Engineering manager salary in Atlanta, GA
Employers in the Atlanta metro offered engineering managers a median of $130,562 a year on approved H-1B applications. That is 19.9% below the US median for engineering managers, and 0.8% above offers to software engineers in Atlanta.
Median offer
$130,562
US median offer: $162,951
The middle half
$108,514 – $158,779
25th to 75th percentile
After cost of living
$130,490
Atlanta prices: 0.1% above US average
Open engineering manager jobs
31
In Atlanta, from 22 companies
Pay range
The top 10% of engineering manager offers in Atlanta were above $210,219 a year. The bottom 10% were below $108,514.
10th percentile $108,514, 25th $108,514, 75th $158,779, 90th $210,219.
10th percentile $110,094, 25th $126,818, 75th $208,535, 90th $250,000.
10th percentile $83,400, 25th $104,640, 75th $164,200, 90th $178,330.
Line: 10th to 90th percentile. Box: the middle half (25th to 75th). Dark mark: the median. Engineering managers: salaries offered on H-1B applications. All software engineers: salaries paid, from the BLS.
How far the pay goes in Atlanta
Prices in Atlanta are 0.1% above the US average, which makes the median offer worth $130,490 in US-average dollars. Housing costs 11.0% more than the US average.
Black line: US average = 100. Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis, 2024.
Engineering managers and other engineering jobs in Atlanta
Median salary offered on approved H-1B applications in the Atlanta metro, for every engineering job type with at least 30 applications.
| Job | Applications | Median offer |
|---|---|---|
| Engineering managers | 378 | $130,562 |
| Site reliability engineers | 69 | $130,000 |
| All software engineers | 4,545 | $129,557 |
| Machine learning engineers | 51 | $121,463 |
| AI engineers | 76 | $114,754 |
| Data engineers | 354 | $114,754 |
| Support engineers | 69 | $113,411 |
| Cloud engineers | 56 | $112,120 |
| DevOps engineers | 135 | $110,000 |
| Frontend engineers | 36 | $109,283 |
All software engineers: every application filed under the BLS software developer job code, whatever its title. Backend and full-stack engineers: left out, since a plain "Software Engineer" title counts as both.
Experience level of these offers
From October 2025 to June 2026, the Department of Labor approved 378 H-1B applications for engineering managers in the Atlanta metro, from 119 employers. Level III offers were the most common.
Applications
378
Employers
119
Most experienced (Level IV)
37.3%
Applications by wage level
- Level I (entry): 6
- Level II: 22
- Level III: 174
- Level IV (most experienced): 141
- Not stated: 35
These are salaries offered on approved applications, not salaries paid. Each application lists only its main work site.
31 open engineering manager jobs in Atlanta right now
From 22 companies. 6 were posted in the past week.
What counts as an engineering manager
The BLS has no category for managers of software engineers alone, so these figures come from job titles. An H-1B application or a job on hiredaemon counts as an engineering manager job when its title names managing engineers, such as "Engineering Manager", "Software Development Manager" or "Director of Engineering".
Sources and notes
- Engineering manager offers: US Department of Labor, H-1B application data, October 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026. Approved H-1B applications whose job title names managing engineers and whose work site is in one of the metro area's 29 counties.
- Software engineer pay: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (published May 15, 2026), Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro.
- Cost of living: US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024.
- Open jobs: counted on hiredaemon as this page loads.