Senior Software Engineer
Science & Technology Research (STR)
Dayton, OH · $138k–$190k a year · Posted November 4, 2026
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Where Dayton, OH ranks
Where Dayton, OH placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
- #6Best cities for pay after cost of living in the Great Lakes$131k · of 16
- #6Best all-round cities for mid-career professionals in the Great Lakes56 / 100 · of 16
- #7Best cities for pay after cost of living in the Midwest$131k · of 20
- #10Best all-round cities for new graduates in the Great Lakes49 / 100 · of 16
- #10Best all-round cities for mid-career professionals in the Midwest54 / 100 · of 20
- #11Cities with the most jobs that do not need a four-year degree in the Great Lakes52 jobs · of 36
Rankings about engineering jobs
- Best cities for software and engineering jobs #1 San Francisco (3,412 openings)
- Best cities for engineering pay after cost of living #1 San Mateo ($216k)
- Most requested AI skills in engineering jobs #1 AI tools in daily work (6.1%)
- AI tools named most often in engineering jobs #1 Claude (1.7%)
- Employers with the most engineering jobs #1 Amazon (2,992 roles)
Pay compared with the market
This listing pays about $164,000 a year. Across 615 open senior software engineer listings that state pay, the middle half runs $170,500 to $222,000 and the median is $199,000. That is 18% below the median, below the middle half of those listings.
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How AI is used in this kind of work
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Share of this job’s tasks that AI is already used for at work, from real usage. It is not a forecast of job loss, and a low number means no use seen yet. Source: Anthropic Economic Index.
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About the job
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