Salaries / Software & Data in Los Angeles

Software & Data in Los Angeles Salaries

Live posted base-salary benchmarks for software & data roles in Los Angeles.

552 openings with posted pay · Updated Sep 5, 2026

Median base salary

$186k

Posted range midpoint

Typical range

$157k–$210k

25th to 75th percentile

Openings with pay

552

89% of 617 live openings

Companies disclosing

65

From their own postings

Annual base salary in USD. Equity and bonus excluded.

Highest-paying live openings

Sorted by posted range
1
Sr. Staff Software Engineer, DUE Experience

Waymo · Mountain View, CA · Staff / Principal

$298k–$368k
2
Senior/Staff Software Engineer, Artists & Creators

Suno · Boston, MA · Staff / Principal

$228k–$363k
3
Principal Software Engineer, CDN (Starlink)

SpaceX · Redmond, WA · Staff / Principal

$260k–$345k
4
LLM Platform Engineer

Whatnot · San Francisco, CA · Senior

$245k–$345k
5
Machine Learning Platform Engineer

Whatnot · San Francisco, CA · Senior

$245k–$345k
6
Machine Learning Infrastructure Engineer

Whatnot · San Francisco, CA · Senior

$200k–$345k
7
Engineering Manager, Backend Platforms

Whatnot · Los Angeles, CA · Manager

$280k–$330k
8
Engineering Manager, Customer Experience

Whatnot · San Francisco, CA · Manager

$245k–$330k
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Methodology

BuildList pulls salary ranges from company applicant tracking systems hourly. Nothing is self-reported or estimated.

Non-USD pay is converted to USD, and hourly, weekly, and monthly pay is annualized. Figures are medians and quartiles of each posting's range midpoint, weighted by currently open roles.

Base salary only. Equity and bonus are excluded. Groups with fewer than 30 salaried openings are withheld.

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