Engineering Manager: salaries and requirements
As of September 28, 2026, the cvGO database holds 380 active jobs for “Engineering Manager”. Median pay among jobs that state it: US & Canada — $243,000 per year (n = 179). Most requested skills: Engineering Management, hiring, distributed systems.
Pay by region
| Region | Median | 25–75% | Jobs with pay |
|---|---|---|---|
| US & Canada | $243,000 per year | $198,000 per year – $279,000 per year | 179 |
| Europe | not enough data | 6 | |
| CIS | not enough data | 1 | |
| Remote, region not specified | not enough data | 1 | |
Skills in requirements
- Engineering Management — 51%
- hiring — 26%
- distributed systems — 19%
- coaching — 18%
- Observability — 16%
- stakeholder management — 16%
- cross-functional collaboration — 15%
- team leadership — 15%
- Reliability — 12%
- Python — 11%
- engineering leadership — 10%
- Scalability — 10%
- mentoring — 9%
- roadmap — 8%
- mentorship — 8%
- technical direction — 8%
- technical strategy — 8%
- Java — 8%
- incident response — 7%
- Technical Leadership — 7%
Levels
- Middle — 9
- Senior — 107
- Lead — 250
- Head — 4
- Director — 10
FAQ
How much do “Engineering Manager” jobs pay?
US & Canada: median $243,000 per year, half of jobs between $198,000 per year and $279,000 per year (n = 179). Pay is stated in 49% of jobs.
Which skills do “Engineering Manager” jobs require?
Engineering Management — 51%, hiring — 26%, distributed systems — 19%, coaching — 18%, Observability — 16%. Share of jobs with parsed requirements (n = 356).
How many “Engineering Manager” jobs are remote?
Remote — 29%, hybrid — 15%, office — 56% (of 380 jobs that state the format).
Are there entry-level “Engineering Manager” jobs?
There are no intern or junior jobs in the database right now.
What level of English is required?
The level is stated in 85% of jobs; most often: C1 — 81%, C2 — 2%, B2 — 1%.
How we count
- Source: jobs in the cvGO database as of September 28, 2026: Global 97%, Telegram 2%, HeadHunter 1%, LinkedIn 1%, JSearch 0%.
- A job belongs to a profession by its title; one job may belong to several professions.
- Some jobs in the database match no profession in our catalogue and are not counted on these pages.
- Pay is the midpoint of the stated range or the single stated amount, in US dollars at a fixed rate (90 RUB per USD, table v1). Yearly amounts are divided by 12; if the period is not stated, it is inferred from the currency and amount; amounts outside 300–60,000 USD per month are excluded.
- A median is shown when a region has at least 10 jobs with pay.
- Skills and English are counted only for jobs with the employer’s own text.
- Duplicates of one job across sources are not merged.