Pay report
Remote Engineering Salaries: What the Work Pays Per Hour
Remote engineering jobs pay a median of $50 to $100 an hour, and the best-paid listing reaches $150. Counted from 27 live listings that publish both ends of their hourly range; updated .
- Median hourly range
- $50–$100
- Middle half of listings
- $40–$130
- Highest published rate
- $150/hr
- Open roles right now
- 27
How Much Do Remote Engineering Jobs Pay?
Across 27 live remote engineering listings that publish an hourly range, the median runs from $50 to $100 an hour. The middle half of listings sits between $40 and $130, the lowest published rate is $10 and the highest is $150.
Hourly pay at a glance
| Lowest published rate | $10 |
|---|---|
| 25th percentile (range floor) | $40 |
| Median range floor | $50 |
| Median range ceiling | $100 |
| 75th percentile (range ceiling) | $130 |
| Highest published rate | $150 |
How Many Remote Engineering Jobs Pay $100 an Hour or More?
Most of them: 21 of 27 hourly engineering listings (78%) reach $100 an hour at the top of their range, and 6 reach $150.
- $50/hr or more26 listings · 96%
- $100/hr or more21 listings · 78%
- $150/hr or more6 listings · 22%
- $200/hr or more0 listings · 0%
- $300/hr or more0 listings · 0%
Which Engineering Skills Pay the Most?
The skill asked for most is FreeCAD (10 listings, a median of $40–$90); the best paid is Aerodynamics, at a median of $60–$150 an hour. Skills listed on at least three priced listings, most requested first.
| Skill | Listings | Median range | Top rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| FreeCAD | 10 | $40–$90 | $150 |
| Python | 8 | $65–$125 | $150 |
| Technical documentation | 6 | $40–$90 | $100 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 6 | $40–$90 | $150 |
| Solidworks | 5 | $40–$100 | $100 |
| Attention to detail | 5 | $40–$80 | $100 |
| Written communication | 5 | $40–$80 | $100 |
| Parametric cad modeling | 4 | $40–$100 | $100 |
| Aerodynamics | 3 | $60–$150 | $150 |
| AutoCAD | 3 | $60–$110 | $150 |
What Are the Highest-Paying Remote Engineering Jobs Right Now?
The best-paid open engineering roles today, by the top of their published range. Each links to the listing, so the figure can be checked against the employer’s own posting.
Are Remote Engineering Jobs Full-Time, Part-Time or Contract?
Of the 27 open engineering listings, 22 are contract roles, 0 part-time and 0 full-time, with 5 not saying. Most are contract work, usually paid by the hour for the hours you actually work.
How Long Do Remote Engineering Jobs Stay Open?
Closed remote engineering roles on RemoteJobsOne stayed open a median of 60 days, counted over the 17 that have closed so far. 0 new engineering roles were posted in the last seven days, so applying within the first week or two of a listing matters.
How Does Engineering Pay Compare With Other Remote Work?
Engineering ranks 5th of 16 fields by median hourly pay on RemoteJobsOne. Its median ceiling of $100 an hour is in line with the $100 median across all remote listings.
Pay reports for other fields
- Science & Research · $100–$200
- Healthcare · $100–$200
- Legal · $100–$180
- Finance · $90–$145
- Software & IT · $50–$100
- Design · $40–$90
- Media & Production · $15–$80
- Sales & Marketing · $40–$80
- Business & Operations · $40–$80
- General · $40–$75
- Language & Translation · $30–$65
- AI Training · $25–$60
- Data · $41–$60
- Customer Service · $24–$43
- Robotics · $30–$30
Frequently Asked Questions
How much do remote engineering jobs pay per hour?
Across 27 live remote engineering listings that publish an hourly range, the median runs from $50 to $100 an hour. The middle half of listings sits between $40 and $130, the lowest published rate is $10 and the highest is $150.
What is the highest-paying remote engineering job?
The highest published rate is $150 an hour, for the Aerodynamics Expert role. 0 engineering listings pay $200 an hour or more at the top of their range.
Are remote engineering jobs full-time, part-time or contract?
Of the 27 open engineering listings, 22 are contract roles, 0 part-time and 0 full-time, with 5 not saying. Most are contract work, usually paid by the hour for the hours you actually work.
How long do remote engineering jobs stay open?
Closed remote engineering roles on RemoteJobsOne stayed open a median of 60 days, counted over the 17 that have closed so far. 0 new engineering roles were posted in the last seven days, so applying within the first week or two of a listing matters.
How These Figures Are Calculated
Every figure on this page is counted from the remote engineering listings live on RemoteJobsOne when the page was last refreshed. Hourly figures use only listings that publish both the floor and the ceiling of their range, so a half-stated range cannot pull one median without the other. Medians are used rather than averages, because a single unusually high rate would move an average somewhere no reader will be offered. Figures from fewer than five listings are not reported. The rates are the employers’ own published figures; nothing is estimated.
See the site-wide remote salary report for every field side by side, or how remote job pay works for what a published range does and does not promise.