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Senior software engineer salary at Remote (US) 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

$185K - $230K

Typical range, 25th to 75th percentile

65

Live priced postings in the sample

$214K

Senior software engineer median across all US markets

How Remote (US) compares

Remote (US) runs $10K below San Francisco for senior software engineers

$225K median there

Remote (US) runs $7K above New York for senior software engineers

$208K median there

Questions people ask

What does a senior software engineer make at a startup in Remote (US)?

Across 65 live postings with a USD range at venture-backed startups, the median posted base is $215K, with a typical range of $185K to $230K. 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.

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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.

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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.