Salary guide 2026
Engineering Manager salary in the United States
$242,500
typical yearly pay
Most Engineering Manager roles in the United States publish pay between $210,000 and $287,500, based on 422 live listings from 156 employers.
$157k (low end)$423k (high end)
Top-paying employers hiring now
Anthropic$445,000
OpenAI$423,000
Perplexity$372,500
Patreon$370,000
Lambda$368,500
Decagon$355,000
Tanium$352,000
Sentry$322,500
Highest-paying open Engineering Manager jobs
Engineering Manager, Research Data Platform · AnthropicSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY$405k–$850kEngineering Manager, GPU (ML Accelerator) · AnthropicSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA$500k–$850kEngineering Manager, Research Productivity · AnthropicSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY$405k–$850kEngineering Manager, Inference Infrastructure · AnthropicSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA$405k–$625kEngineering Manager, Hardware Platform Security · AnthropicSan Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA$485k–$625kEngineering Manager, MLE · OpenAISan Francisco$500k–$555kData Engineering Manager, Growth & Revenue · OpenAISan Francisco$459k–$536kEngineering Manager, Core Experimentation · OpenAISeattle$510k–$536k
Other salaries in the United States
Physician$270kMachine Learning Engineer$239kSoftware Engineer$216kSolutions Architect$214kProduct Manager$206kSecurity Engineer$204kProduct Designer$198kAttorney$197kData Engineer$197kData Scientist$195kProgram Manager$191kDevOps Engineer$167kElectrical Engineer$166kMechanical Engineer$166kAccount Executive$162kMarketing Manager$160k
Based on salary ranges employers published on active JobPedestal listings (annual USD), updated daily. Not a guarantee of pay.