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Payments salary: $210K median

From 131 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.

$210Kmedian advertised salary
$153K – $256Kmiddle half of roles
$208Kaverage advertised salary
131roles counted

Payments salary by level

Lead roles advertise a median of $249K, 21% more than senior roles ($205K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.

LevelMedian salaryMiddle halfRoles
Senior$205K$170K–$226K31
Lead and above$249K$225K–$330K29
No level in title$177K$141K–$250K71

Payments salary by location

NameMedian salaryRoles counted
🇺🇸New York$224K26
🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area$220K39
🇺🇸California$214K46
🇺🇸United States$210K124

Top-paying companies

NameMedian salaryRoles counted
Block$330K3
Plaid$320K3
Airwallex$285K5
OpenAI$278K3
Airbnb$238K4
Coinbase$208K12
Adyen$203K6
Checkout.com$164K4
Barnes$145K21
Brex$134K4

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Questions about Payments pay

What is the average Payments salary?
$208K a year on average and $210K at the median, across 131 open Payments postings at tech 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 $153K to $256K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
Which companies advertise the highest Payments pay?
Block ($330K), Plaid ($320K), Airwallex ($285K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
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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