Performance management salary: $190K median
The median advertised Performance management salary is $190K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $140K to $240K: counted from 802 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $91 an hour or $15,833 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $290K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll Performance management jobs
$190Kmedian advertised salary
$140K – $240Kmiddle half of roles
$195Kaverage advertised salary
802roles counted
Performance management salary by level
Lead roles advertise a median of $225K, 21% more than senior roles ($186K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $186K | $152K–$213K | 171 |
| Lead and above | $225K | $184K–$275K | 264 |
| No level in the title | $163K | $115K–$227K | 359 |
Performance management salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $232K | 180 |
| 🇺🇸New York, NY | $213K | 124 |
| 🇺🇸California | $210K | 305 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $193K | 751 |
| 🇺🇸Boston, MA | $182K | 23 |
| 🇺🇸Denver, CO | $172K | 28 |
| 🇺🇸Seattle, WA | $170K | 51 |
| 🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA | $165K | 24 |
| 🇺🇸Chicago, IL | $150K | 27 |
| 🇺🇸Texas | $146K | 34 |
Skills that pay more for Performance management roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Workforce planning | $194K | +$4K | 134 |
| Risk management | $190K | +$0K | 80 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Anthropic | $445K | 8 |
| Decagon | $355K | 3 |
| Mercury | $326K | 3 |
| Roblox | $320K | 3 |
| Vercel | $305K | 3 |
| $286K | 3 | |
| Waymo | $285K | 3 |
| Temporal | $283K | 5 |
| OpenAI | $282K | 14 |
| Kardigan | $281K | 3 |
| Lambda | $271K | 3 |
| Ashby | $270K | 6 |
| Oura | $264K | 3 |
| Datadog | $261K | 7 |
| Heartflow | $260K | 3 |
| Brex | $260K | 6 |
| Ramp | $258K | 8 |
| Block | $256K | 3 |
| CookUnity | $255K | 3 |
| Harvey | $254K | 10 |
| Wayve | $253K | 4 |
| Summit Therapeutics | $252K | 12 |
| Render | $246K | 8 |
| Figma | $242K | 4 |
| Hinge Health | $237K | 3 |
Highest-paying open Performance management roles
All Performance management jobs- Head of National Security Sales (DoW/IC)Anthropic · 🇺🇸Washington, DC$550K - $700KLead and aboveSecurity clearanceFedRAMPPerformance management
- VP of Learning DesignDuolingo · 🇺🇸New York, NY; Pittsburgh, PA$330K - $550KLead and abovePerformance managementWorkforce planningInstructional design
- Senior Director Digital Native, Customer EngineeringCloudflare · Hybrid$326K - $513KHybridLead and aboveServerlessDNSSD-WAN
- Managing Clinical DirectorTend · 🇺🇸Boston, MA$216K - $500KLead and abovePerformance managementClinical trialsCPR
- Vice President of Medical AffairsLuminis Health · 🇺🇸Annapolis, MD$325K - $495KLead and abovePerformance managementBoard certificationChange management
- Director, Platform SalesAffirm · 🇺🇸Remote US$370K - $490KRemoteLead and abovePipeline managementPerformance managementProspecting
- Engineering Manager, Claude PlatformAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY$405K - $485KLLMPerformance management
- Enterprise Sales Lead, USBlock · 🇺🇸Bay Area, CA, United States of America$319K - $479KLead and abovePipeline managementPerformance managementCrypto custody
- Director of Product Management, Advertiser GrowthPinterest · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA, US; Seattle, WA, US; New York, NY, US$229K - $471KLead and abovePerformance management
- Manager, Account Executive | EnterpriseRamp · 🇺🇸New York, NY (HQ)$377K - $450KHybridPerformance managementProspecting
- Chief Revenue OfficerOmada Health · 🇺🇸Remote, USA$400K - $445KRemoteLead and abovePerformance managementWorkforce planningPharmacy
- Engineering Manager, Agent OrchestrationDecagon · 🇺🇸San Francisco$280K - $430KAI agentsPerformance management
- Engineering Manager, ResearchDecagon · 🇺🇸San Francisco$280K - $430KAI agentsPerformance management
- Partner Sales & Development LeaderOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$335K - $420KHybridPipeline managementPerformance management
- Head of Mid Market Sales, AmericasAshby · 🇺🇸Remote - US$320K - $408KRemoteLead and aboveSnowflakeShopifyPerformance management
- Global Head of Education GTMOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$385K - $405KHybridLead and abovePerformance management
- Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, AI Policy and Strategic Initiatives)Perplexity · 🇺🇸San Francisco$220K - $405KAIPerformance managementRegulatory compliance
- Senior Manager, Account Executive | Mid-MarketRamp · 🇺🇸New York, NY (HQ)$360K - $400KHybridSeniorLookerPerformance managementProspecting
- Engineering ManagerInferact · 🇺🇸San Francisco$200K - $400KPyTorchKubernetesCUDA
- Senior Engineering Manager, Ads Data PlatformRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$345K - $399KSeniorPerformance managementGDPRCCPA
Questions about Performance management pay
- What is the average Performance management salary?
- $195K a year on average and $190K at the median, across 802 open Performance management 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 $140K to $240K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest Performance management pay?
- Anthropic ($445K), Decagon ($355K), Mercury ($326K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is a performance management a high-paying job?
- The median Performance management posting advertises $190K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 9% above the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as a performance management?
- A tenth of the postings offer $290K a year or more; the highest open Performance management role advertises up to $700K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the Performance management salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $190K a year is about $91 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $15,833 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $67 to $115 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for Performance management roles?
- Postings that ask for Workforce planning (+$4K, 134 postings), Risk management (+$0K, 80 postings) advertise more than the $190K median of all Performance management postings with pay.
- What does an entry-level performance management make?
- 8 junior and intern Performance management postings state pay, with a median of $124K a year ($60 an hour).
- 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 Performance management roles at companies is $190K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $140K to $240K. Counted from 802 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/performance-management/
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