Staff 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.
$273K
Median posted base
$213K - $295K
Typical range, 25th to 75th percentile
23
Live priced postings in the sample
$250K
Staff software engineer median across all US markets
How Remote (US) compares
Remote (US) runs $8K above San Francisco for staff software engineers
$265K median there
Remote (US) runs $23K above New York for staff software engineers
$250K median there
Questions people ask
What does a staff software engineer make at a startup in Remote (US)?
Across 23 live postings with a USD range at venture-backed startups, the median posted base is $273K, with a typical range of $213K to $295K. 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
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.