ACH salary: $156K median
The median advertised ACH salary is $156K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $102K to $204K: counted from 81 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $75 an hour or $12,958 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $264K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll ACH jobs
$156Kmedian advertised salary
$102K – $204Kmiddle half of roles
$162Kaverage advertised salary
81roles counted
ACH salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $198K | 20 |
| 🇺🇸California | $196K | 24 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $154K | 74 |
| 🇺🇸New York, NY | $150K | 34 |
Skills that pay more for ACH roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rails | $200K | +$44K | 32 |
| Fraud prevention | $179K | +$24K | 12 |
Top-paying companies
Highest-paying open ACH roles
All ACH jobs- Experienced Engineering Manager, PaymentsPlaid · 🇺🇸New York City Office$264K - $400KHybridRailsACHTechnical recruiting
- Head of Product - Business BankingMercury · 🇺🇸🇨🇦San Francisco, CA, New York, NY, Portland, OR, or Remote…$290K - $362KRemoteLead and aboveRailsACHPerformance management
- Account Executive - PaymentsPlaid · 🇺🇸San Francisco HQ$310K - $330KHybridRailsSolution sellingProduct marketing
- Principal/Senior Product Manager, PaymentOKX · 🇺🇸San Jose, California, United States$215K - $322KLead and aboveACHSEPARisk management
- Principal Product Manager, PaymentsFlex · 🇺🇸New York, NY; San Francisco, CA$248K - $310KLead and aboveRailsReconciliationsCard payments
- Senior Counsel, Strategic PartnershipsColumn · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$210K - $300KSeniorRailsACHRegulatory compliance
- Senior Commercial CounselColumn · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$210K - $300KSeniorContract negotiationTreasuryACH
- Senior Engineering Manager, Payments PlatformCoinbase · 🇺🇸Remote - USA$254K - $299KRemoteSeniorRailsGenerative AIIncident response
- VP, Treasury OperationsMetropolis · 🇺🇸New York, New York, United States$275K - $290KLead and aboveERPReconciliationsCard payments
- Group Product Manager, Money MovementCoinbase · 🇺🇸Remote - USA$244K - $287KRemoteRailsGenerative AIMessage queues
- Product and Regulatory Legal DirectorDave · 🇺🇸United States$245K - $282KRemoteLead and aboveCard paymentsACHRegulatory compliance
- Software Engineer, Backend, Accounts ReceivableRamp · 🇺🇸New York, NY (HQ)$204K - $280KHybridNetSuiteERPAccounts receivable
- Senior Engineer, Backend, Bill PayRamp · 🇺🇸New York, NY (HQ)$204K - $280KHybridSeniorLLMRailsNetSuite
- Software Engineer - InfrastructureModern Treasury · Remote$159K - $275KRemoteReactRubyPostgreSQL
- Head of ServicingSlash Financial · 🇺🇸New York$225K - $275KLead and aboveReconciliationsACH
- Assistant TreasurerEarnIn · 🇺🇸Mountain View, US$213K - $261KRailsNetSuiteCPA
- Director, Product - Post-Funding & Payment StrategiesKapitus · 🇺🇸Virginia - Remote, Maryland - Hybrid, Washington DC - Hybrid$157K - $252KRemoteLead and aboveRailsMessage queuesTreasury
- Staff Engineer, Full Stack (Trust, Safety & Risk)Phantom · Remote$200K - $250KRemoteLead and aboveEnglishACHKYC
- Product Manager, PaymentsModern Treasury · 🇺🇸San Francisco$170K - $250KHybridSQLRailsACH
- Head of Payment Operations USRaisin · 🇺🇸Sandy, Utah, United States$220K - $250KLead and aboveAgileRailsReconciliations
Questions about ACH pay
- What is the average ACH salary?
- $162K a year on average and $156K at the median, across 81 open ACH postings at companies that state pay (November 2026). The median is the better guide: a few very high offers pull the average up.
- What is the typical range?
- The middle half of the postings offer $102K to $204K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest ACH pay?
- Coinbase ($266K), Gusto ($192K), Mercury ($185K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is an ach a high-paying job?
- The median ACH posting advertises $156K a year, less than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 11% below the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as an ach?
- A tenth of the postings offer $264K a year or more; the highest open ACH role advertises up to $400K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the ACH salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $156K a year is about $75 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $12,958 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $49 to $98 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for ACH roles?
- Postings that ask for Rails (+$44K, 32 postings), Fraud prevention (+$24K, 12 postings) advertise more than the $156K median of all ACH postings with pay.
- Where do these figures come from?
- From the pay ranges employers print in their own job postings, read from their careers pages every hour. The midpoint of each range is counted. These are advertised ranges for open roles, mostly in the United States and in US dollars, not what people are actually paid.
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The median advertised salary for ACH roles at companies is $156K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $102K to $204K. Counted from 81 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/ach/
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