Compensation salary: $185K median
The median advertised Compensation salary is $185K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $142K to $230K: counted from 222 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $89 an hour or $15,438 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $269K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll Compensation jobs
$185Kmedian advertised salary
$142K – $230Kmiddle half of roles
$189Kaverage advertised salary
222roles counted
Compensation salary by level
Lead roles advertise a median of $246K, 54% more than senior roles ($160K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $160K | $142K–$197K | 64 |
| Lead and above | $246K | $200K–$269K | 74 |
| No level in the title | $156K | $125K–$186K | 84 |
Compensation salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $205K | 81 |
| 🇺🇸California | $197K | 107 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $186K | 207 |
| 🇺🇸New York, NY | $168K | 35 |
Skills that pay more for Compensation roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Internal controls | $265K | +$80K | 23 |
| M&A | $208K | +$22K | 22 |
| Change management | $198K | +$12K | 41 |
| Workforce planning | $194K | +$9K | 62 |
| HRIS | $190K | +$5K | 51 |
Top-paying companies
Highest-paying open Compensation roles
All Compensation jobs- Head of Global Total RewardsAmplitude · 🇺🇸San Francisco$285K - $476KRemoteLead and aboveSQLExcelWorkday
- Senior Director, Total RewardsIronclad · 🇺🇸San Francisco$300K - $350KHybridLead and aboveWorkforce planningCompensationContract management
- Principal Counsel, CorporatePerplexity · 🇺🇸San Francisco$250K - $350KLead and aboveReconciliationsAuditM&A
- Vice President Finance - Corporate Controller1X · 🇺🇸San Carlos, CA$320K - $335KLead and aboveSAPNetSuiteWorkday
- CFOInterface Ai · 🇺🇸San Francisco$300K - $335KData governanceSOC 2ISO 27001
- Director, Partner Execution OfficePure Storage · 🇺🇸Santa Clara, California$272K - $332KLead and aboveCompensationChange management
- Senior Director, GTM FinanceAbnormal Security · 🇺🇸Remote - USA$230K - $330KRemoteLead and aboveMachine LearningCPAPipeline management
- Associate General Counsel, CorporateDensityAI · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA$300K - $325KM&ACartaCompensation
- Executive Talent Business PartnerRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$287K - $323KProduct marketingFull-cycle recruitingCompensation
- Director, Revenue OperationsBrex · 🇺🇸Seattle, Washington, United States$258K - $322KLead and aboveCompensation
- Director, Revenue OperationsBrex · 🇺🇸New York, New York, United States$258K - $322KLead and aboveCompensation
- Compensation Programs & Operations LeadOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$270K - $320KHybridLead and aboveWorkdayReconciliationsCompensation
- Senior Director, Corporate Legal (AGC)Snorkel AI · 🇺🇸New York City, NY (Hybrid); San Francisco, CA (Hybrid)$220K - $320KHybridLead and aboveLLM evaluationM&ACarta
- Director Commercial OpsSword Health · 🇺🇸Remote - US$203K - $319KRemoteLead and aboveGongCPQCompensation
- Head of GTM Strategy & Operations, EnterpriseScale AI · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$250K - $312KLead and aboveSQLPipeline managementClari
- Senior Compensation ManagerPatreon · 🇺🇸San Francisco$156K - $310KSeniorCompensationEmployment law
- International Equity Accounting and ReportingAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA$230K - $300KWorkdayCPAReconciliations
- Senior Compensation Manager, GTMDatabricks · 🇺🇸United States$174K - $300KSeniorLLMTableauCompensation
- Senior Manager Compensation R&DDatabricks · 🇺🇸United States$174K - $300KSeniorLLMTableauCompensation
- Head of Field Engineering OperationsVercel · 🇺🇸Hybrid - San Francisco$260K - $300KHybridLead and aboveSQLSalesforce administrationCompensation
Questions about Compensation pay
- What is the average Compensation salary?
- $189K a year on average and $185K at the median, across 222 open Compensation 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 $142K to $230K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest Compensation pay?
- Fivetran ($269K), Crusoe ($255K), Perplexity ($240K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is a compensation a high-paying job?
- The median Compensation posting advertises $185K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 6% above the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as a compensation?
- A tenth of the postings offer $269K a year or more; the highest open Compensation role advertises up to $476K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the Compensation salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $185K a year is about $89 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $15,438 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $69 to $111 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for Compensation roles?
- Postings that ask for Internal controls (+$80K, 23 postings), M&A (+$22K, 22 postings), Change management (+$12K, 41 postings) advertise more than the $185K median of all Compensation 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 Compensation roles at companies is $185K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $142K to $230K. Counted from 222 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/compensation/
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