Software Engineer salary 2026
Remote Software Engineer roles advertise a median of $300K a year, based on 451 open postings that publish pay.
$300KMedian
$248K–$339KMiddle 50%
$13K–$498KFull range
451Postings
By candidate region
Median of published ranges, grouped by where the posting accepts applicants from.
Worldwide
$308K
404 roles
North America
$224K
47 roles
Highest-paying open roles
Live postings, ranked by the midpoint of their published range.
1
Principal Software Engineer, ChatGPT Education and Learning · OpenAI
$459K - $536K
2
Principal Software Engineer, Productivity · OpenAI
$459K - $536K
3
Principal Software Engineer, Infrastructure Security · OpenAI
$401K - $510K
4
Software Engineer, Collective Communication · OpenAI
$380K - $500K
5
Software Engineer, Platform Systems · OpenAI
$380K - $500K
6
Software Engineer, TPU Compilers · OpenAI
$380K - $500K
7
Software Engineer, Inference - Multi Modal · OpenAI
$295K - $555K
8
Control Systems Software Engineer, Robotics · OpenAI
$380K - $460K
9
Software Engineer - Data Aquisition (Systems) · OpenAI
$295K - $536K
10
Software Engineer, Security Agents · Cohere
$195 - $415,000
How this is calculated: we take every currently open Software Engineer posting on the board whose title matches the role and that publishes a salary range in US dollars, use the midpoint of each range, and report the median and percentiles. Postings without pay, or with pay in another currency, are excluded — nothing is estimated. Refreshed with every daily job update.
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