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Salary in Engineering in the United States

Market pay levels based on 544 offers with salary.

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Recalculated from open vacancies where the employer states pay.

Median135 048 $Half of offers pay more, half pay less
Average129 572 $Arithmetic mean of all offers
Lower quartile121 171 $25% of offers pay less
Upper quartile147 733 $25% of offers pay more

How pay is distributed

The band covers the middle half of the market (25th–75th percentile), the line marks the median.

Lower quartile121 171 $
Median135 048 $
Upper quartile147 733 $

What the numbers mean

  • Half of all offers fall between 121 171 $ and 147 733 $.
  • Every fourth offer pays more than 147 733 $.
  • The upper quartile is 22% above the lower one.
  • The average is close to the median, so offers are spread evenly.
  • The estimate uses 544 vacancies with a stated salary.

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Immediate Office of the Chief of Naval Operations Hawaii ·

DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS

154 454 – 200 792 $

Summary You will serve as a Deputy Director for Operations of COMMANDER, SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND. Duties You will be responsible for preparing OPORDS and CONOPS for SOCPAC assigned and a…

Full timeOn-siteHawaii
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Cincinnati ·

Supervisory Civil Engineer

147 945 – 197 200 $

Summary About the Position: You will serve as the Director of the Dam Safety Center at the Huntington District Headquarters' Office with responsibility for providing all engineering service…

Full timeOn-siteCincinnati
HackerOne United States ·

Senior GTM Systems & Process Engineer

175 000 – 190 000 $

HackerOne is a global leader in Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM). The HackerOne Platform unites agentic AI solutions with the ingenuity of the world’s largest community of secur…

Full time3–6 yearsRemoteUnited States
Defense Logistics Agency Arlington ·

Mechanical Engineer

143 913 – 187 093 $

Summary See below for important information regarding this job. Duties As a Mechanical Engineer you will be responsible for the following duties: Lead and manage complex engineering, constr…

Full timeOn-siteArlington
StackAdapt United States ·

Staff Quality Engineer

136 000 – 187 000 $

StackAdapt is the leading technology company that empowers marketers to reach, engage, and convert audiences with precision. With 465 billion automated optimizations per second, the AI-powe…

Full time3–6 yearsRemoteUnited States
Bureau of Reclamation Lakewood ·

Mechanical Engineer

146 848 – 182 316 $

Summary You will serve as a Mechanical Engineer with Bureau of Reclamation. This position is located within the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, Mechanical Structu…

Full timeHybridLakewood

Frequently asked questions

Why show the median instead of the average?

The median (135 048 $) is the middle of the market: half of the offers pay more and half pay less. Unlike the average (129 572 $), it is not skewed by a handful of very high salaries.

What does the typical range mean?

From 121 171 $ to 147 733 $ is the middle half of all offers — the 25th to 75th percentile. A quarter of vacancies pay below 121 171 $ and a quarter above 147 733 $.

Where does the data come from?

From 544 open vacancies with a stated salary that Finder collects from public sources. Numbers are recalculated as the selection changes.

How do I tell whether I am paid fairly?

Compare your pay with the median and the quartiles: near 135 048 $ is the market level, above 147 733 $ is the strong quarter, below 121 171 $ is a reason to negotiate. Use the “Compare my salary” button on this page.

How we calculate salaries

Short methodology and the data behind these numbers.

  1. 1We collect offersOnly vacancies from open sources where the employer states pay are used.
  2. 2We normalise themA salary range is reduced to one comparable value per vacancy.
  3. 3We compute percentilesMedian, quartiles and the average are calculated from at least 5 offers; otherwise the wider country market is shown.
  4. 4We refresh the numbersStatistics are recomputed as new vacancies appear and closed ones drop out.

Figures are pay as published by employers: taxes, bonuses and seniority inside a grade are not accounted for.