Senior Engineer Salaries in the United States
How much does a Senior Engineer make in the United States?
Senior Engineers earn $85,000 annually on average, or $41 per hour, which is 25% more than the national average for all working Americans. Our data indicates that the best paid Senior Engineers work for Morgan Stanley at $190,000 annually while the lowest paid Senior Engineers work for Innove earning approximately $23,000 each year.
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$87K Qualcomm's Average Senior Engineer Salary (74 salaries)
+$2K (2%) more than national average Senior Engineer salary ($85K)
+$6K (7%) more than average Qualcomm salary ($81K)
+$73K (59%) more than average Qualcomm Senior Engineer salary ($87K)
"Underpaid by Silicon Valley standards. It's hard to find system engineers that can manage customer expectations and do hardcore low level development at the same time. Compensation is unfair in the sense that base salary is way less compared to other Bay Area jobs."
+$43K (39%) more than average Qualcomm Senior Engineer salary ($87K)
"Underpaid given my professional experience. The title of Senior Engineer does not correctly reflect my actual level of work experience."
+$3K (3%) more than average Qualcomm Senior Engineer salary ($87K)
"I was paid appropriately and it always met my needs."
$81K Dell's Average Senior Engineer Salary (7 salaries)
-$4K (4%) less than national average Senior Engineer salary ($85K)
+$20K (28%) more than average Dell salary ($61K)
+$21K (22%) more than average Dell Senior Engineer salary ($81K)
"The salary was excellent and the bonuses good most of the time. The heath benefits were not that great and too expensive."
+$19K (20%) more than average Dell Senior Engineer salary ($81K)
"The pay was decent. But with raises and bonuses, it evened out."
-$11K (14%) less than average Dell Senior Engineer salary ($81K)
"Low"
$86K Samsung's Average Senior Engineer Salary (29 salaries)
+$1K (1%) more than national average Senior Engineer salary ($85K)
+$16K (20%) more than average Samsung salary ($70K)
+$24K (24%) more than average Samsung Senior Engineer salary ($86K)
"Salary was commensurate with experience."
+$29K (28%) more than average Samsung Senior Engineer salary ($86K)
"No complaints regarding salary."
$141K
Samsung Senior Engineer
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+$55K (48%) more than average Samsung Senior Engineer salary ($86K)
$71K Honeywell Technology Solutions' Average Senior Engineer Salary (13 salaries)
-$14K (17%) less than national average Senior Engineer salary ($85K)
+$9K (13%) more than average Honeywell Technology Solutions salary ($62K)
-$21K (34%) less than average Honeywell Technology Solutions Senior Engineer salary ($71K)
"The pay is less when compared to others."
+$30K (34%) more than average Honeywell Technology Solutions Senior Engineer salary ($71K)
-$41K (81%) less than average Honeywell Technology Solutions Senior Engineer salary ($71K)
$90K Entergy's Average Senior Engineer Salary (7 salaries)
+$5K (5%) more than national average Senior Engineer salary ($85K)
+$29K (38%) more than average Entergy salary ($61K)
+$10K (10%) more than average Entergy Senior Engineer salary ($90K)
"I am underpaid for the work I do. I currently am doing the work of 2 engineers with no replacement in sight."
+$10K (10%) more than average Entergy Senior Engineer salary ($90K)
"I am well payed compared too others in my department but our section is severely undermanned and all members deserve a substantial raise."
$105K
Entergy Senior Engineer
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+$15K (15%) more than average Entergy Senior Engineer salary ($90K)
$81K TEKsystems' Average Senior Engineer Salary (4 salaries)
-$4K (4%) less than national average Senior Engineer salary ($85K)
+$21K (29%) more than average TEKsystems salary ($60K)
+$27K (28%) more than average TEKsystems Senior Engineer salary ($81K)
"nothing much to say"
$136K
TEKsystems Senior Engineer
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+$55K (50%) more than average TEKsystems Senior Engineer salary ($81K)
"good"
$92K
TEKsystems Senior Engineer
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+$11K (12%) more than average TEKsystems Senior Engineer salary ($81K)
$88K United Airlines' Average Senior Engineer Salary (3 salaries)
+$3K (3%) more than national average Senior Engineer salary ($85K)
+$33K (46%) more than average United Airlines salary ($55K)
+$25K (24%) more than average United Airlines Senior Engineer salary ($88K)
"Pay is very decent. They match the employee expectations"
+$32K (30%) more than average United Airlines Senior Engineer salary ($88K)
"Apparently, the salary at United was pretty good."
-$26K (34%) less than average United Airlines Senior Engineer salary ($88K)
$120K UOP's Average Senior Engineer Salary (2 salaries)
+$35K (34%) more than national average Senior Engineer salary ($85K)
+$64K (72%) more than average UOP salary ($56K)
Equal to average UOP Senior Engineer salary ($120K)
"average"
Equal to average UOP Senior Engineer salary ($120K)
"fair"
$115K Target Brands, Inc.'s Average Senior Engineer Salary (2 salaries)
+$30K (30%) more than national average Senior Engineer salary ($85K)
Equal to average Target Brands, Inc. salary ($115K)
-$10K (9%) less than average Target Brands, Inc. Senior Engineer salary ($115K)
"GOod"
+$10K (8%) more than average Target Brands, Inc. Senior Engineer salary ($115K)
"none"
$98K Cardinal Peak's Average Senior Engineer Salary (2 salaries)
+$13K (14%) more than national average Senior Engineer salary ($85K)
Equal to average Cardinal Peak salary ($98K)
-$6K (6%) less than average Cardinal Peak Senior Engineer salary ($98K)
"My current compensation is fair, but given the actual hours I have to work on a given project, a bit low."
+$6K (5%) more than average Cardinal Peak Senior Engineer salary ($98K)
"Compensation is on the low end, but fair."
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