Senior software engineer salary at New York startups
Computed from the salary ranges venture-backed startups post on their own job sites, aggregated on the live roles.cc board. Not a survey, and updated through the day.
$215K
Median posted base
$205K - $250K
Typical range, 25th to 75th percentile
51
Live priced postings in the sample
$215K
Senior software engineer median across all US markets
How New York compares
New York runs $13K below San Francisco for senior software engineers
$228K median there
New York runs $3K above Remote (US) for senior software engineers
$212K median there
Questions people ask
What does a senior software engineer make at a startup in New York?
Across 51 live postings with a USD range at venture-backed startups, the median posted base is $215K, with a typical range of $205K to $250K. That is base salary only. Startup offers add equity on top.
Does this include equity or bonus?
No. These figures are posted base salary ranges only. Equity is usually the larger upside at earlier stages, which is why a startup base can trail big tech while the total package does not.
How current are these numbers?
They recompute from the live roles.cc board several times a day. Each figure traces to the salary range a company posted on its own job site, so the page reflects offers being made now.
Other cuts
Open roles for these markets sit on the company directory and the job hubs. The research reports freeze a month of the same board.
These are live roles, not survey rows.
Every posting behind these numbers is open right now on the board, sorted by how recently the company raised.
Method: USD base ranges as posted; each role counts once at the midpoint of its range; buckets under 12 roles suppressed. Free to cite with attribution to roles.cc and a link to this page.