Engineering Salaries & Job Market in the United States (2026)

The average Engineering pay in the United States is USD 141,513-USD 194,918 per year, based on 248 disclosed salaries.

Average salary by pay period

• Annual: USD 141,513-USD 194,918 per year (196 listings)
• Hourly: USD 19-USD 31 per hour (42 listings)
• Annual: CAD 110,620-CAD 159,601 per year (10 listings)

Best cities for Engineering jobs

1. San Francisco — 212 jobs
2. San Jose — 114 jobs
3. New York City — 72 jobs
4. Boston — 58 jobs
5. Redmond — 49 jobs
6. Seattle — 42 jobs
7. Foster City — 39 jobs
8. Los Angeles — 34 jobs

Work mode

17% remote, 1% hybrid, 82% on-site across 1103 listings.

Top hiring employers

• Amazon (193 open roles)
• Waymo (90 open roles)
• Roblox (84 open roles)
• Stripe (71 open roles)
• Zoox (42 open roles)
• Samsara (40 open roles)

Current openings

• Senior Software Engineer, Cluster Scalability — MongoDB Canada (British Columbia; Ontario)
• Senior Machine Learning Systems Engineer (US) — PointClickCare (Remote - US)
• Partner Solutions Engineer, Ecosystem — Stripe Canada (US-NYC; US-SF; US-Chicago; US-Atlanta; US-Seattle; US-Remote)
• Offensive Security Engineer — Stripe Canada (US - Remote)
• Design Engineer, Expansion — Stripe Canada (US, Canada)
• Senior Software Engineer, Cluster Scalability — MongoDB (British Columbia; Ontario)
• Software Engineer, Billing Platform — Stripe Canada (San Francisco, New York City, Seattle, Chicago, US-Remote)
• Engineering Manager, Abuse Control Engineering — Stripe Canada (Seattle, SF, NYC, Remote in the US)
• Front End Software Engineer, Consumer Engineering — Reddit Canada (Remote - United States)
• Sr. Solutions Engineer - Digital Native Business (Strategic Accounts) — Databricks Canada (Remote - California; Remote - Colorado; Remote - Oregon; Remote - Washington)

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