Salary benchmark · Austin

Frontend Engineer Salary in Austin

Mid-level (3-5y) frontend engineer pay in Austin sits around $129,600/yr. Floor and stretch bands below, plus how the role compares across other markets and roles.

Floor

$110,160

$9,180/mo · 15th percentile

Median

$129,600

$10,800/mo · Typical mid-level offer

Stretch

$162,000

$13,500/mo · Top-quartile, hot market

By experience level in Austin

Same role, four experience levels, annual total comp.

ExperienceFloorMedianStretchMult.
Junior (0-2y)$71,604$84,240$105,3000.65×
Mid (3-5y)$110,160$129,600$162,0001.00×
Senior (5-8y)$148,716$174,960$218,7001.35×
Lead (8y+)$192,780$226,800$283,5001.75×

Floor = median × 0.85 · Stretch = median × 1.25. Mult applied to the Austin mid-level base.

How Austin compares

Same frontend engineer role, other top markets, mid-level annual median.

San Francisco$192,000+48%New York$162,000+25%Remote$117,600-9%Singapore$105,600-19%Toronto$96,000-26%

Other roles in Austin

Top 5 highest-paid roles in Austin, mid-level annual median.

Engineering Manager$210,000Product Manager$150,000Backend Engineer$138,000Full-stack Engineer$134,400Product Designer$114,000

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