Software Engineer Salaries 2026
Real compensation data from 32 data points across 16 top companies — base, bonus, equity and total comp by level.
$401K
Avg Total Comp · across all entries
$204K – $853K
Range · min to max TC
16
Companies · tracked
Jul 2026
Updated · last data refresh
Meta
Software Engineer · Menlo Park, CA
OpenAI
Software Engineer · San Francisco, CA
Software Engineer · San Francisco, CA
Stripe
Software Engineer · San Francisco, CA
Meta
Software Engineer · Menlo Park, CA
Netflix
Software Engineer · Los Gatos, CA
Uber
Software Engineer · San Francisco, CA
Apple
Software Engineer · Cupertino, CA
Software Engineer · San Francisco, CA
Databricks
Software Engineer · San Francisco, CA
Amazon
Software Dev Engineer · Seattle, WA
Coinbase
Software Engineer · San Francisco, CA
Microsoft
Software Engineer · Redmond, WA
Stripe
Software Engineer · San Francisco, CA
Datadog
Software Engineer · New York, NY
Airbnb
Software Engineer · San Francisco, CA
Meta
Software Engineer · Menlo Park, CA
Netflix
Software Engineer · Los Gatos, CA
Uber
Software Engineer · San Francisco, CA
Spotify
Backend Engineer · New York, NY
Software Engineer · San Francisco, CA
Apple
Software Engineer · Cupertino, CA
Software Engineer · Sunnyvale, CA
Amazon
Software Dev Engineer · Seattle, WA
Bloomberg
Software Engineer · New York, NY
Microsoft
Software Engineer · Redmond, WA
Meta
Software Engineer · Menlo Park, CA
Software Engineer · San Francisco, CA
Apple
Software Engineer · Cupertino, CA
Amazon
Software Dev Engineer · Seattle, WA
Bloomberg
Software Engineer · New York, NY
Microsoft
Software Engineer · Redmond, WA
Data sourced from levels.fyi and Glassdoor public aggregates. Compensation varies significantly by negotiation, stock price, and hire date. Use as a guide only.
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