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The estimated total pay for a Software Engineer is $119,502 per year in the San Jose, CA Area area, with an average salary of $101,546 per year. These numbers represent the median, which is the midpoint of the ranges from our proprietary Total Pay Estimate model and based on salaries collected from our users. The estimated additional pay is $17,956 per year. Additional pay could include cash bonus, commission, tips, and profit sharing. The "Most Likely Range" represents values that exist within the 25th and 75th percentile of all pay data available for this role.
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Software Engineer | $119,502 /yr |
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Software Engineer IV | $151,034 /yr |
Some related job titles are Entry Level Software Engineer Salaries with median pay of $109,664, Principal Software Engineer Salaries with median pay of $168,822, Software Development Engineer Salaries with median pay of $117,204, Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) Salaries with median pay of $113,087.
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The average salary for a Software Engineer is $140,383 per year in San Jose, CA Area. Salaries estimates are based on 51534 salaries submitted anonymously to Glassdoor by a Software Engineer employees in San Jose, CA Area.
The highest salary for a Software Engineer in San Jose, CA Area is $188,192 per year.
The lowest salary for a Software Engineer in San Jose, CA Area is $104,720 per year.
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