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Engineering Manager salary in United States
In the U.S., architectural and engineering managers (SOC 11-9041) earned a median $171,270 a year in May 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; pay listed in 261 job ads for U.S. jobs on Jobiba from the last 12 months has a median of $250,000. The middle half of those ads list $217,550 to $295,250, based on 261 salaries from 80 employers, updated 22 Oct 2026.
Official benchmark · U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Architectural and Engineering Managers: official U.S. pay, May 2025
In the U.S., architectural and engineering managers (SOC 11-9041) earned a median $171,270 a year in May 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; pay listed in 261 job ads for U.S. jobs on Jobiba from the last 12 months has a median of $250,000.
- 10th percentile
- $120,810
- 25th percentile
- $139,360
- Median
- $171,270
- 75th percentile
- $212,500
- 90th percentile
- $262,760
Jobiba's job-ad median is 46% above the BLS median. The two figures measure different things. Jobiba's counts only job ads that state pay, so it reflects the employers that publish pay ranges; the largest in this sample are Roblox, Databricks and OpenAI. BLS surveys employers of every size and industry and covers every worker in the occupation, not only open jobs.
Occupation: Architectural and Engineering Managers (SOC 11-9041) · 220,260 jobs · per year, before tax. Annual wages of all wage and salary workers in the occupation across the U.S., all industries and employer sizes (self-employed excluded) — not only jobs that are advertised. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (public domain), retrieved 23 Oct 2026.
- Median in job ads
- $250,000
- a year
- 12-month range
- High $272,500
- Aug 2026
- Low $239,400 · Sep 2026
- Salaries
- 261
- from 80 employers
- Last updated
- 22 Oct 2026
- 12-month window to 22 Oct 2026
Salary range
Where listed pay sits
- 10th percentile
- $190,000
- 25th percentile
- $217,550
- Median
- $250,000
- 75th percentile
- $295,250
- 90th percentile
- $345,040
261 salaries · 348 live United States jobs. Box: the middle half of salaries · line: the median · whisker: 10th to 90th percentile.
Based on 261 salary-listed job postings from the last 12 months · last updated 22 Oct 2026
Salary brackets
Engineering Manager salary brackets in United States
How the 261 comparable salary observations behind the percentile band above spread across USD pay brackets, annualised and United States only. Shares are of observations, not of employers.
| Pay bracket | Relative size | Share and count of listings |
|---|---|---|
| Under $180K | 8% 22 listings | |
| $180K–$200K | 5% 12 listings | |
| $200K–$220K | 13% 33 listings | |
| $220K–$240K | 17% 44 listings | |
| $240K–$260KMedian here | 11% 28 listings | |
| $260K–$280K | 14% 36 listings | |
| $280K–$300K | 9% 25 listings | |
| $300K–$320K | 6% 17 listings | |
| $320K–$340K | 5% 12 listings | |
| $340K–$360K | 6% 15 listings | |
| $360K and over | 6% 17 listings |
Brackets are equal-width and rounded; the open-ended rows collect the lowest and highest observations, and the bracket that holds the median is highlighted. Same cohort and outlier rules as the percentiles above.
Salary by experience
How Engineering Manager pay changes with experience in United States
Pay by the experience level employers state in their job posts, from salaries listed in the last 12 months. A level appears only with at least 8 salaries.
| Experience level | Pay range chart | Median pay |
|---|---|---|
| Mid level$227,735–$260,000 · 41 salaries | $243,000 | |
| Senior level$224,500–$287,613 · 115 salaries | $250,000 |
One shared scale, $222K to $290.1K. Box: the middle half of salaries · line: the median.
Salary by place
Engineering Manager salary by city
Cities in United States that have enough salaries for their own page. Each place is its own group of salaries in one currency. Places in another currency are listed separately, never converted.
| City | Pay range chart | Median pay |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco$254,625–$355,000 · 60 salaries | $308,750 | |
| New York$208,750–$270,000 · 33 salaries | $239,400 |
One shared scale, $202.9K to $360.9K. Box: the middle half of salaries · line: the median.
Salary by company
What companies pay a Engineering Manager in United States
Employers with at least 5 listed salaries for this role; those with 8 or more link to their own salary page. The sparkline is the company's monthly median where it has enough salaries.
| Company | Pay range chart | Median pay |
|---|---|---|
| Roblox$295,250–$345,040 · 20 salaries | $319,358 | |
| Databricks$214,700–$264,600 · 17 salaries | $225,625 | |
| OpenAI$339,000–$423,000 · 17 salaries | $423,000 | |
| DoorDash USA$239,400–$239,400 · 12 salaries | $239,400 | |
| Snowflake$287,600–$287,600 · 9 salaries | $287,600 | |
| Brex$240,000–$270,000 · 9 salaries | $270,000 | |
| Sentry$291,250–$335,000 · 8 salaries | $322,500 | |
| Boeing$172,000–$233,000 · 7 salaries | $202,000 |
One shared scale, $162K to $433K. Box: the middle half of salaries · line: the median.
