Salary for Senior-level / Expert Software Engineer in United States during 2025
💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Software Engineer in United States during 2025 is USD 193,000
✏️ This salary info is based on 4559 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average senior-level / expert Software Engineer salary lies between USD 150,000 and USD 245,000 in the United States. It represents the overall compensation/gross salary amount for the working year (before deductions like social security, taxes and other contributions), not including equity/stock options or similar benefits.
- Job title
- Software Engineer
- Experience
- Senior-level / Expert
- Region
- United States
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 4559
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Region represents the primary country of residence of an employee during the year (or residence for tax purposes). All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.
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Top 20 Job Tags for Senior-level / Expert Software Engineer roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert Software Engineer job listings are Engineering, Python and Machine Learning. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:
Engineering | 4840 jobs Python | 4711 jobs Machine Learning | 4119 jobs Computer Science | 3282 jobs Architecture | 2994 jobs AWS | 2655 jobs Testing | 2346 jobs Security | 2252 jobs Pipelines | 2192 jobs Java | 2097 jobs APIs | 2071 jobs Kubernetes | 1870 jobs Azure | 1658 jobs CI/CD | 1603 jobs GCP | 1594 jobs SQL | 1524 jobs Agile | 1453 jobs Research | 1429 jobs Docker | 1426 jobs LLMs | 1399 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Senior-level / Expert Software Engineer roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert Software Engineer job listings are Career development, Health care and Equity / stock options. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:
Career development | 4451 jobs Health care | 2619 jobs Equity / stock options | 2428 jobs Competitive pay | 1722 jobs Startup environment | 1649 jobs Flex hours | 1575 jobs Salary bonus | 1546 jobs Insurance | 1287 jobs Flex vacation | 1283 jobs Medical leave | 1258 jobs Parental leave | 1250 jobs Team events | 934 jobs 401(k) matching | 891 jobs Wellness | 725 jobs Relocation support | 361 jobs Transparency | 340 jobs Home office stipend | 292 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 259 jobs Fertility benefits | 259 jobs Gear | 173 jobsRelated salaries
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