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L3Harris Software Engineer Salary

L3Harris's 31 open roles for software engineers post a median $139k/yr, typically $139k–$218k/yr, from 10 distinct pay figures, read from its own job board every hour.

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Against other pay

Software engineers at every space company
median $169k/yr
L3Harris: 18% below it
All US software developers, May 2025
median $136k/yr
L3Harris's postings: 2% above it
Highest posted top
$218k/yr
Lead, Software Engineering (DevSecOps)

Typical pay is the 25th percentile of what roles pay (the middle of each posted range, as a year's pay: an hourly rate counts at 2,080 hours, 40 a week for 52 weeks) to the 90th-percentile posted top. Pay is compared as a year's pay: an hourly rate counts at 2,080 hours (40 a week for 52 weeks), a weekly one at 52 weeks, a monthly one at 12 months. A posting that names only a ceiling ("up to $X") is left out of the figures.

L3Harris software engineer pay by level

Level the title namesOpen rolesMedianTypical pay
Senior11$139k/yr$115k–$194k/yr
Lead10$168k/yr$168k–$218k/yr
Title names no level10Too few figures

A level is read from the title, the first that applies from an internship to a director (the reading of our research on career levels and pay). A figure needs three distinct posted rates.

Where L3Harris hires software engineers

  • Colorado Springs, CO7 roles, median $139k/yr
  • Melbourne, FL7 roles
  • Palm Bay, FL7 roles
  • Fort Wayne, IN6 roles
  • Rochester, NY6 roles
  • Chantilly, VA5 roles
  • Patrick Air Force Base, FL2 roles
  • Wilmington, MA2 roles
  • Camden, NJ1 role

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Updated 31 Oct 2026, 13:02 UTC

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Questions about L3Harris pay for software engineers

How much does L3Harris pay software engineers?

L3Harris's open roles for software engineers post a median $139k/yr, typically $139k–$218k/yr, from 10 distinct pay figures in 10 of its 31 postings. Typical pay here is the 25th percentile of what roles pay (the middle of each posted range, as a year's pay: an hourly rate counts at 2,080 hours, 40 a week for 52 weeks) to the 90th-percentile posted top. The highest posted top is $218k/yr, for Lead, Software Engineering (DevSecOps).

What does L3Harris pay software engineers at each level?

By the level each title names: senior: a median $139k/yr (11 roles); lead: a median $168k/yr (10 roles). A level is read from the title ("Engineer II", "Senior", "Lead"); titles that name none are left out of this answer.

Does L3Harris pay software engineers more than other space companies?

L3Harris's median, $139k/yr, is 18% below the $169k/yr median of the 1,976 open roles for software engineers at every space company we read (L3Harris's among them).

How does L3Harris's pay for software engineers compare with the national wage?

The Bureau of Labor Statistics puts the national median wage of software developers at $136k/yr (May 2025); L3Harris's posted median, $139k/yr, is 2% above it. A posting states what a new hire is offered, the national figure what everyone in the occupation earns, so the two measure different people. Source: BLS wage estimates by state (OEWS, May 2025), read through O*NET OnLine, CC BY 4.0.

Where does L3Harris hire software engineers?

Its open roles for software engineers are in Colorado Springs, CO (7), Melbourne, FL (7), Palm Bay, FL (7), Fort Wayne, IN (6) and Rochester, NY (6).