Tech salaries in Austin
26 posted ranges at 7 companies · median $216k · H-1B median $166k (2,167 filings)
By title
Median of posted rangesMiddle halfH-1B median
Software Engineer$181kGeneral software engineering: backend, frontend, infrastructure and systems roles without a more specific title.H-1B $169kSolutions Engineer$236kThe technical half of a sale: demos, proofs of concept and integration help.H-1B $145kForward Deployed Engineer$216kAn engineer who ships software inside a customer's environment, part builder and part consultant; Palantir coined it, AI labs made it common.H-1B $150kEngineering Manager$254kManages a team of engineers: hiring, delivery and careers.H-1B $215kSecurity Engineer$173kFinds and fixes weaknesses in systems, code and cloud accounts.H-1B $172kMachine Learning Engineer$249kTrains, ships and maintains machine learning models in production.H-1B $190kApplied Scientist$242kResearch methods pointed at a product problem; Amazon made the title mainstream.H-1B $173kAnalytics Engineer$184kModels raw data into clean, tested tables (usually with dbt) for analysts and dashboards; named by dbt Labs around 2019.AI Engineer$163kA software engineer who builds products on top of models rather than training them.H-1B $195k
Posted ranges
Sr. Solutions Architect - Travel and Hospitality
Solutions Engineer
Senior Software Engineer II, Decisioning Studio Integrations Team
Software Engineer
Staff Machine Learning Engineer, ML Platform
Machine Learning Engineer
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Games
Forward Deployed Engineer
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Healthcare & Life Sciences
Forward Deployed Engineer
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Retail
Forward Deployed Engineer
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Posted median by week
| Week of | Ranges | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 2026 | 9 | $212k |
| Oct 5, 2026 | 12 | $214k |
| Oct 12, 2026 | 14 | $214k |
| Oct 19, 2026 | 17 | $212k |
| Oct 26, 2026 | 24 | $202k |
| Nov 2, 2026 | 26 | $216k |
Postings whose location names Austin or a nearby city; H-1B filings whose worksite is there.