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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
ByteDance
ByteDance
$493,000
2nd
Carta
Carta
$360,000
3rd
Apple
Apple
$359,000
RankCompanyTitle
Total Comp
Base | Stock | Bonus
1 ByteDance2-2
$493,000
310K | 84K | N/A
2 CartaL5
$360,000
260K | 100K | N/A
3 Apple levels.fyi/leaderboardICT4
$359,000
232K | 100K | N/A
4 Pure StorageMTS4
$329,000
210K | 88K | N/A
5 NvidiaIC4
$325,000
225K | 100K | N/A
6 Amazon levels.fyi/leaderboardSDE II
$319,814
185K | 135K | N/A
7 Blue River TechnologySenior
$314,750
288K | 0 | N/A
8 John DeereGrade 8
$305,000
205K | 0 | N/A
9 Intel levels.fyi/leaderboardGrade 7
$284,000
220K | 64K | N/A
10 UnitXPrincipal
$272,500
250K | 23K | N/A
11 EricssonJS7
$268,000
225K | 0 | N/A
12 ServiceNow levels.fyi/leaderboardIC3
$267,122
179K | 70K | N/A
13 NetskopeArchitect
$260,000
250K | 10K | N/A
14 CiscoTechnical Leader 1
$260,000
220K | 40K | N/A
15 Intuitive levels.fyi/leaderboardL4
$260,000
180K | 45K | N/A
16 BYTONSenior Staff
$257,000
210K | 16K | N/A
17 Analog DevicesP4
$255,000
200K | 25K | N/A
18 Oracle levels.fyi/leaderboardIC-3
$250,000
175K | 75K | N/A
19 AmbarellaL6
$250,000
180K | 70K | N/A
20 MarvellT4
$244,500
180K | 38K | N/A
21 Palo Alto Networks levels.fyi/leaderboardSr Staff Engineer
$242,500
193K | 30K | N/A
22 Astera LabsBase
$242,000
135K | 80K | N/A
23 Cloud Software GroupIC5
$241,000
186K | 20K | N/A
24 XPENG Motors levels.fyi/leaderboardL4
$240,000
200K | 40K | N/A
25 d-MatrixSenior
$240,000
200K | 40K | N/A
26 YahooPrincipal Software Engineer
$240,000
175K | 25K | N/A
27 AMD levels.fyi/leaderboardMTS
$235,500
163K | 48K | N/A
28 Arista Networks3L
$233,500
126K | 95K | N/A
29 WorkdayP3
$233,000
163K | 70K | N/A
30 Plus levels.fyi/leaderboardSenior
$230,000
230K | 0 | N/A
31 LGSenior Staff Software Engineer
$230,000
204K | 0 | N/A
32 CitrixL5
$230,000
200K | 30K | N/A
33 Rivos levels.fyi/leaderboardL5
$230,000
230K | 0 | N/A
34 Bill.comSr Software Engineer
$229,000
175K | 37K | N/A
35 QualcommSenior Engineer
$223,300
173K | 35K | N/A
36 Chegg levels.fyi/leaderboardSenior Engineer
$220,000
210K | 10K | N/A
37 RochePrincipal Software Engineer
$220,000
180K | 25K | N/A
38 MetaE4
$216,000
150K | 66K | N/A
39 Peloton levels.fyi/leaderboardL4
$215,000
170K | 25K | N/A
40 FortinetP4
$212,436
205K | 7.8K | N/A
41 CohesityMTS3
$210,000
190K | 20K | N/A
42 Ampere Computing levels.fyi/leaderboard
$209,000
160K | 20K | N/A
43 AkamaiSenior Software Engineer 1
$208,009
160K | 24K | N/A
44 SiemensT9
$207,000
187K | 0 | N/A
45 GoDaddy levels.fyi/leaderboardSDE 3
$206,400
156K | 27K | N/A
46 AviatrixSenior Member of Technical Staff
$204,750
195K | 0 | N/A
47 TenstorrentSoftware Engineer
$204,000
150K | 30K | N/A
48 Microsoft levels.fyi/leaderboardSDE II
$201,000
146K | 40K | N/A
49 Versa NetworksL9
$201,000
201K | 0 | N/A
50 Forward NetworksL5
$200,000
200K | 0 | N/A
Last Updated: March 2, 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.