Workforce planning salary: $194K median
The median advertised Workforce planning salary is $194K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $155K to $238K: counted from 466 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $93 an hour or $16,188 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $281K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll Workforce planning jobs
$194Kmedian advertised salary
$155K – $238Kmiddle half of roles
$201Kaverage advertised salary
466roles counted
Workforce planning salary by level
Lead roles advertise a median of $230K, 34% more than senior roles ($172K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $172K | $154K–$198K | 109 |
| Lead and above | $230K | $198K–$271K | 196 |
| No level in the title | $160K | $131K–$195K | 158 |
Workforce planning salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $210K | 142 |
| 🇺🇸California | $200K | 198 |
| 🇺🇸New York, NY | $200K | 95 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $194K | 434 |
| 🇺🇸Seattle, WA | $187K | 27 |
| 🇺🇸Boston, MA | $177K | 20 |
| 🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA | $145K | 17 |
Skills that pay more for Workforce planning roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compensation | $194K | +$0K | 62 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Omada Health | $398K | 4 |
| Duolingo | $370K | 3 |
| Anthropic | $328K | 3 |
| Cloudflare | $324K | 4 |
| Scale AI | $281K | 3 |
| Archer | $280K | 3 |
| Datadog | $276K | 6 |
| Okta | $274K | 6 |
| Ripple | $260K | 3 |
| OpenAI | $260K | 7 |
| Zoox | $260K | 4 |
| Mercury | $246K | 4 |
| Databricks | $245K | 3 |
| Replit | $240K | 3 |
| Decagon | $238K | 3 |
| Snorkel AI | $235K | 3 |
| Engine | $218K | 4 |
| Figma | $212K | 6 |
| Assorthealth | $210K | 3 |
| SharkNinja | $205K | 3 |
| Anaplan | $205K | 5 |
| Crusoe | $202K | 13 |
| Brex | $200K | 9 |
| Ramp | $199K | 4 |
| Muon Space | $195K | 3 |
Highest-paying open Workforce planning roles
All Workforce planning jobs- Sr. Director, Developer GTMCloudflare · Hybrid$434K - $597KHybridLead and aboveSQLDNSWorkforce planning
- VP, Namer Strategic SalesZip · 🇺🇸New York City$540K - $575KHybridLead and abovePipeline managementWorkforce planning
- VP of Learning DesignDuolingo · 🇺🇸New York, NY; Pittsburgh, PA$330K - $550KLead and abovePerformance managementWorkforce planningInstructional design
- Engineering Manager, Core ExperimentationOpenAI · 🇺🇸Seattle$510K - $536KHybridFeature flagsWorkforce planningChange management
- Senior Vice President, Market AccessTango Therapeutics · 🇺🇸Boston, MA$338K - $506KLead and aboveWorkforce planningPharmacyMedicare and Medicaid
- VP, ResearchScale AI · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA; New York, NY$397K - $496KLead and aboveLLMAI agentsGenerative AI
- Head of Global Total RewardsAmplitude · 🇺🇸San Francisco$285K - $476KRemoteLead and aboveSQLExcelWorkday
- Vice President Employer SalesOmada Health · 🇺🇸Remote, USA$421K - $476KRemoteLead and abovePipeline managementMEDDICWorkforce planning
- Director, Software EngineeringTwenty · 🇺🇸Arlington, VA$224K - $470KLead and abovePythonTypeScriptReact
- Head of Sales, Digital NativeAssemblyAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$350K - $450KLead and aboveLLMLLM evaluationSpeech AI
- Chief Revenue OfficerOmada Health · 🇺🇸Remote, USA$400K - $445KRemoteLead and abovePerformance managementWorkforce planningPharmacy
- Senior Director of Engineering, New SubjectsDuolingo · 🇺🇸New York, NY$296K - $444KLead and aboveLLMWorkforce planningTechnical recruiting
- VP, Head of Forward Deployed EngineeringSnorkel AI · 🇺🇸New York City, NY (Hybrid); San Francisco, CA (Hybrid)$269K - $403KHybridLead and aboveLLMLLM evaluationWorkforce planning
- CFO/VP of FinanceModern Treasury · 🇺🇸San Francisco$250K - $400KLead and aboveM&AWorkforce planning
- Senior Director, R&D Planning & OperationsOkta · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California$290K - $398KLead and aboveMachine LearningLLMSnowflake
- Vice President, Insights & AnalyticsVaxcyte · 🇺🇸San Carlos, California, United States$325K - $385KLead and aboveTableauPower BIProduct marketing
- Recruiting Analytics Data EngineerAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA$285K - $380KPythonSQLdbt
- Senior Director, R&D HR Business PartneringCloudflare · Hybrid$304K - $380KHybridLead and aboveAgileDNSWorkforce planning
- Senior Director, Head of Talent AcquisitionZoox · 🇺🇸Foster City, CA$334K - $369KLead and aboveWorkdayServiceNowHRIS
- Chief of Staff to GM, AdsPinterest · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA, US$179K - $368KOKRsWorkforce planning
Questions about Workforce planning pay
- What is the average Workforce planning salary?
- $201K a year on average and $194K at the median, across 466 open Workforce planning 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 $155K to $238K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest Workforce planning pay?
- Omada Health ($398K), Duolingo ($370K), Anthropic ($328K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is a workforce planning a high-paying job?
- The median Workforce planning posting advertises $194K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 12% above the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as a workforce planning?
- A tenth of the postings offer $281K a year or more; the highest open Workforce planning role advertises up to $597K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the Workforce planning salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $194K a year is about $93 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $16,188 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $75 to $114 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for Workforce planning roles?
- Postings that ask for Compensation (+$0K, 62 postings) advertise more than the $194K median of all Workforce planning 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 Workforce planning roles at companies is $194K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $155K to $238K. Counted from 466 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/workforce-planning/
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