United States · USD
Staff Engineer salary in United States
The median salary in Staff Engineer job ads in United States is $252,538 a year (about $21,045 a month before tax). The middle half of those ads list $171,375 to $262,894, based on 14 salaries from 10 employers, updated 22 Oct 2026.
- Median in job ads
- $252,538
- a year
- 12-month range
- High $265,538
- Sep 2026
- Low $265,538 · Sep 2026
- Salaries
- 14
- from 10 employers
- Last updated
- 22 Oct 2026
- 12-month window to 22 Oct 2026
Salary range
Where listed pay sits
- 10th percentile
- $140,600
- 25th percentile
- $171,375
- Median
- $252,538
- 75th percentile
- $262,894
- 90th percentile
- $276,000
14 salaries · 36 live United States jobs. Box: the middle half of salaries · line: the median · whisker: 10th to 90th percentile.
Based on 14 salary-listed job postings from the last 12 months · last updated 22 Oct 2026
Salary brackets
Staff Engineer salary brackets in United States
How the 14 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 $140K | 14% 2 listings | |
| $140K–$160K | 14% 2 listings | |
| $160K–$180K | 0% 0 listings | |
| $180K–$200K | 0% 0 listings | |
| $200K–$220K | 0% 0 listings | |
| $220K–$240K | 7% 1 listing | |
| $240K–$260KMedian here | 36% 5 listings | |
| $260K–$280K | 22% 3 listings | |
| $280K and over | 7% 1 listing |
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.
Pay listed by employers
Latest Staff Engineer jobs that show their pay in United States
Pay as the employer wrote it, per year: individual job posts, not averages.
- Staff Engineer, Physical DesignTenstorrent · posted 18 Sept 2026$100,000 – $500,000
- Staff Engineer - Payments (Mobile & Terminal Experiences)Adyen · Senior level · posted 18 Sept 2026$235,000 – $317,000
- Staff Engineer - Financial ProductsAdyen · Mid level · posted 18 Sept 2026$235,000 – $317,000
- Staff Engineer (Multiple Positions)LaunchDarkly · Senior level · posted 16 Oct 2026$214,800 – $295,350
- Staff Engineer, ExperimentationLaunchDarkly · Senior level · posted 18 Sept 2026$214,800 – $295,350
Evidence
Where these numbers come from
14 salaries from 10 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 72%
- Pay read from posting text 14%
- Other sources 14%
Live jobs
Staff Engineer jobs in United States
- Staff Engineer, Cloud Security
Toast · United States
$193K – $309K/yr · listed by the employer
- Staff Engineer, Luxury
Lyft · San Francisco, California, United States
- Staff Engineer
Abbott India · United States - Illinois - Lake Forest
$86.7K – $173.3K/yr · listed by the employer
- Staff Engineer - Fraud Prevention
Sardine · United States
$190K – $275K/yr · listed by the employer
- Staff Engineer, Growth
Chime Financial, Inc · San Francisco, CA, United States
$223K – $308K/yr · listed by the employer
- Staff Engineer, US Expansion Strategic Planning
Micron · Boise, ID - ID1
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
Staff Engineer salary in United States: common questions
What is the average Staff Engineer salary in United States in 2026?
Job ads for Staff Engineer in United States on Jobiba list a median salary of $252,538 a year, based on 14 salary-listed job postings. The middle half of those job ads pay between $171,375 and $262,894 a year (25th to 75th percentile).
How does Jobiba calculate Staff Engineer salary in United States?
From 14 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.