Hiring a frontend engineer in New York? Across 87 live frontend engineer postings in New York, the market pays a $183K median salary (typically $160K–$210K). Recruiting from Scratch is the contingency technical recruiting firm for these hires — a 29-day average time to hire, 300+ placements, and a 2M+ candidate network.
A frontend engineer builds the user-facing product — interfaces, performance, and interaction — in modern web frameworks. Hiring one in New York means competing with the companies below.
What employers actually screen for, aggregated across 87 active frontend engineer postings in New York:
| Percentile | Base salary |
|---|---|
| 25th | $160K |
| Median | $183K |
| 75th | $210K |
Based on 63 frontend engineer postings in New York that disclose pay. Base only — equity is typically on top.
The companies with the most live frontend engineer openings in New York, with what each pays and screens for (medians shown only where at least 3 postings disclose pay):
| Company | Open frontend engineer roles | Median pay (disclosed) | Top skills |
|---|---|---|---|
| BNY | 4 | $206K | JavaScript, Angular, Python |
| Gen Digital | 3 | $177K | TypeScript, React, Next.js |
| Made Card | 3 | $175K | React, Next.js, TypeScript |
| Graphite | 2 | — | — |
| Curotec | 2 | — | Vue, React |
| Gen | 2 | — | — |
| Try Picnic | 2 | — | TypeScript, React, GraphQL |
| Baton Corporation | 2 | — | TypeScript, React, Next.js |
| Moment | 2 | — | Python, TypeScript, Go |
| Merciv | 2 | — | TypeScript, JavaScript, GraphQL |
Where the frontend engineer demand sits across funding stages, across the 63 companies with the most live openings in New York:
| Stage | Companies hiring | Open roles | Median pay (disclosed) | Examples |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seed | 4 | 7 | $175K | Made Card, Merciv, Harnham |
| Series A | 7 | 8 | $170K | Halliday, dub, Raylu |
| Series B | 3 | 3 | — | Doctronic, Crosby, Uniswap Labs |
| Series C | 5 | 8 | — | Gen, Moment, nScale |
| Series D+ | 15 | 18 | $187K | Graphite, Try Picnic, EliseAI |
| Public | 5 | 11 | $185K | BNY, Gen Digital, Amazon |
A further 24 of those companies have no funding stage on file and are not shown above.
Recruiting from Scratch is a contingency technical recruiting firm — no retainer and no upfront cost, so you pay only when you make a hire. The process: align on the role and must-haves → a curated shortlist of 3–5 genuinely qualified frontend engineers (not resume volume) → a 29-day average time to hire versus the 49-day industry average → a 90-day replacement guarantee. Backed by 300+ placements, a 2M+ candidate network, and named hires at companies like Decagon and Mercor.
A frontend engineer builds the user-facing product — interfaces, performance, and interaction — in modern web frameworks.
What salary does a frontend engineer in New York command in 2026?Across 87 live postings in New York, a $183K median salary (typically $160K–$210K) — base only; equity is typically on top. Most postings expect 5+ years of experience.
What should you look for when hiring a frontend engineer?Depth in the skills these postings require (React, TypeScript, JavaScript, Next.js, CI/CD, GraphQL, Python, Angular), plus strong JavaScript/TypeScript and framework depth plus a real eye for UX and performance. Recruiting from Scratch sends a shortlist of 3–5 genuinely qualified candidates, not resume volume.
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