Full-stack Engineer salary: $205K median
From 222 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
$205Kmedian advertised salary
$180K – $253Kmiddle half of roles
$223Kaverage advertised salary
222roles counted
Full-stack Engineer salary by level
Lead roles advertise a median of $255K, 29% more than senior roles ($198K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $198K | $188K–$216K | 79 |
| Lead and above | $255K | $222K–$284K | 49 |
| No level in title | $195K | $145K–$278K | 93 |
Full-stack Engineer salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $226K | 85 |
| 🇺🇸New York | $222K | 34 |
| 🇺🇸California | $208K | 114 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $205K | 215 |
| 🇺🇸Los Angeles | $192K | 27 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Anthropic | $445K | 3 |
| OpenAI | $356K | 27 |
| Suno | $296K | 3 |
| Harvey | $272K | 4 |
| Hims & Hers | $260K | 3 |
| Roblox | $244K | 4 |
| Vanta | $236K | 4 |
| Sigma | $230K | 4 |
| Databricks | $224K | 8 |
| True Anomaly | $222K | 3 |
| Oscar Health | $222K | 4 |
| Plaid | $218K | 6 |
| ClickHouse | $212K | 6 |
| LangChain | $208K | 4 |
| Skydio | $205K | 3 |
| Substack | $200K | 3 |
| Affirm | $195K | 11 |
| Partiful | $188K | 3 |
| Northbeam | $188K | 3 |
| Grafana Labs | $184K | 4 |
| Rocket Money | $168K | 3 |
| PathAI | $150K | 4 |
| SpaceX | $145K | 31 |
Highest-paying open Full-stack Engineer roles
All full-stack engineer jobs- Principal Software Engineer, Full Stack — CodexOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$459K - $536KLead
- Full Stack Engineer, Fleet SchedulingOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$230K - $490KGoPythonReact
- Staff+ Fullstack Software Engineer, Safeguards EngineeringAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY$405K - $485KLeadPythonTypeScriptReact
- Staff+ Software Engineer, Enterprise (Full Stack)Anthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY$405K - $485KLead
- Lead / Staff Full-Stack Software Engineer - Console ExperienceLambda · 🇺🇸San Francisco Office (Fremont St)$349K - $465KLeadTypeScriptReactMachine Learning
- Software Engineer - Full StackFigma · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States$153K - $376KGoPythonTypeScript
- Senior / Staff Full-Stack AI EngineerSuno · 🇺🇸San Francisco$228K - $363KLeadPythonTypeScriptReact
- Senior / Staff Full-Stack Engineer, AI VisualsSuno · 🇺🇸NYC$228K - $363KLeadAIRAG
- Applied AI Engineer, FullstackRamp · 🇺🇸New York, NY (HQ)$204K - $352KTypeScriptReactLLM
- Principal Fullstack/Backend Software Engineer, User ConnectionsRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$295K - $345KLeadJavaC++C#
- Staff Software Engineer, Full Stack - NYCHarvey · 🇺🇸New York$231K - $340KLeadLLM
- Fullstack Software Engineer, AI InfraPure Storage · 🇺🇸Santa Clara, California$180K - $326KGoPythonLLM
- Senior Staff Software Engineer, Fullstack (Marketplace and Consumer Experiences)Affirm · 🇺🇸Remote US$265K - $325KRemoteLeadJavaScriptReactKotlin
- Senior Full Stack EngineerCodeRabbit · 🇺🇸San Francisco$225K - $325KSeniorTypeScriptReactNode.js
- Staff Software Engineer, Full Stack - Gen AIScale AI · 🇺🇸New York, NY; San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA; New York, NY$252K - $315KLeadTypeScriptJavaScriptSQL
- Staff Software Engineer, Full StackTrue Anomaly · 🇺🇸Denver, CO or Long Beach, CA$205K - $315KLeadTypeScriptJavaScriptReact
- Staff Software Engineer, Full StackHarvey · 🇺🇸San Francisco$231K - $314KLeadPythonTypeScriptReact
- Software Engineer, Full Stack (Enterprise Lifecycle) (High Seniority)Benchling · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$225K - $305KLLM
- Associate Director, Full Stack Clinical Platform EngineerKardigan · 🇺🇸Princeton, New Jersey$234K - $305KLeadPythonSQLDocker
- Tech Lead, Web Development - Full StackElastic · 🇺🇸United States$160K - $304KLeadTypeScriptJavaScriptReact
Questions about Full-stack Engineer pay
- What is the average Full-stack Engineer salary?
- $223K a year on average and $205K at the median, across 222 open Full-stack Engineer postings at tech companies that state pay (November 2026). The median is the better guide: a few very high offers pull the average up.
- What is the typical range?
- The middle half of the postings offer $180K to $253K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest Full-stack Engineer pay?
- Anthropic ($445K), OpenAI ($356K), Suno ($296K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Where do these figures come from?
- From the pay ranges employers print in their own job postings, read from their careers pages every hour. The midpoint of each range is counted. These are advertised ranges for open roles, mostly in the United States and in US dollars, not what people are actually paid.
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The median advertised salary for Full-stack Engineer roles at tech companies is $205K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $180K to $253K. Counted from 222 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Hiring Right Now, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/full-stack-engineer/
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