What is the average CPQ salary?

$184K a year on average and $175K at the median, across 140 open CPQ 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 $136K to $216K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.

Which companies advertise the highest CPQ pay?

Anthropic ($328K), Fivetran ($226K), Rubrik ($216K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).

Is a cpq a high-paying job?

The median CPQ posting advertises $175K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 1% above the middle of the market.

How much can you earn as a cpq?

A tenth of the postings offer $275K a year or more; the highest open CPQ role advertises up to $485K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.

What is the CPQ salary per hour and per month?

The median of $175K a year is about $84 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $14,583 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $66 to $104 an hour.

Which skills pay more for CPQ roles?

Postings that ask for dbt (+$50K, 14 postings), Change management (+$27K, 23 postings), LLM (+$25K, 14 postings) advertise more than the $175K median of all CPQ 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.

CPQ Salary: $184K Average, $175K Median (Nov 2026)

CPQ salary by level

Lead roles advertise a median of $226K, 42% more than senior roles ($159K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.

Level	Median salary	Middle half	Roles
Senior	$159K	$120K–$187K	40
Lead and above	$226K	$202K–$254K	33
No level in the title	$162K	$128K–$191K	67

CPQ salary by location

Name	Median salary	Roles counted
🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area	$204K	55
🇺🇸California	$204K	55
🇺🇸New York, NY	$200K	30
🇺🇸United States	$175K	134

Skills that pay more for CPQ roles

Skill	Median with it	Above the median	Postings
dbt	$226K	+$50K	14
Change management	$202K	+$27K	23
LLM	$200K	+$25K	14
GCP	$195K	+$20K	15
AWS	$194K	+$19K	18

Top-paying companies

Name	Median salary	Roles counted
Anthropic	$328K	11
Fivetran	$226K	5
Rubrik	$216K	5
Databricks	$208K	4
Pure Storage	$191K	4
Deepgram	$187K	3
Crusoe	$170K	3
ClickHouse	$168K	3
Elastic	$136K	5
Anaplan	$134K	3
ZoomInfo	$131K	3
New Relic	$115K	3
Samsara	$109K	4

Highest-paying open CPQ roles

All CPQ jobs

Staff+ Software Engineer, Billing PlatformAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA$405K - $485KLead and aboveCPQReconciliationsMonth-end close8mo
Engineering Manager, Billing PlatformAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA$405K - $485KGoPythonJava1d
Senior Director, IT Product Management - GTM & Customer ExperienceRubrik · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$278K - $390KLead and aboveLLMAI agentsVector databases2mo
Head of Enterprise ApplicationsBenchling · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$244K - $366KHybridLead and aboveSnowflakeZendeskNetSuite2mo
Strategic Account Executive, WestIronclad · 🇺🇸Remote - US$330K - $350KRemotePipeline managementCPQContract management4w
Sr. Staff Software Engineer, Agentic ApplicationsDatabricks · 🇺🇸Mountain View, California$234K - $322KLead and aboveGoPythonTypeScript13d
Director Commercial OpsSword Health · 🇺🇸Remote - US$203K - $319KRemoteLead and aboveGongCPQCompensation3w
Deal StrategyBaseten · 🇺🇸San Francisco$240K - $310KHybridMachine LearningCPQFinancial modeling13d
Manager, Software EngineeringToast · 🇺🇸Remote, US$151K - $309KRemoteCI/CDAgileETL2w
Director, Partner ExperiencePure Storage · 🇺🇸Santa Clara, California$247K - $301KLead and aboveData qualityData governanceCPQ3w
Staff GTM Systems EngineerLiveKit · 🇺🇸United States (Remote)$216K - $292KRemoteLead and aboveSQLdbtSnowflake10d
Staff Product Manager, IT - GTMRubrik · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$193K - $290KLead and aboveCPQClariCRM6mo
Director, GTM Systems & AI TransformationSnorkel AI · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA (Hybrid)$225K - $290KHybridLead and aboveLLM evaluationData qualityData governance2mo
Senior Manager, Global Deal DeskTemporal · 🇺🇸United States (Remote)$179K - $285KRemoteSeniorNotionCPQRevenue recognition4w
Director, GTM EngineeringDeepgram · 🇺🇸USA - Remote$200K - $275KRemoteLead and aboveSQLSpeech AIData quality3w
Member of Technical Staff (GTM Engineer, Growth)Perplexity · 🇺🇸San Francisco$180K - $270KPythonTypeScriptReact11d
Staff GTM Systems EngineerCodeRabbit · 🇺🇸San Francisco$210K - $270KHybridLead and abovePythonTypeScriptPostgreSQL4w
Director, Business SystemsAurorasolar · 🇺🇸United States$165K - $268KRemoteLead and aboveSnowflakeHubSpotNetSuite3w
Head of Pricing & PackagingZip · 🇺🇸San Francisco$178K - $262KHybridLead and aboveCPQ10d
Global Head of Deal Strategy and OperationsFivetran · 🇺🇸Oakland, California, United States, AMER$208K - $260KLead and aboveGCPAzuredbt10d

Questions about CPQ pay

What is the average CPQ salary?: $184K a year on average and $175K at the median, across 140 open CPQ 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 $136K to $216K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
Which companies advertise the highest CPQ pay?: Anthropic ($328K), Fivetran ($226K), Rubrik ($216K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
Is a cpq a high-paying job?: The median CPQ posting advertises $175K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 1% above the middle of the market.
How much can you earn as a cpq?: A tenth of the postings offer $275K a year or more; the highest open CPQ role advertises up to $485K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
What is the CPQ salary per hour and per month?: The median of $175K a year is about $84 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $14,583 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $66 to $104 an hour.
Which skills pay more for CPQ roles?: Postings that ask for dbt (+$50K, 14 postings), Change management (+$27K, 23 postings), LLM (+$25K, 14 postings) advertise more than the $175K median of all CPQ 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.

CPQ salary: $175K median