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Average Senior Engineer Salary 2026

Live Senior Engineer salary and pay data from the DeUnemployment index (measured 27 Oct 2026) — refreshed with the daily data build.

How much does a Senior Engineer make?

$165,000median, per year (model estimate)
$114,000–$230,000typical range (10th–90th pct)
13,450live Senior Engineer postings
7%remote-friendly

DeUnemployment currently indexes 13,450 live Senior Engineer jobs and estimates that a typical Senior Engineer earns roughly $114,000–$230,000/yr, with a median model estimate of $165,000/yr. About 7% of current postings are remote-friendly.

Where the Senior Engineer jobs are

The places with the most live openings right now: Remote (2,119) · California (384) · North Carolina (94).

Who is hiring Senior Engineers

Employers with the most live Senior Engineer postings right now: Nl:C72, Nl:C52, Nl:C53, Teaching Personnel, Nl:C91.

A sample of live Senior Engineer openings

Senior Engineer, Sensor PlatformApply ↗

Distance Technologies
Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

We are looking for a Senior Engineer, Sensor Platform to join our Perception team in Helsinki. Everything our perception models learn, they learn from what our research vehicles and rigs record. If the sensors are not sy

Senior Platform EngineerApply ↗

Voi Technology
Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden

YOUR MISSION AT VOI As Senior Platform Engineer, you'll own Voi's security toolchain end-to-end across the software delivery lifecycle. You'll join our Platform & Information Security team, working alongside platform eng

Senior ML Data EngineerApply ↗

GoWish, Ønskeskyen
Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

About GoWish, Ønskeskyen ☁️ At GoWish, we’re building the world’s leading wish-list and social shopping platform - a place where you can make a real impact and have fun doing it. We’re on a mission to reinvent gifting fo

Senior Software Engineer, Energy BillingApply ↗

Reel
Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

About Reel We are rethinking electricity to accelerate the transition to a carbon-free energy system. Electricity is one of the biggest sources of carbon emissions globally, yet most green power sold on the market today

Senior Software Engineer 2533Apply ↗

User Experience Researchers Pte Ltd
Malaysia

As a Software Engineer, you will be responsible for the end-to-end development, delivery, and support of business-critical API-driven platforms and web applications. You will design, develop, enhance, and maintain scalab

Senior Android Engineer, Point-of-SaleApply ↗

Flatpay
Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

About Flatpay Flatpay is not just another payment solution; we're dedicated to innovating the market for payment solutions and financial services in the SME segment with our customer-centric and transparent services. We'

How the Senior Engineer pay estimate is built

The range above is a model estimate, not employer-reported pay. Of the 1,284 most relevant Senior Engineer postings we sampled, 1,284 carried enough pay information to be estimated (100%): the bottom of the range is the 10th percentile of those estimates and the top the 90th. Postings that hide pay are still counted in the job totals, but they cannot move the estimate. How we get the numbers.

Salary questions about Senior Engineer jobs

How much do Senior Engineers earn?

Typical pay for a Senior Engineer currently runs roughly $114,000–$230,000/yr, with a median around $165,000/yr. This is a model estimate and varies by location and experience.

How many Senior Engineer jobs are there?

There are currently 13,450 live Senior Engineer jobs listed on DeUnemployment, refreshed daily.

What is the average pay for a Senior Engineer?

The median pay for a Senior Engineer is about $165,000/yr, based on our live index of 13,450 postings — a model estimate from those postings, not employer-reported pay.

What is the Senior Engineer pay scale?

The Senior Engineer pay scale runs from roughly $114,000 at the 10th percentile to $230,000/yr at the 90th -- entry-level roles sit at the bottom of that range and senior or specialist roles at the top.

Are there remote Senior Engineer jobs?

About 7% of current Senior Engineer postings are remote-friendly. Use the search filters to show only remote roles.

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Salary figures are model estimates from DeUnemployment’s live index of public job postings, refreshed daily, and vary by location and experience.

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