Software Engineer Salary & Career Guide
What 7,080 live Software Engineer postings ask for and pay: salary by years of experience, skills, education and the employers hiring.
- Open roles
- 7,080
- Employers
- 1,619
- Remote
- 16%
- Typical pay
- $131k–270k
- Verified live (7d)
- 6,791
Pay by experience
Median advertised base, from postings that disclosed a range in USD · pick a band to read the rest of this page for it
| Experience | Median | Postings |
|---|---|---|
| 0–2 years | $125k | 354 |
| 3–5 years | $158k | 1,716 |
| 6–9 years | $179k | 1,145 |
| 10+ years | $186k | 519 |
Skills in demand
Across 6,799 software engineer postings that named at least one skill
- 45%
- 37%
- 28%
- 27%
- 25%
- 23%
- 21%
- 19%
- 17%
- 16%
Experience asked for
Minimum years named in the posting · 5,184 postings stated one
- 9.9%
- 47%
- 30%
- 14%
Work arrangement
Where the work is done · 4,152 postings stated one
- 26%
- 48%
- 27%
Education
The floor the posting sets · 2,276 postings stated one
- 1.1%
- 0.4%
- 88%
- 2.5%
- 7.5%