Backend Engineer salaries in New York
Backend Engineer professionals in New York earn $205–270K per year on average, based on 3 jobs. Backend Engineer roles in New York pay 34% above the board-wide average of $142.2–212.2K for Backend Engineer jobs on Tech Jobs.
Average salary range
$205–270K
Based on 3 jobs · 34% more than the average salary on Tech Jobs
25th percentile
$180K
Average
$237.5K
75th percentile
$300K
Other top paying titles in New York
Highest paying job titles in New York beyond Backend Engineer, ranked by average salary.
Software Engineering
Avg. $167.8–227.9K · 11 jobs
Backend Engineering
Avg. $181–247.1K · 10 jobs
Software Engineer
Avg. $177.2–268.8K · 9 jobs
AI Engineering
Avg. $181.4–240K · 7 jobs
Machine Learning Engineer
Avg. $158.3–256.7K · 6 jobs
AI Engineer
Avg. $177–288K · 5 jobs
Top paying skills in New York
Highest paying skills in New York, ranked by average salary.
Python
Avg. $166–227.2K · 21 jobs
AWS
Avg. $162.2–239.4K · 19 jobs
Typescript
Avg. $174.1–244.7K · 17 jobs
React
Avg. $178.1–256.1K · 13 jobs
PostgreSQL
Avg. $186.5–267K · 10 jobs
CI/CD
Avg. $174.8–220.1K · 9 jobs
Other locations for Backend Engineer
Compare Backend Engineer salaries in other locations.
United States
Avg. $172.4–263.5K · 18 jobs
California
Avg. $184.8–324.2K · 8 jobs
San Francisco, CA
Avg. $190–363.8K · 4 jobs
Backend Engineer salary FAQs for New York
All salary figures are converted to annual equivalents in USD. Averages are based on published jobs with salary data and filtered for statistical outliers.