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The compensation figures below reflect median total yearly compensation amounts, including base salaries, stock grants, and bonuses.

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Typically 0-2 years of experience.
New-grads or little to no industry experience. Develop and maintain low to moderately complex components working on a team. Typically receives guidance and support from more experienced team members.
Typically 2-5+ years of experience.
Develop and own moderate to complex components. Possibly lead a small team or project. Ability to mentor engineers, provide technical guidance, code reviews, design and deliver on small projects end-to-end. Impact is typically at the immediate team scope. At many companies, this is considered a 'career-level', as in you can spend the rest of your career operating at this level without being pushed out for not being promoted.
Typically 5+ years of experience.
Typically less than 30% of employees in a company are at this level. Expected to lead and own complex technical initiatives. Begin setting the vision and future direction of team. Impact across multiple related teams within an org. Role shifts more towards design rather than implementation depending on size and expectations at company.
Typically 10+ years of experience.
This level is much more coveted than the previous ones. Typically less than 10% of employees in a company are at this level. Impact spans across organizations. Entrusted with business-critical projects and for setting technical vision for an org or multiple orgs. Responsible for reviewing and providing feedback on technical designs across an org. Little to no day-to-day coding. Role depends highly on organizational and company needs and becomes loosely defined. Expected to operate fully autonomously.
Typically 15+ years of experience.
Usually less than 3% of employees in a company are at this level. Smaller companies may not have any individuals at this level. Impact spans across the company and sometimes industry. Expected to operate fully autonomously.
1st
Waymo
Waymo
$378,000
2nd
Broadcom
Broadcom
$362,500
3rd
Google
Google
$310,000
RankCompanyTitle
Total Comp
Base | Stock | Bonus
1 WaymoL5
$378,000
190K | 150K | N/A
2 BroadcomICB 4
$362,500
160K | 163K | N/A
3 Google levels.fyi/leaderboardL4
$310,000
166K | 112K | N/A
4 MetaIC4
$296,905
172K | 99K | N/A
5 AppleICT4
$295,000
175K | 100K | N/A
6 Lyft levels.fyi/leaderboardT4
$294,000
167K | 127K | N/A
7 CruiseL5
$281,000
192K | 60K | N/A
8 CarbonL3
$280,000
150K | 130K | N/A
9 Nuro levels.fyi/leaderboardL5
$279,495
170K | 89K | N/A
10 PlanetP5
$266,600
217K | 50K | N/A
11 VerilyL4
$250,000
155K | 69K | N/A
12 Canoo levels.fyi/leaderboardPrincipal Engineer
$248,000
198K | 50K | N/A
13 AuroraP6
$244,000
169K | 50K | N/A
14 PlusSenior
$242,000
149K | 94K | N/A
15 Qualcomm levels.fyi/leaderboardStaff Engineer
$242,000
166K | 60K | N/A
16 10x Genomics7
$234,500
165K | 50K | N/A
17 Fly Zipline
$227,938
200K | 28K | N/A
18 Microsoft levels.fyi/leaderboardSenior Mechanical Engineer
$225,000
185K | 20K | N/A
19 GM Genuine Parts & ACDelcoL5
$222,000
192K | 0 | N/A
20 AMDMTS
$215,000
153K | 40K | N/A
21 Rivian levels.fyi/leaderboardRIV-5
$212,500
140K | 65K | N/A
22 AevaL5
$210,000
190K | 10K | N/A
23 AmazonMechanical Engineer II
$209,000
139K | 70K | N/A
24 Genentech levels.fyi/leaderboardE5A
$207,000
162K | 25K | N/A
25 NvidiaIC4
$205,000
165K | 40K | N/A
26 Peloton
$202,000
192K | 10K | N/A
27 Zoox levels.fyi/leaderboardL5
$200,000
175K | 25K | N/A
28 IBMBand 8
$200,000
165K | 25K | N/A
29 Renesas ElectronicsL2
$199,325
131K | 60K | N/A
30 QuantumScape levels.fyi/leaderboardMTS
$196,500
138K | 32K | N/A
31 Dell TechnologiesSenior Principal Engineer
$195,000
170K | 0 | N/A
32 IntuitiveMechanical Engineer 3
$193,000
160K | 18K | N/A
33 Advantest levels.fyi/leaderboardL6
$182,304
152K | 0 | N/A
34 Auris HealthL4
$180,000
161K | 0 | N/A
35 SnapL3
$180,000
120K | 60K | N/A
36 Blue Canyon Technologies levels.fyi/leaderboardL4
$180,000
180K | 0 | N/A
37 AccentureL8
$180,000
180K | 0 | N/A
38 ArcherP3
$179,000
179K | 0 | N/A
39 Shell levels.fyi/leaderboardL3
$179,000
149K | 0 | N/A
40 Cadence Design SystemsL3
$176,000
144K | 18K | N/A
41 SupernalL2
$175,500
170K | 0 | N/A
42 Joby Aviation levels.fyi/leaderboardL3
$175,000
145K | 30K | N/A
43 Kitty HawkSenior
$175,000
140K | 0 | N/A
44 IntelGrade 7
$174,000
154K | 20K | N/A
45 Sandia National Labs levels.fyi/leaderboardPrincipal member of technical staff
$172,500
173K | 0 | N/A
46 TDKL3
$170,000
170K | 0 | N/A
47 ExponentAssociate
$170,000
170K | 0 | N/A
48 Amogy levels.fyi/leaderboardPrincipal Engineer
$170,000
170K | 0 | N/A
49 Johnson & Johnson26
$170,000
170K | 0 | N/A
50 HeirloomSenior
$170,000
150K | 20K | N/A
Last Updated: February 17, 2026
How is this table calculated?

We aggregate our submissions from the last two years to calculate the data.

For 'All Levels', we compute the median entry across all submissions for a particular company, location and job role.

For Software Engineers, we support a standardized framework based around company leveling data. We compute the median entry for a particular company, location, standard level and job role.