Skills and pay
Skills linked to higher Engineering Manager pay in United States
How much higher or lower the median is for job posts that mention a skill. It shows an association, not a guarantee: better-paid jobs often bundle several scarce skills with senior scope. Skills with fewer than 8 salaries are left out.
| Skill | Pay premium chart | Pay premium |
|---|---|---|
| artificial intelligencemedian $318,500 · 30 salaries | up +27.4% | |
| pythonmedian $295,000 · 33 salaries | up +18.0% | |
| financemedian $270,000 · 36 salaries | up +8.0% | |
| machine learningmedian $266,405 · 39 salaries | up +6.6% | |
| aimedian $260,000 · 205 salaries | up +4.0% | |
| kubernetesmedian $239,850 · 30 salaries | down −4.1% | |
| excelmedian $239,400 · 39 salaries | down −4.2% | |
| gcpmedian $239,400 · 25 salaries | down −4.2% |
Pay listed by employers
Latest Engineering Manager jobs that show their pay in United States
Pay as the employer wrote it, per year: individual job posts, not averages.
- Engineering Manager, Compute and StorageThe New York Times · Entry level · posted 19 Oct 2026$160,000 – $190,000
- Engineering Manager, Digital AssetsRipple · Senior level · posted 18 Oct 2026$200,000 – $250,000
- Engineering Manager, Digital AssetsRipple · Senior level · posted 18 Oct 2026$200,000 – $250,000
- Manager, Software EngineeringRipple · Senior level · posted 18 Oct 2026$200,000 – $250,000
- Engineering Manager, Digital AssetsRipple · Senior level · posted 18 Oct 2026$212,000 – $265,000
Evidence
Where these numbers come from
261 salaries from 80 employers, posted between 22 Oct 2025 and 22 Oct 2026. Last updated 22 Oct 2026. Every figure on this page comes from this one group of salaries; the median is the middle value, not the average.
- Employer hiring-system feeds 85%
- Pay read from posting text 7%
- Other sources 8%
Live jobs
Engineering Manager jobs in United States
- Senior Engineering Manager
Cvshealth · CT - Hartford
- Software Engineering Manager, AI Observability & Evals Platform (New York, NY)
LangChain · New York, New York, United States
- Engineering Manager, AI Platform
Harvey · San Francisco, California, USA
$272K – $355K/yr · listed by the employer
- Senior Engineering Manager, Backend Platform
Harvey · San Francisco, California, USA
$272K – $355K/yr · listed by the employer
- Senior Engineering Manager, Backend Platform
Harvey · New York, New York, USA
$272K – $355K/yr · listed by the employer
- Senior Engineering Manager, Data Platform
Duolingo · New York, New York, United States
$204K – $306K/yr · listed by the employer
Other markets
Engineering Manager pay in other markets
The same role in markets with their own published salary page. Each row uses its own currency; figures are never converted or blended.
| Market | Median | 25th–75th pct | Observations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | $209,000 | $188,000–$217,500 | 29 |
Reading this number
What this number does—and does not—mean
The range summarizes salary-listed Jobiba jobs in United States. It is not a promise of what one employer will pay, and it is not converted from another country's currency. Experience, city, seniority, skills and company can move an individual offer materially.
Frequently asked questions
Engineering Manager salary in United States: common questions
What is the average Engineering Manager salary in United States in 2026?
In the U.S., architectural and engineering managers (SOC 11-9041) earned a median $171,270 a year in May 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; pay listed in 261 job ads for U.S. jobs on Jobiba from the last 12 months has a median of $250,000. The middle half of those job ads pay between $217,550 and $295,250 a year (25th to 75th percentile).
Why is Engineering Manager pay in job ads different from the BLS figure?
Jobiba's job-ad median is 46% above the BLS median. The two figures measure different things. Jobiba's counts only job ads that state pay, so it reflects the employers that publish pay ranges; the largest in this sample are Roblox, Databricks and OpenAI. BLS surveys employers of every size and industry and covers every worker in the occupation, not only open jobs.
How much does an entry-level Engineering Manager earn in United States compared with experienced hires?
By experience level in the postings Jobiba could classify: Mid level: $243,000 median (41 postings); Senior level: $250,000 median (115 postings). Bands with too few postings are not shown.
Which cities pay the most for Engineering Manager jobs?
Among cities with enough USD salary data on Jobiba, the highest medians are San Francisco ($308,750 median, 60 postings), New York ($239,400 median, 33 postings). Salaries are compared in their listed currency, without conversion.
How does Jobiba calculate Engineering Manager salary in United States?
From 261 salary-listed Jobiba job postings from the last 12 months that state an explicit salary, currency and pay period. Hourly, daily and monthly pay is converted to an annual figure, implausible values and outliers are removed, and currencies are never mixed or converted. Jobiba publishes the median and 25th–75th percentile range only when enough comparable postings exist.