Side by side

Embedded Engineer vs iOS Engineer

Embedded Engineer pays more: a median of $139,500 against $124,500. Demand is comparable on both sides. Listings for iOS Engineer move faster — median age 71 days against 79.

Comparison

Side by side

MeasureEmbedded EngineeriOS EngineerGap
Open postings26,86126,004+857
Posted this week2,287878
Median salary$139,500$124,500+$15k
25th percentile$110k$98.5k
75th percentile$173k$155k
Salary disclosed6.6%4.2%
Remote share12.1%10.0%+2.1pp
Median age of posting79d71d
Open over 60 days36.3%44.2%
Visa sponsorship4.6%11.9%
Pay

Pay distribution

Embedded Engineer

$63k$241k

iOS Engineer

$56k$215k
Freshness

How old the listings are

Embedded Engineer

just posted79d median90d+

iOS Engineer

just posted71d median90d+
Demand

What each side asks for

Embedded Engineer — technologies

Go
72.0%
Tableau
65.8%
GCP
59.6%
PostgreSQL
53.4%
Spark
47.2%
Figma
41.0%
Swift
34.8%

iOS Engineer — technologies

React
72.0%
dbt
65.8%
Snowflake
59.6%
Kubernetes
53.4%
TypeScript
47.2%
Salesforce
41.0%
Kotlin
34.8%

Embedded Engineer — employers

Beacon Robotics
9.4%
Umbra Security
8.7%
Northwind Systems
8.0%
Lakeshore Hospitality
7.2%
Halcyon Energy
6.5%
Fairmount Legal
5.8%
Pinewood Education
5.1%

iOS Engineer — employers

Pinewood Education
9.4%
Northwind Systems
8.7%
Ironbark Manufacturing
8.0%
Halcyon Energy
7.2%
Solstice Biotech
6.5%
Aperture Labs
5.8%
Fairmount Legal
5.1%

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Both sides are counted the same way on the same day, so the gap is comparable even where the absolute numbers move. Salary figures use only postings that publish a range — the disclosure rate is in the table because a median over 20% of a cohort is a weaker number than one over 70%.