Perplexity salary data
Perplexity publishes pay ranges on 128 of its open roles. These are the company's own published figures, not estimates or crowd-sourced guesses.
Last checked 02 October 2026
$250k
Median midpoint
$75k
Lowest published
$485k
Highest published
128
Roles with pay
Pay by role at Perplexity
| Role | Openings | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 28 | $200k | $485k |
| Machine Learning Engineer | 15 | $170k | $485k |
| Marketing | 9 | $110k | $300k |
| Marketing Manager | 7 | $130k | $290k |
| Operations | 7 | $105k | $250k |
| Product Manager | 6 | $230k | $330k |
| Legal | 6 | $120k | $375k |
| Engineering Manager | 5 | $300k | $405k |
| Customer Success Manager | 4 | $140k | $220k |
| Finance | 4 | $170k | $250k |
| Recruiter | 4 | $165k | $200k |
| Account Executive | 3 | $140k | $400k |
| Engineer | 2 | $150k | $330k |
| Designer | 2 | $180k | $210k |
| Writer & Editor | 2 | $150k | $290k |
| Manager | 2 | $125k | $240k |
| Sales Manager | 2 | $220k | $320k |
| Product Designer | 2 | $180k | $300k |
Where this comes from. Every figure is taken from Perplexity's own job board and recorded each day. When a range changes, we keep both the old number and the new one — which is how you can see pay moving rather than just where it stands today. Figures above cover annual salaries only; 1 further role is quoted at an hourly or monthly rate are excluded so they don't distort the ranges.
Roles with published pay
| Role | Location | Team | Salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engineering Manager (Enterprise) new | San Francisco | Platform & Infrastructure | $300k – $405k |
| Business Operations Manager, Marketing and Communications | San Francisco | Marketing & Communications | $135k – $180k |
| Engineering Manager (Multimodal) | San Francisco | AI Products | $300k – $405k |
| Global Mobility Lead | San Francisco | People | $125k – $225k |
| Member of Technical Staff, AI Products (Early Career - Industry) | San Francisco | AI Products | $180k – $270k |
| Sr. Workplace Coordinator | New York City | Workplace | $90k – $110k |
| Payroll Analyst | San Francisco | Finance | $90k – $125k |
| Perplexity Research Fellowship | San Francisco | AI Research & Systems | $180k – $220k |
| Sales Leader, Sales Development, Enterprise | San Francisco | Sales | $220k – $320k |
| Engineering Manager (API Platform) | San Francisco | API Platform | $300k – $405k |
| Commercial Counsel/Senior Counsel | San Francisco | Legal | $200k – $290k |
| Sr. Business Recruiter, Communications & Marketing | San Francisco | People | $165k – $200k |
| Engineering Manager (TLM, Agents) | San Francisco | AI Research & Systems | $300k – $405k |
| Member of Technical Staff (AI Software Engineer, Agents) | San Francisco | AI Research & Systems | $220k – $405k |
| Senior Cinematographer, Brand Studio | San Francisco | Design | $150k – $180k |
| Strategic Business Operations Lead, API | San Francisco | Business | $170k – $220k |
| Technical Customer Success Manager, API | San Francisco | Customer Success & Support | $170k – $220k |
| Member of Technical Staff (Applied AI Engineer, Agent Capabilities) | San Francisco | AI Products | $220k – $405k |
| Enablement Specialist, Perplexity Computer | San Francisco | Sales | $150k – $175k |
| Member of Technical Staff (General Software Engineer, Infrastructure) | San Francisco | Platform & Infrastructure | $220k – $405k |
| Virtual Events Manager | San Francisco | Marketing & Communications | $125k – $140k |
| Field Marketing Manager | San Francisco | Marketing & Communications | $130k – $165k |
| Product Manager, SMB Growth | New York City | Product Management | $230k – $330k |
| Product Manager, Mobile Apps | San Francisco | Product Management | $230k – $330k |
| Product Manager, AI Capabilities | San Francisco | Product Management | $230k – $330k |
| Product Manager, Growth | New York City | Product Management | $230k – $330k |
| Product Manager, Core Experience | San Francisco | Product Management | $230k – $330k |
| Motion Designer | New York City | Design | $180k – $210k |
| Brand Designer, Growth | San Francisco | Design | $150k – $225k |
| Lead Product Designer, Enterprise | San Francisco | Design | $180k – $300k |
| Lead Product Designer, Growth | San Francisco | Design | $180k – $300k |
| Member of Technical Staff (TPM, Inference) | San Francisco | AI Research & Systems | $170k – $265k |
| Strategic Finance Lead - AI | San Francisco | Finance | $190k – $240k |
| Strategic Finance Lead - Compute | San Francisco | Finance | $190k – $240k |
| Counsel, Product | San Francisco | Legal | $200k – $265k |
| Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Acceleration) | San Francisco | Platform & Infrastructure | $250k – $405k |
| Director, Litigation | San Francisco | Legal | $275k – $375k |
| Public Policy Associate | Washington D.C. | Legal | $185k – $200k |
| Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Multimodal) | San Francisco | AI Products | $220k – $405k |
