GP said "senior", which can be interpreted either literally (as in the title "senior software engineer") or more broadly as software engineers with elevated sen

GP said "senior", which can be interpreted either literally (as in the title "senior software engineer") or more broadly as software engineers with elevated seniority. Some data for "senior software engineer" in the US indicate: "The middle 57% of Senior Software Engineers makes between $117,200 and $203,000, with the top 86% making $375,000" https://www.comparably.com/salaries/salaries-for-senior-software-engineer https://www.comparably.com/salaries/salaries-for-senior-soft... "The middle 57% of Staff Software Engineers makes between $107,389 and $262,186, with the top 86% making $572,331." Since levels/titles are truly comparable across companies (nor across time), it's very hard to get a true sense of what those numbers even mean. But I think it's fair to say that you shouldn't expect a median nation-wide "software engineer" salary to match the expectations of the "right person you really want to hire for your position but you can't find".