Engineering salaries in United States

Software Engineering professionals in United States earn $144.6–187.5K per year on average, based on 10 jobs. Software Engineering roles in United States pay 3% below the board-wide average of $147.3–193.8K for Software Engineering jobs on LumiJobs.

Average salary range

$144.6–187.5K

Based on 10 jobs · 3% less than the average salary on LumiJobs

25th percentile

$121.8K

Average

$166K

75th percentile

$210K

United StatesAverage salary on LumiJobs

$121.8K$210K

Software Engineering salaries by seniority in United States

Seniority	Avg. salary	Jobs	vs Avg. on LumiJobs
Senior	$164.6–212.8K	6	+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 Software 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 Software Engineering

Compare Software Engineering salaries in other locations.

California

Avg. $149.7–182.7K · 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.