Software Engineering Salaries in Santa Clara
Explore Software Engineering salaries across 81 jobs in Santa Clara
Average salary range
$171.6k – $315.3k
Based on 81 jobs · 4% less than the average Software Engineering salary on Inference Jobs
25th percentile
$152k
Average
$243.5k
75th percentile
$356.5k
Software Engineering salary by seniority
| Seniority | Avg. salary | Jobs |
|---|---|---|
| Entry Level | $110k – $205.6k | 4 |
| Mid Level | $125k – $296.1k | 4 |
| Senior | $175.5k – $320.1k | 72 |
Software Engineering salaries in other locations
San Francisco
Avg. $227.4k – $329.8k · 212 jobs
Sunnyvale
Avg. $155.6k – $242.8k · 37 jobs
New York City
Avg. $239.7k – $337.5k · 32 jobs
Palo Alto
Avg. $177.1k – $427.1k · 21 jobs
Livingston
Avg. $145.2k – $221.5k · 19 jobs
Top paying titles in Santa Clara
Hardware Engineering
Avg. $153.7k – $305.4k · 95 jobs
AI Engineering
Avg. $183.9k – $335.8k · 35 jobs
Electrical Engineering
Avg. $143k – $307.7k · 33 jobs
Infrastructure Engineering
Avg. $192.9k – $338.0k · 30 jobs
DevOps
Avg. $173.5k – $309.1k · 29 jobs
Semiconductor Engineering
Avg. $142.8k – $339.9k · 28 jobs
Top paying skills in Santa Clara
Python
Avg. $164.1k – $302.4k · 205 jobs
C++
Avg. $162.5k – $298.6k · 119 jobs
Deep Learning
Avg. $172.2k – $307.8k · 74 jobs
CUDA
Avg. $166.1k – $291.7k · 70 jobs
Linux
Avg. $164.6k – $292.9k · 62 jobs
PyTorch
Avg. $165.4k – $300.4k · 62 jobs
Software Engineering salary FAQs for Santa Clara
All salary figures are normalized to USD annual equivalents. Averages are based on published jobs with salary data and filtered for statistical outliers.