Software Development Engineer salary

8 market ranges · employer-stated pay · updated Nov 13, 2026

The best-evidenced figure here is for software development engineer roles at mid level across the United States: 64 postings where the employer stated pay put the middle half between $114,675 and $161,965, with a median of $131,132.

Pay rises with seniority across the United States: the medians run mid-level $131,132 and senior $176,000. Moving from mid-level to senior is worth roughly 34% more.

Every range here is counted from real postings, never modelled. 6 of the 8 ranges in the table rest on fewer than 10 postings and are marked hint: treat those as hints rather than benchmarks.

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8 by market and level

Market	Level	Market range	Median	Sample
United States · country-wide	Mid	$114,675 – $161,965	$131,132	64
Canada · country-wide	Mid	CA$124,875 – CA$139,875	CA$139,500	6hint
United States · country-wide	Senior	$151,687 – $216,300	$176,000	57
Canada · country-wide	Senior	CA$171,000 – CA$187,750	CA$173,000	6hint
Remote · United States	Mid	$104,375 – $171,073	$121,750	6hint
Remote · United States	Senior	$151,013 – $226,850	$194,950	8hint
Seattle	Mid	$161,500 – $180,000	$162,000	5hint
Seattle	Senior	$202,500 – $245,400	$213,000	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.

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Open software development engineer roles · 27 with stated pay

this job's paywhere most pay sits here, $92,700–$284,280scale $50,000–$400,000

Staff Software Development Engineer Cvshealth · Remote · US New $130,295–$260,590 1d ago

Senior Software Development Engineer WEX · Remote · US $121,500–$145,500 2w ago Staff Software Development Engineer - Java Cvshealth · Remote · US $106,605–$284,280 3w ago Sr. Software Development Engineer (Ruby on Rails/Java) Cvshealth · Remote · US $101,970–$203,940 3w ago Senior Software Development Engineer Cvshealth · Remote · US $83,430–$222,480 4w ago Senior Salesforce Software Development Engineer Cvshealth · Remote · US $83,430–$222,480 4w ago Principal Software Development Engineer Ffive · Remote · US $225,600–$338,400 5w ago

[Latin America] Senior Software Development Engineer (Game) Gamebreaking Studios · Remote · Brazil In listing 8d ago