Levels.fyi's annual software engineer compensation report. View top paying companies, locations & trends.
View ReportOur mission at Levels.fyi is to help people build better careers. To date, people like you have helped us collect the most accurate public data on salaries, benefits, leveling, and more. This year, we've grown our dataset to over 100,000 salaries spread across 1,500+ cities around the world. We've helped collectively negotiate over $100M in total compensation through our negotiation service. And now, over a million job seekers visit Levels.fyi every month to be empowered in their decisions. Thank you to all of you who've contributed, and thank you for using the tools we built. If you haven't yet, please take 2 minutes to add your salary, benefits, or leveling and spread the word.
The following report examines data we've collected this past year and dives into the top paying companies and locations. You can view last year's report here.
The Levels.fyi Standard is a leveling hierarchy we've abstracted from company-specific names to make aggregation easier. Click through the tabs below to view up to 7 top paying companies by level from 2021. View the compensation for all companies here.
We crunched the numbers across the United States and internationally and found the following cities to have the highest median pay.
Our all new live leaderboard features top paying companies refreshed to reflect the the most recent data. Keep tabs on the latest information without having to tune into our reports. You can filter by different locations and discover companies not listed above.
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