Senior salary: median $222,500 a year
Senior listings that state pay run from $177,000 to $261,500 for the middle half, based on 165 current job listings. 419 senior roles are open now.
Senior pay range
From 165 open listings that state pay. Annual, in US dollars.
- Lower quarter
- $177,000
- Median
- $222,500
- Upper quarter
- $261,500
Senior salary by state
States with at least 8 listings that state pay.
Between jobs? Unemployment benefits and severance rules in these states, or in every state.
Open senior jobs
Verified against the employer’s own career site within the last week.
- Senior/Principal IT Solutions Architect - IT Infrastructure and Systems, Onsite
Sandia National Laboratories · Albuquerque, NM
Nov 7, 2026
- Senior / Staff Forward Deployed Engineer
Giga · San Francisco, CA, USA, New York, NY, USA
Nov 7, 2026
- Senior/Staff Technical Program Manager - Automation & Scaling
Zoox · Foster City, CA
$213k–$295k · Nov 6, 2026
- Senior, Client Service Manager
Principal Financial Group · United States
Nov 6, 2026
- Senior/Staff Product Manager, Client
Charlie Health · New York, NY
Nov 6, 2026
- Senior/Staff Automation Controls Engineer
Heron Power · Scotts Valley, CA, USA
$150k–$201k · Nov 6, 2026
- Senior, ML Engineer - Auto Tagging
Real Ventures · Ann Arbor, MI, USA
$177k–$213k · Nov 6, 2026
- Senior, ML Engineer - VLM
Real Ventures · Ann Arbor, MI, USA
$177k–$213k · Nov 6, 2026
Nov 6, 2026
- Senior/Staff Electrical Engineer, Test
Atomic Machines · Emeryville, CA
Nov 6, 2026
- Senior / Staff Electrical Engineer
Waabi · Pittsburgh, PA
Nov 6, 2026
- Senior/Staff Project Engineer
Antora Energy · San Jose, CA
Nov 6, 2026
- Senior/Staff Controls Engineer, Core Development
Nuro · Mountain View, CA
Nov 6, 2026
- Senior / Staff Manufacturing Engineer (NPI)
Waabi · Pittsburgh, PA
Nov 6, 2026
- SENIOR/STAFF/PRINCIPAL PRODUCT ENGINEER – FULL STACK
Harnham · San Francisco, California
Nov 6, 2026
Showing the newest 15 of about 419 verified open jobs here. Search all jobs
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Senior salary questions
- How much does a senior make?
- Among 165 open senior listings that state pay, the median is $222,500 a year, and half of listings fall between $177,000 and $261,500.
- Where does this senior pay data come from?
- From current job listings on employers’ own career sites that state a pay range. Hourly pay is converted at 2,080 hours a year, and a listing’s midpoint is used. Listed pay is what employers advertise, not what people are paid.
- Which state pays seniors the most?
- Of the states with enough listings, Massachusetts has the highest median listed pay at $296,000.
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