Employee Experience Manager salary: $119K median
The median advertised Employee Experience Manager salary is $119K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $88K to $162K: counted from 38 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $57 an hour or $9,896 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $196K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll employee experience manager jobs
$119Kmedian advertised salary
$88K – $162Kmiddle half of roles
$127Kaverage advertised salary
38roles counted
Employee Experience Manager salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸California | $162K | 15 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $118K | 37 |
Skills that pay more for Employee Experience Manager roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Change management | $122K | +$4K | 5 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Veeva | $60K | 3 |
Highest-paying open Employee Experience Manager roles
All employee experience manager jobs- Senior Director, People Experience (Americas)PlayStation Global · 🇺🇸United States, San Mateo, CA$274K - $410KLead and aboveWorkday
- Head of Workplace ExperienceDecagon · 🇺🇸San Francisco$175K - $250KLead and aboveAI agents
- Head of Employee ExperienceATOMS · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$182K - $225KLead and above
- Senior Manager, Workplace ExperienceSuno · 🇺🇸NYC$168K - $224KSeniorProject management
- Employee Experience PartnerFireworks · San Mateo$160K - $200KPyTorch
- Senior Program Manager, People ExperienceZoox · 🇺🇸Foster City, CA$165K - $199KSeniorWorkdayData governanceHRIS
- People Experience PartnerWaymo · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA, USA$159K - $196KPerformance managementEmployee relationsCompensation
- Senior People Experience Program ManagerAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Costa Mesa, California, United States$147K - $196KSeniorComputer VisionSensor fusionChange management
- Senior Program Manager, Employee ExperienceDropbox · 🇺🇸Remote - US: Select locations$128K - $195KRemoteSeniorDesign thinkingChange management
- Employee ExperienceDecagon · 🇺🇸San Francisco$170K - $190KAI agentsGenerative AIContract negotiation
- Employee ProgramsWorkOS · 🇺🇸San Francisco$150K - $175KHybridLow-code toolsProject management
- Head of Workplace ExperienceCreditgenie · 🇺🇸New York, NY$100K - $150KLead and aboveSwift
- People Experience Lead - USHarrison.ai · 🇺🇸Remote, USA$100K - $150KRemoteLead and aboveAgile
- People Experience Lead - USHarrison.ai · 🇺🇸North America | California$100K - $150KLead and aboveAgile
- Senior Regional Employee Experience ManagerMongoDB · 🇺🇸New York City$76K - $149KSeniorGCPAzureAWS
- People Experience ManagerInvisible Technologies · 🇺🇸New York - Hybrid$126K - $148KHybridPerformance managementHRISEmployee relations
- Employee Success Partner (HRBP)Astranis · 🇺🇸San Francisco$100K - $145KSHRM certificationSlackConfluence
- Workplace Experience ManagerTake-Two Interactive Software, Inc. · 🇺🇸Kirkland, Washington, United States$95K - $140KServiceNowIncident responseSlack
- Workplace Experience ManagerDoctronic · 🇺🇸New York City$120K - $140KHybrid
- Workplace Experience LeadXero · 🇺🇸US: San Mateo (1875 South Grant Street)$108K - $136KHybridLead and aboveISO 27001Facilities management
Questions about Employee Experience Manager pay
- What is the average Employee Experience Manager salary?
- $127K a year on average and $119K at the median, across 38 open Employee Experience Manager 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 $88K to $162K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest Employee Experience Manager pay?
- Veeva ($60K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is an employee experience manager a high-paying job?
- The median Employee Experience Manager posting advertises $119K a year, less than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 32% below the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as an employee experience manager?
- A tenth of the postings offer $196K a year or more; the highest open Employee Experience Manager role advertises up to $410K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the Employee Experience Manager salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $119K a year is about $57 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $9,896 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $42 to $78 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for Employee Experience Manager roles?
- Postings that ask for Change management (+$4K, 5 postings) advertise more than the $119K median of all Employee Experience Manager 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.
Writing about this? A sentence you can quote
The median advertised salary for Employee Experience Manager roles at companies is $119K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $88K to $162K. Counted from 38 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/employee-experience/
Free to use with the link.