Staff Engineer Salaries in the United States

How much does a Staff Engineer make in the United States?

Staff Engineers earn $91,000 annually on average, or $44 per hour, which is 32% more than the national average for all working Americans. Our data indicates that the best paid Staff Engineers work for Azul Systems at $155,000 annually while the lowest paid Staff Engineers work for South Florida Water Management District earning approximately $33,000 each year.

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$83K Northrop Grumman's Average Staff Engineer Salary (17 salaries)

-$8K (9%) less than national average Staff Engineer salary ($91K)

+$8K (10%) more than average Northrop Grumman salary ($75K)

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$135K Northrop Grumman Staff Engineer in Redondo Beach, CA ·

+$52K (47%) more than average Northrop Grumman Staff Engineer salary ($83K)

"Given the focus on restricting compensation, I would guess I am a bit underpaid for the experience I possess."

$123K Northrop Grumman Staff Engineer in Redondo Beach, CA ·

+$40K (38%) more than average Northrop Grumman Staff Engineer salary ($83K)

"My pay increased about 3% each year. I started at $108K/year."

$122K Northrop Grumman Staff Engineer ·

+$39K (38%) more than average Northrop Grumman Staff Engineer salary ($83K)

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$93K Samsung's Average Staff Engineer Salary (11 salaries)

+$2K (2%) more than national average Staff Engineer salary ($91K)

+$23K (28%) more than average Samsung salary ($70K)

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$124K Samsung Staff Engineer in Richardson, TX ·

+$31K (28%) more than average Samsung Staff Engineer salary ($93K)

"I am happy with my paid and work hard to earn the pay."

$157K Samsung Staff Engineer in Mountain View, CA ·

+$64K (51%) more than average Samsung Staff Engineer salary ($93K)

"I don't know other people salary."

$81K Samsung Staff Engineer ·

-$12K (13%) less than average Samsung Staff Engineer salary ($93K)

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$92K Booz Allen Hamilton's Average Staff Engineer Salary (2 salaries)

+$1K (1%) more than national average Staff Engineer salary ($91K)

+$3K (3%) more than average Booz Allen Hamilton salary ($89K)

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$73K Booz Allen Hamilton Staff Engineer in San Diego, CA ·

-$19K (23%) less than average Booz Allen Hamilton Staff Engineer salary ($92K)

"I'd like to make more."

$110K Booz Allen Hamilton Staff Engineer in San Diego, CA ·

+$18K (17%) more than average Booz Allen Hamilton Staff Engineer salary ($92K)

"Good"

$93K Qualcomm's Average Staff Engineer Salary (36 salaries)

+$2K (2%) more than national average Staff Engineer salary ($91K)

+$12K (13%) more than average Qualcomm salary ($81K)

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$125K Qualcomm Staff Engineer in San Diego, CA ·

+$32K (29%) more than average Qualcomm Staff Engineer salary ($93K)

"Salary is comparable to other companies."

$121K Qualcomm Staff Engineer ·

+$28K (26%) more than average Qualcomm Staff Engineer salary ($93K)

$101K Qualcomm Staff Engineer ·

+$8K (8%) more than average Qualcomm Staff Engineer salary ($93K)

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$91K Tellabs' Average Staff Engineer Salary (35 salaries)

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$120K Tellabs Staff Engineer in Naperville, IL ·

+$29K (27%) more than average Tellabs Staff Engineer salary ($91K)

"My pay is about average in the Chicago area."

$131K Tellabs Staff Engineer ·

+$40K (36%) more than average Tellabs Staff Engineer salary ($91K)

$91K Tellabs Staff Engineer ·

Equal to average Tellabs Staff Engineer salary ($91K)

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$91K IBM's Average Staff Engineer Salary (27 salaries)

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+$14K (16%) more than average IBM salary ($77K)

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$73K IBM Staff Engineer in Hopewell Junction, NY ·

-$18K (21%) less than average IBM Staff Engineer salary ($91K)

"For my area, I would say I am being underpaid. Most job listings for Software Engineers, excluding NYC financial firms and rural companies are offering 10% higher than my current salary."

$92K IBM Staff Engineer ·

+$1K (1%) more than average IBM Staff Engineer salary ($91K)

$91K IBM Staff Engineer ·

Equal to average IBM Staff Engineer salary ($91K)

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$86K Lockheed Martin's Average Staff Engineer Salary (12 salaries)

-$5K (5%) less than national average Staff Engineer salary ($91K)

+$15K (19%) more than average Lockheed Martin salary ($71K)

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$110K Lockheed Martin Staff Engineer in Rochester, MA ·

+$24K (24%) more than average Lockheed Martin Staff Engineer salary ($86K)

"I am underpaid for engineers with my experience and capability."

$101K Lockheed Martin Staff Engineer ·

+$15K (16%) more than average Lockheed Martin Staff Engineer salary ($86K)

$101K Lockheed Martin Staff Engineer ·

+$15K (16%) more than average Lockheed Martin Staff Engineer salary ($86K)

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$88K General Dynamics' Average Staff Engineer Salary (7 salaries)

-$3K (3%) less than national average Staff Engineer salary ($91K)

+$16K (20%) more than average General Dynamics salary ($72K)

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$141K General Dynamics Staff Engineer in Scottsdale, AZ ·

+$53K (46%) more than average General Dynamics Staff Engineer salary ($88K)

"Compensation at GDC4S was excellent as were the benefits, My years of experience as a high performing software engineer and leader and my management experience including direct reports and project management set my salary."

$95K General Dynamics Staff Engineer ·

+$7K (7%) more than average General Dynamics Staff Engineer salary ($88K)

$69K General Dynamics Staff Engineer ·

-$19K (24%) less than average General Dynamics Staff Engineer salary ($88K)

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