# Engineering manager salary: $224,000–$303,000 a year

Every number below comes from 538 tracked live postings whose title matches "engineering manager". No surveys, no self-reports — listed salaries only, in US dollars.

Measured September 2026 · n=245 US postings with salary.

## Findings

- The median engineering manager posting offers $224,000–$303,000 a year (n=245).
- 42% of the 538 live postings matching "engineering manager" are remote.
- Level 4 engineering managers (building AI systems) list $230,000–$356,500, vs $220,000–$300,000 at Level 1.

## Median salary by seniority (USD / year)

| Segment | US postings with salary | Median min–max / year |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Junior | 2 | $352,000–$596,500 |
| Mid-level | 23 | $230,000–$318,000 |
| Senior | 116 | $220,000–$300,000 |
| Lead | 72 | $230,000–$299,400 |

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

| Segment | US postings with salary | Median min–max / year |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Remote | 95 | $220,000–$300,000 |
| On-site / hybrid | 150 | $224,000–$303,000 |

## Companies hiring engineering managers

- [Databricks](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/databricks) (25)
- [Stripe](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/stripe) (21)
- [NVIDIA](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/nvidia) (20)
- [Anthropic](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/anthropic) (18)
- [Brex](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/brex) (16)
- [OpenAI](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/openai) (15)
- [GitLab](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/gitlab) (14)
- [Tide](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/tide) (13)

## Method

US-dollar postings whose title contains "engineering manager", with both salary bounds listed. This page exists because 245 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 Not the whole labor market — do not cite as a national average.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 September 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 245 live US postings for engineering managers with a listed USD salary, measured September 2026, the median offer is $224,000–$303,000 a year. This is the tracked catalog, not the whole labor market.

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

42% of the 245 live postings are marked remote by the employer, measured September 2026.

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

In this sample, 74 postings are Level 4 (building AI systems) and 322 are Level 1 (AI is not the work). See the AI level breakdown below for the median in each band. Measured September 2026.

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