Engineering Manager, GPU (ML Accelerator)
San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA $500k – $850k/yr
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Engineering Manager salary in the United States
What employers are offering right now, from 285 live Engineering Manager postings in the United States that publish a pay range. Updated October 2026.
Median
$263k
a year, base pay
Middle half
$235k–$310k
25th to 75th percentile
Highest posted
$675k
range midpoint
How the offers are spread
$170k
$214k
$258k
$302k
$347k
$391k
$435k
$479k
Engineering Manager pay by level
| Level | Median | Postings |
|---|---|---|
| Senior | $269k | 44 |
| Director & executive | $269k | 39 |
Engineering Manager pay by location
| Location | Median | Postings |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $290k | 129 |
| SF Bay Area | $279k | 164 |
| Seattle | $270k | 29 |
| New York | $269k | 80 |
| Remote (US) | $247k | 64 |
| Los Angeles | $240k | 5 |
| Boston | $209k | 6 |
| Toronto | $209k | 7 |
Top-paying companies for Engineering Manager roles
Highest-paying open Engineering Manager jobs
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San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY $405k – $850k/yr
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Engineering Manager, Research Productivity
San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY $405k – $850k/yr
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Engineering Manager, Hardware Platform Security
San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA $485k – $625k/yr
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Engineering Manager, MLE
San Francisco Full-time $500k – $555k/yr
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Engineering Manager, Core Experimentation
Seattle Full-time $510k – $536k/yr
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Engineering Manager salary: common questions
- What is the average Engineering Manager salary in the United States?
- The median midpoint of 285 live Engineering Manager postings in the United States is $263k a year. Half of them fall between $235k and $310k.
- How does Engineering Manager pay change with seniority?
- senior postings $269k. Staff, principal and director roles usually pay more and often add equity.
- Which companies pay Engineering Manager roles the most?
- Among companies with at least two postings, the highest medians are at Anthropic ($445k), OpenAI ($423k), Orb ($360k), Lambda ($358k).
- Where do these numbers come from?
- From the pay ranges employers publish in their own job postings (required in states such as California, Colorado, New York, Washington and Illinois). We take the midpoint of each range, convert hourly pay at 2,080 hours a year, and update the figures daily as postings open and close. They show base pay, not bonus or equity.
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