New-York · United States
Senior Backend Engineer salary in New-York
The median salary in Senior Backend Engineer job ads in New-York, United States is $198,750 a year (about $16,563 a month before tax). The middle half of those ads list $189,375 to $204,125, based on 10 salaries from 9 employers, updated 11 Nov 2026.
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- Median in job ads
- $198,750
- a year
- Salaries
- 10
- from 9 employers
- Last updated
- 11 Nov 2026
- 12-month window to 11 Nov 2026
Salary range
Where pay sits in New-York
- 10th percentile
- $176,750
- 25th percentile
- $189,375
- Median
- $198,750
- 75th percentile
- $204,125
- 90th percentile
- $210,500
10 salaries · 10 live local jobs. Box: the middle half of salaries · line: the median · whisker: 10th to 90th percentile.
Compared with the United States median of 52 salaries: down −2.9%
Based on 10 salary-listed job postings from the last 12 months · last updated 11 Nov 2026
Pay listed by employers
Latest Senior Backend Engineer jobs that show their pay in New-York
Pay as the employer wrote it, per year: individual job posts, not averages.
- Senior Backend EngineerUniswap Labs · Senior level · posted 8 Nov 2026$180,000 – $226,000
- Senior Backend EngineerBevel · Mid level · posted 8 Nov 2026$180,000 – $215,000
- Senior Backend EngineerEllipsis Labs · Mid level · posted 7 Nov 2026$170,000 – $250,000
- Senior Backend Engineer (Java/Spring)Gen Digital Inc. · Senior level · posted 7 Nov 2026$168,000 – $190,000
- Senior Backend Engineer - (Java/Spring Boot)Gen Digital Inc. · Senior level · posted 7 Nov 2026$135,000 – $178,000
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Where these numbers come from
10 salaries from 9 employers, posted between 11 Nov 2025 and 11 Nov 2026. Last updated 11 Nov 2026. Every figure on this page comes from this one group of salaries; the median is the middle value, not the average.
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Frequently asked questions
Senior Backend Engineer salary in New-York: common questions
What is the average Senior Backend Engineer salary in New-York in 2026?
Job ads for Senior Backend Engineer in New-York on Jobiba list a median salary of $198,750 a year, based on 10 salary-listed job postings. The middle half of those job ads pay between $189,375 and $204,125 a year (25th to 75th percentile).
How does Senior Backend Engineer pay in New-York compare with the United States median?
The Senior Backend Engineer median in New-York is -2.9% versus the United States median for the same role on Jobiba.
How does Jobiba calculate Senior Backend Engineer salary in New-York?
From 10 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.