Engineering Manager salary
Typical advertised pay for Engineering Manager roles, from real job postings on FindRole.
Median advertised base salary
$261,250
Most postings fall between $221,212 and $292,625.
Based on 167 postings across 44 companies. Updated October 27, 2026.
As of October 2026, the median advertised base salary for Engineering Manager roles is $261,250, based on 167 live job postings from 44 employers tracked by FindRole.
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Salary by seniority
| Level | 25th %ile | Median | 75th %ile | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manager | $236,503 | $260,850 | $290,250 | 110 |
| Senior Manager | $219,712 | $261,500 | $318,000 | 47 |
Skills employers ask for
Share of Engineering Manager postings that name each skill.
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Distributed Systems 34% · 57 of 167
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LLM 17% · 29 of 167
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Machine Learning 17% · 28 of 167
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Observability 16% · 27 of 167
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APIs 16% · 26 of 167
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AWS 14% · 24 of 167
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Python 14% · 23 of 167
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CI/CD 13% · 21 of 167
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Kubernetes 13% · 21 of 167
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AI 11% · 18 of 167
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Java 11% · 18 of 167
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Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) 11% · 18 of 167
Counted once per posting across 167 Engineering Manager postings with an extracted skill list, as of October 2026. Spellings are folded to one name (K8s → Kubernetes) — see methodology.
Related roles
Titles whose postings ask for many of the same skills.
- AI Engineer shares Distributed Systems, LLM, Machine Learning median $211,200
- Software Engineer shares Distributed Systems, LLM, Machine Learning median $197,400
- Engineer shares Distributed Systems, LLM, Machine Learning median $178,175
- Forward Deployed Engineer shares LLM, Observability, APIs median $219,575
- Machine Learning Engineer shares Distributed Systems, LLM, Machine Learning median $235,750
- Software Engineering Manager shares Distributed Systems, LLM, Observability median $214,394
Remote vs. onsite
Remote median
$238,500
39 postings
Onsite median
$264,775
128 postings
Top companies hiring Engineering Managers
Open Engineering Manager roles right now
The postings these numbers come from — see all Engineering Manager jobs.
- Engineering Manager, Asset Personalization Platform Netflix · Remote View →
- Engineering Manager, Identity & Access Platform Circle · Remote (San Francisco, CA) View →
- Manager II, Engineering, Ads Serving Infrastructure Pinterest · Palo Alto, CA View →
- Engineering Manager, OpenBMC Platform Nvidia · Santa Clara, CA View →
- Engineering Manager, Private Cloud Compute Inference Routing Apple Inc · Seattle, WA View →
- Engineering Manager, Model & Algorithm Evaluation & Quality, Sensing & Connectivity Apple Inc · Cupertino, CA View →
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