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Software & Data in Manufacturing Salaries

Live posted base-salary benchmarks for software & data roles at manufacturing companies.

101 openings with posted pay · Updated Sep 5, 2026

Median base salary

$185k

Posted range midpoint

Typical range

$160k–$205k

25th to 75th percentile

Openings with pay

101

72% of 141 live openings

Companies disclosing

26

From their own postings

Annual base salary in USD. Equity and bonus excluded.

Highest-paying live openings

Sorted by posted range
1
Senior Staff Software Engineer

Carbon · Sunnyvale, CA · Staff / Principal

$241k–$361k
2
Staff Backend Software Engineer

Carbon · Sunnyvale, CA · Staff / Principal

$210k–$314k
3
Staff Software Engineer

Carbon · Sunnyvale, CA · Staff / Principal

$210k–$314k
4
Staff Software Engineer (AI Agents)

Traba · New York City, NY · Staff / Principal

$240k–$300k
5
Staff Software Engineer (Applied AI)

Traba · New York City, NY · Staff / Principal

$240k–$300k
6
Principal Simulation Engineer

Freeform · Hawthorne, CA · Staff / Principal

$225k–$300k
7
Member of Technical Staff

Atopile · San Francisco, CA · Senior

$180k–$300k
8
ML Platform Engineer

Hadrian · Los Angeles, CA · Staff / Principal

$170k–$300k
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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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