# Engineering manager salary: $212,000–$280,000 a year

Every number below comes from 1,059 tracked live postings whose title matches "engineering manager". No surveys, no self-reports. Listed salaries only, in US dollars.

Measured November 2026 · n=462 US postings with salary.

## Findings

- The median engineering manager posting offers $212,000–$280,000 a year (n=462).
- 34.2% of the 1,059 live postings matching "engineering manager" are remote.
- Builds AI (AI Level 4) engineering managers list $255,000–$350,000, vs $200,000–$265,000 at Little AI (AI Level 1).

## Median salary by seniority (USD / year)

| Segment | US postings with salary | Median min–max / year |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Junior | 3 | $204,000–$343,000 |
| Mid-level | 23 | $204,000–$278,500 |
| Senior | 192 | $210,150–$280,000 |
| Lead | 222 | $216,000–$280,157 |

## Remote vs on-site (USD / year)

| Segment | US postings with salary | Median min–max / year |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Remote | 164 | $224,500–$295,000 |
| On-site / hybrid | 298 | $200,000–$270,000 |

## Companies hiring engineering managers

- [Amazon](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/amazon) (57)
- [Stripe](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/stripe) (23)
- [Databricks](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/databricks) (22)
- [Boeing](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/boeing) (21)
- [Anthropic](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/anthropic) (16)
- [GovTech Singapore](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/govtech-singapore) (16)
- [NVIDIA](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/nvidia) (16)
- [Roblox](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/roblox) (15)

## Method

US-dollar postings whose title contains "engineering manager", with both salary bounds listed. This page exists because 462 such postings clear the 50-posting floor Level requires before publishing a dedicated salary page. Below that, the median moves too much between ingestion cycles to be a citable number.

Sample: postings at tech companies tracked by Level. Not the whole labor market. Do not cite as a national average.

Refreshed automatically; this edition is measured November 2026. Small-n slices move a lot. Read the n column first.

## Engineering manager salary questions, answered from the data

**What is the median engineering manager salary?**

Across 462 live US postings for engineering managers with a listed USD salary, measured November 2026, the median offer is $212,000–$280,000 a year. This is the tracked catalog, not the whole labor market.

**How many engineering managers jobs are remote?**

34.2% of the 462 live postings are marked remote by the employer, measured November 2026.

**Does the AI level of the job change the pay?**

In this sample, 121 postings build AI and 727 involve little AI. See the level breakdown below for the median at each level. Measured November 2026.

Source: https://jobsbylevel.com/salaries/role/engineering-manager

## Cite this page

Level. https://jobsbylevel.com/salaries/role/engineering-manager. Measured November 2026.

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