Culpepper Engineering Compensation Survey

United StatesEdition: 2025$$$

Compensation benchmarks for engineering roles across hardware, software, civil, mechanical, and electrical disciplines in US employers.

Engineering-focused benchmarks across multiple disciplines. Strong individual-contributor job leveling. Position/participant details available to subscribers.

Base salaryShort-term incentivesLong-term incentives / equity

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Survey cycle

Continuous (refreshed quarterly)

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1Participation opens
Year-round
When employers can submit data
2Effective date
Aged to current quarter
Data is reported “as of” this date
3Results published
Quarterly refresh
When subscribers receive the dataset

Culpepper collects data year-round and refreshes their database quarterly. Subscribers always have access to the most-recent quarter's data.

Job families covered

Civil Engineering Electrical Engineering Hardware Engineering Mechanical Engineering Quality R&D Software Engineering

Positions in this report (68)

Benchmarks for these roles are included in Culpepper Engineering Compensation Survey. Click any position to see every report (from any vendor) that covers it.