View Now
Leaderboard

Top Paying Companies in Houston

Discover the highest-paying opportunities. Updated daily with real compensation data from professionals like you.

The compensation figures below reflect median total yearly compensation amounts, including base salaries, stock grants, and bonuses.

It's a difficult task to accurately compare leveling across companies. We aim to make that comparison as easy as possible, using our standard leveling framework. Currently, standard leveling is only available for Software Engineer positions within companies that have leveling structures submitted to our database. Median compensation across all levels is supported for all job roles.

You may see that some level/location combinations yield little to no valid data, but with your help, we can change that. If you would like to help support our mission to help people make better career decisions, we encourage you to contribute via Add Compensation, Add Level Mapping, and Add Benefits.

Want to give yourself the best shot at getting a job with one of these companies? We provide a 1-on-1 Resume Review service where our team of experienced recruiters can help increase your chances of breaking through that first step.

Do you have an offer from one of these companies, but the numbers don't line up? We provide 1-on-1 Salary Negotiation Support coaching to help you learn the ins and outs of negotiating to ensure you're getting the right offer! Get Paid, Not Played.

Curious about the accuracy of our data? Check out our Verified Salaries page for more information!

Disclaimer: Compensation and leveling depend on a variety of factors including interview performance, past experience, competitive offers, etc. The compensation numbers here are for the top paying companies for the selected level and location; it may not reflect compensation for the rest of the market.

+ Add Compensation + Add Comp
Median across all levels.
Due to variability in submission data, median compensations may appear skewed, especially for non-Software Engineer roles. Help everyone gain access to better data by sharing this leaderboard, as well as contributing your salaries and compensations.
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
Atlassian
Atlassian
$352,000
2nd
Nvidia
Nvidia
$346,000
3rd
Apple
Apple
$330,000
RankCompanyTitle
Total Comp
Base | Stock | Bonus
1 AtlassianP50
$352,000
215K | 105K | N/A
2 NvidiaIC5
$346,000
216K | 130K | N/A
3 Apple levels.fyi/leaderboardICT5
$330,000
200K | 100K | N/A
4 BlockLevel 5
$312,000
215K | 97K | N/A
5 CoinbaseIC4
$285,100
153K | 125K | N/A
6 DRW levels.fyi/leaderboardL2
$258,750
175K | 0 | N/A
7 GitHubE4
$253,900
182K | 39K | N/A
8 IntelGrade 8
$250,000
195K | 40K | N/A
9 Grubhub levels.fyi/leaderboardStaff Software Engineer
$246,000
196K | 50K | N/A
10 Two SigmaL1
$245,000
155K | 0 | N/A
11 TwitterL5
$245,000
162K | 62K | N/A
12 Joyent levels.fyi/leaderboardL5
$244,550
162K | 0 | N/A
13 CiscoSoftware Engineer IV
$243,000
180K | 45K | N/A
14 LinkedInSoftware Engineer
$240,000
125K | 100K | N/A
15 VMware levels.fyi/leaderboardSenior MTS
$224,750
175K | 20K | N/A
16 QuantlabSenior
$220,000
175K | 0 | N/A
17 SalesforceSenior MTS
$215,000
160K | 40K | N/A
18 Google levels.fyi/leaderboardL3
$215,000
140K | 40K | N/A
19 OracleIC-3
$214,500
162K | 53K | N/A
20 SS&C TechnologiesL4
$212,500
182K | 16K | N/A
21 McKinsey levels.fyi/leaderboardSenior Software Engineer I
$212,000
185K | 0 | N/A
22 AmazonSDE I
$210,616
201K | 10K | N/A
23 FacebookE4
$210,000
160K | 50K | N/A
24 Shopify levels.fyi/leaderboardL6
$210,000
160K | 50K | N/A
25 MicrosoftSenior SDE
$210,000
160K | 50K | N/A
26 CitiC13
$194,000
180K | 0 | N/A
27 ExxonMobil levels.fyi/leaderboardCL27
$190,000
190K | 0 | N/A
28 IndeedL2
$183,800
128K | 56K | N/A
29 VitolMid Level
$180,000
130K | 0 | N/A
30 Bill.com levels.fyi/leaderboardL4
$180,000
150K | 20K | N/A
31 Texas InstrumentsJ9
$178,000
147K | 2K | N/A
32 VimeoL4
$177,800
132K | 35K | N/A
33 Siemens levels.fyi/leaderboardT11
$173,000
173K | 0 | N/A
34 MRE Consulting
$170,000
170K | 0 | N/A
35 EOG ResourcesMid Senior
$170,000
140K | 30K | N/A
36 StockX levels.fyi/leaderboardSDE1
$166,000
120K | 37K | N/A
37 Sunnova EnergyL5
$160,000
120K | 40K | N/A
38 Cloud Software GroupIC4
$159,000
134K | 0 | N/A
39 Enterprise Products levels.fyi/leaderboardSenior DevOps Engineer
$156,000
120K | 16K | N/A
40 The Home DepotSoftware Engineer I
$150,000
136K | 14K | N/A
41 AMDSoftware Engineer II
$149,000
119K | 15K | N/A
42 Optum levels.fyi/leaderboardL0
$148,500
135K | 0 | N/A
43 ShellJG2
$145,000
130K | 0 | N/A
44 NRG EnergyL3
$144,403
144K | 0 | N/A
45 AvidXchange levels.fyi/leaderboardL3
$144,000
125K | 13K | N/A
46 DeloitteL4
$143,000
136K | 0 | N/A
47 Ernst and YoungL5
$142,140
138K | 0 | N/A
48 HPE levels.fyi/leaderboardIntermediate
$141,000
136K | 0 | N/A
49 Aspen TechnologyL3
$140,000
100K | 40K | N/A
50 Wolters KluwerT4
$140,000
140K | 0 | N/A
Last Updated: December 21, 2025
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.