Staff Engineer Salary in United States during 2025
💰 The median Staff Engineer Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 169,500
✏️ This salary info is based on 16 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average Staff Engineer salary lies between USD 125,900 and USD 203,200 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
- Staff Engineer
- Experience
- all levels
- Region
- United States
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 16
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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.
Last updated:Top 20 Job Tags for Staff Engineer roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with Staff 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 | 363 jobs Python | 317 jobs Machine Learning | 261 jobs Architecture | 234 jobs Computer Science | 212 jobs Security | 190 jobs AWS | 175 jobs Pipelines | 161 jobs Azure | 153 jobs GCP | 125 jobs SQL | 119 jobs Testing | 119 jobs Kubernetes | 115 jobs APIs | 113 jobs Java | 107 jobs CI/CD | 104 jobs LLMs | 94 jobs Research | 86 jobs Generative AI | 86 jobs Docker | 78 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Staff Engineer roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Staff Engineer job listings are Career development, Health care and Salary bonus. 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 | 244 jobs Health care | 142 jobs Salary bonus | 78 jobs Equity / stock options | 74 jobs Startup environment | 74 jobs Insurance | 67 jobs Team events | 62 jobs Flex vacation | 61 jobs Medical leave | 61 jobs Competitive pay | 59 jobs Flex hours | 53 jobs Wellness | 42 jobs Parental leave | 38 jobs Transparency | 33 jobs 401(k) matching | 32 jobs Fertility benefits | 30 jobs Relocation support | 14 jobs Conferences | 13 jobs Fitness / gym | 11 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 11 jobsWant to contribute?
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