Frontend Engineering salary

21 market ranges · employer-stated pay · updated Oct 24, 2026

The best-evidenced figure here is for frontend engineering roles at senior level across the United States: 160 postings where the employer stated pay put the middle half between $163,140 and $215,000, with a median of $195,000.

Pay rises with seniority across the United States: the medians run mid-level $139,350 and senior $195,000. Moving from mid-level to senior is worth roughly 40% more.

Every range here is counted from real postings, never modelled. 9 of the 21 ranges in the table rest on fewer than 10 postings and are marked hint: treat those as hints rather than benchmarks.

Every measured range

21 by market and level

Market	Level	Market range	Median	Sample
United States · country-wide	Entry	$97,850 – $130,000	$101,300	9hint
United States · country-wide	Mid	$111,500 – $185,625	$139,350	156
Canada · country-wide	Mid	CA$84,000 – CA$117,900	CA$100,000	25
United States · country-wide	Senior	$163,140 – $215,000	$195,000	160
Canada · country-wide	Senior	CA$132,000 – CA$192,250	CA$155,000	31
Remote · United States	Mid	$104,906 – $152,474	$135,000	28
Remote · United States	Senior	$148,906 – $205,000	$180,000	33
Remote · Canada	Senior	CA$136,750 – CA$195,003	CA$155,000	7hint
Boston	Senior	$161,250 – $195,625	$181,250	6hint
Chantilly	Mid	$128,650 – $158,213	$142,100	6hint
Mclean	Mid	$130,700 – $198,638	$151,675	6hint
New York	Mid	$143,281 – $210,875	$165,813	20
New York	Senior	$201,250 – $225,000	$212,650	34
San Francisco	Mid	$169,250 – $233,750	$195,000	27
San Francisco	Senior	$198,750 – $249,625	$214,750	20
San Mateo	Senior	$205,375 – $296,359	$222,500	6hint
Seattle	Senior	$191,500 – $216,000	$195,000	5hint
Sunnyvale	Senior	$175,000 – $200,000	$185,000	5hint
Toronto	Mid	CA$79,375 – CA$116,688	CA$102,500	10
Toronto	Senior	CA$119,675 – CA$152,500	CA$138,750	14
Vancouver	Senior	CA$163,075 – CA$202,850	CA$179,500	7hint

Entry is junior titles. Mid is mid-level and manager titles. Senior is senior titles. Lead is director, VP and above. Rows marked hint rest on fewer than 10 postings: read them as a hint, not a benchmark.

Ranges span the 25th to 75th percentile of employer-stated base pay for the market and level. Median is the 50th percentile. Sample is the number of postings measured.

by the team behind remoteroles