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 193,262
✏️ This salary info is based on 5812 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average senior-level / expert Software Engineer salary lies between USD 150,000 and USD 244,000 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
- 5812
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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 | 6160 jobs Python | 5992 jobs Machine Learning | 5181 jobs Computer Science | 4147 jobs Architecture | 3835 jobs AWS | 3365 jobs Testing | 3029 jobs Security | 2883 jobs Pipelines | 2815 jobs Java | 2677 jobs APIs | 2660 jobs Kubernetes | 2411 jobs Azure | 2131 jobs GCP | 2057 jobs CI/CD | 2055 jobs SQL | 1891 jobs Agile | 1855 jobs LLMs | 1844 jobs Docker | 1840 jobs Research | 1791 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 | 5623 jobs Health care | 3259 jobs Equity / stock options | 3029 jobs Competitive pay | 2143 jobs Startup environment | 2112 jobs Flex hours | 1979 jobs Salary bonus | 1974 jobs Insurance | 1590 jobs Flex vacation | 1575 jobs Medical leave | 1543 jobs Parental leave | 1531 jobs Team events | 1146 jobs 401(k) matching | 1057 jobs Wellness | 906 jobs Relocation support | 464 jobs Transparency | 423 jobs Home office stipend | 366 jobs Fertility benefits | 319 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 316 jobs Gear | 215 jobsRelated salaries
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