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Average VMware software engineer salary

$123,821yearly

$48.2 hourly rate

Entry-level VMware software engineer salary
$87,000 yearly
Updated April 5, 2024

How much does VMware pay software engineers?

The average salary for VMware software engineers is $123,821 per year. VMware software engineer salaries range between $87,000 to $174,000 per year. VMware software engineers earn 23% more than the national average salary for software engineers of $100,260.

Location impacts how much a software engineer at VMware can expect to make. Software engineers at VMware make the most in Palo Alto, CA, Bellevue, WA, and Portland, OR.

How much does VMware pay software engineers by location?

VMware pays software engineers the most in Palo Alto, CA, Bellevue, WA, and Portland, OR. Additionally, cities like Phoenix and New York also report highly competitive salaries for software engineers at VMware.

Software engineer VMware salary by location

RankCityAvg. salaryHourly rate
1Palo Alto, CA$153,765$73.93
2Bellevue, WA$147,124$70.73
3Portland, OR$121,625$58.47
4Phoenix, AZ$114,446$55.02
5New York, NY$106,315$51.11
6Boston, MA$99,657$47.91
7Austin, TX$98,383$47.30
8Denver, CO$95,470$45.90
9Newark, NJ$93,634$45.02
10Bridgeport, CT$93,339$44.87

Highest-paid VMware software engineers by job level

RankJob titleAverage salaryHourly rateJob openings
1Software Director$213,736$103-
2Senior Software Engineer Manager$201,822$97-
3Chief Software Architect$198,838$96-
4Software Engineering Manager$197,289$95-
5Vice President Of Software Engineering$183,437$88-
6Senior Software Architect$178,180$86-
7Principal Software Engineer$177,780$85-
8Staff Engineer$175,666$84-
9Software Development Manager$174,407$84-
10Vice President, Software Development$174,294$84-

Software engineer salary at VMware competitors

RankCompanyAverage salaryHourly rateJob openings
1Pure Storage$137,139$6615
2Microsoft$128,196$62531
3Fortinet$124,986$60102
4Nutanix$124,553$6011
5Juniper Networks$121,430$58-
6Adobe$120,668$58135
7Riverbed Holdings, Inc.$117,097$565
8Wind River$113,303$5421
9TIBCO Software$113,166$54-
10NetApp$112,871$5447
11Citrix$111,934$54-
12Amd$111,172$5383
13Parallels$107,179$52-
14Cadence Design Systems$106,612$5143
15HP$105,240$5111
16Fujitsu$100,364$483
17Intel$98,143$4726
18Sybase$91,985$44-
19Sunrise Systems$90,656$441
20IBM$87,648$42455

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