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Engineering Manager salary in the US

Based on 236 open engineering manager roles that publish a US base-salary range on their own careers page. Updated Oct 18, 2026. Level is our estimate from the title and scope.

$257kmedian midpoint
$229k–$288kmiddle 50%
$320k90th percentile
236roles with posted pay

Distribution of posted range midpoints

014284256$125k–$150k: 1 roles$125k$150k–$175k: 1 roles$150k$175k–$200k: 6 roles$175k$200k–$225k: 39 roles$200k$225k–$250k: 59 roles$225k$250k–$275k: 49 roles$250k$275k–$300k: 36 roles$275k$300k–$325k: 25 roles$300k$325k–$350k: 4 roles$325k$350k–$375k: 8 roles$350k$375k–$400k: 0 roles$375k$400k–$425k: 8 roles$400kMedian $257kP25 $229kP75 $288k

Each bar counts roles whose posted range midpoint falls in a $25k band. Lines mark the 25th, 50th and 75th percentiles.

Percentiles

P10P25MedianP75P90
Bottom of range$175k$192k$220k$249k$292k
Midpoint$212k$229k$257k$288k$320k
Top of range$242k$261k$300k$339k$370k

How pay changes with the role

Remote vs not

nP25MedianP75
Remote48$225k$237k$244k
Hybrid or onsite188$238k$270k$295k

Manages managers

Not shown: at least one group has fewer than 20 roles (Yes n=0, No, leads ICs n=218).

How hands-on

Not shown: at least one group has fewer than 20 roles (Hands-on n=74, Balanced n=144, People-first n=2).

Highest-paying open engineering manager roles

  1. Engineering Manager, ChatGPT Space · OpenAI $401k–445k
  2. Engineering Manager, Cooperative Systems · OpenAI $401k–445k
  3. Engineering Manager, ChatGPT Search Infrastructure · OpenAI $401k–445k
  4. Engineering Manager, Client Platform Engineering · OpenAI $401k–445k
  5. Tech Lead Manager, Education · OpenAI $401k–445k
  6. Engineering Manager, Multimodal (API) · OpenAI $401k–445k
  7. Engineering Manager, Distillation & Detection Platform · OpenAI $400k–445k
  8. Engineering Manager, Cooperative Systems · OpenAI $400k–445k
  9. Engineering Manager, Business Technology · Anthropic $320k–405k
  10. Engineering Manager, Search · Anthropic $320k–405k
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Method

We take every open role in our index whose company publishes a base-salary range in USD per year (through Greenhouse pay transparency, Ashby compensation, or the posting text), use the midpoint of each range, and group roles by our estimated level. Bonus and equity aren't included. Ranges that span several US pay zones are used as posted. We hide any benchmark with fewer than 20 roles.

Other levels: Senior Engineering Manager (n=123) · Director of Engineering (n=39)