| Member of Technical Staff (Secure Intelligence Institute) | San Francisco | AI Research & Systems | $220k – $405k |
| Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, API Platform) | San Francisco | API Platform | $220k – $405k |
| Writer | San Francisco | Marketing & Communications | $150k – $190k |
| Applied AI Architect, Perplexity Computer | San Francisco | Sales | $200k – $250k |
| Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Desktop Apps) | San Francisco | AI Products | $200k – $400k |
| Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Model Platform) | San Francisco | AI Research & Systems | $220k – $405k |
| Member of Technical Staff (AI Researcher) | San Francisco | AI Research & Systems | $220k – $485k |
| Sr. Technical Recruiter | San Francisco | People | $165k – $200k |
| Principal Counsel, Corporate | San Francisco | Legal | $250k – $350k |
| Litigation Paralegal | San Francisco | Legal | $120k – $195k |
| Technical Sourcer, AI | San Francisco | People | $150k – $185k |
| Technical Recruiter, AI | San Francisco | People | $165k – $200k |
| Solutions Product Marketing Manager | San Francisco | Marketing & Communications | $190k – $250k |
| Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Design System) | San Francisco | AI Products | $220k – $405k |
| Account Executive, API | San Francisco | Sales | $200k – $400k |
| Sales Enablement Lead | San Francisco | Sales | $230k – $290k |
| Revenue Operations Analyst | San Francisco | Sales | $160k – $200k |
| Legal and Operations Engineering Lead | San Francisco | Legal | $150k – $250k |
| Product Marketing Manager, Partnerships | San Francisco | Marketing & Communications | $190k – $250k |
| Member of Technical Staff (Model Behavior) | San Francisco | AI Research & Systems | $200k – $330k |
| Design Engineer, Growth & Marketing | San Francisco | Design | $180k – $300k |
| GTM Strategy & Operations Lead | San Francisco | Sales | $210k – $240k |
| Program Manager, Talent Acquisition | San Francisco | People | $180k – $200k |
| AI Strategist, Financial Services | San Francisco | Sales | $215k – $250k |
| AI Strategist, Legal | San Francisco | Sales | $215k – $250k |
| Member of Data Staff (Data Acceleration) | San Francisco | Data Science | $175k – $330k |
| Business Development Manager, Enterprise | San Francisco | Sales | $180k – $240k |
| Growth Manager, Enterprise Lifecycle | San Francisco | Growth | $200k – $250k |
| Associate Product Marketing Manager | San Francisco | Marketing & Communications | $135k – $180k |
| Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Enterprise AI Products) | San Francisco | Platform & Infrastructure | $220k – $405k |
| Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Integrations) | San Francisco | AI Products | $220k – $405k |
| Governance, Risk & Compliance Analyst | San Francisco | Governance, Risk & Compliance | $200k – $220k |
| Senior Editor | San Francisco | Marketing & Communications | $210k – $290k |
| Internal Communications Manager | San Francisco | Marketing & Communications | $130k – $190k |
| Social Media Manager | San Francisco | Marketing & Communications | $110k – $170k |
| Sr. Technical Sourcer | San Francisco | People | $150k – $185k |
| Product Marketing Manager, API | San Francisco | Marketing & Communications | $220k – $290k |
| Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Enterprise Knowledge Platform) | San Francisco | Platform & Infrastructure | $220k – $405k |
| Commercial Account Executive | San Francisco | Sales | $140k – $220k |
| Member of Technical Staff (ML Engineer, Recommendations & User Modeling) | San Francisco | AI Research & Systems | $220k – $405k |
| Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Computer Growth) | San Francisco | AI Products | $220k – $405k |
| Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Storage Platform) | San Francisco | Platform & Infrastructure | $220k – $405k |
| Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Backend Platform) | San Francisco | Platform & Infrastructure | $220k – $405k |
| Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Data Platform) | San Francisco | Platform & Infrastructure | $220k – $405k |
| Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure) | San Francisco | Platform & Infrastructure | $220k – $405k |
| Creative Operations Manager | New York City | Design | $180k – $210k |
| Web Designer | New York City | Design | $180k – $210k |
| Sales Systems Engineer, Enterprise Operations | San Francisco | Enterprise Operations and Systems | $200k – $230k |
| Scaled Enterprise Customer Success Manager | San Francisco | Customer Success & Support | $150k – $175k |
| Enterprise Account Executive | San Francisco | Sales | $200k – $400k |
| Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Monetization) | San Francisco | AI Products | $220k – $405k |
| Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Computer) | San Francisco | AI Products | $220k – $405k |
| Product Manager (Builder) | San Francisco | Product Management | $230k – $330k |
| Member of Technical Staff (Answer Quality & Evals) | San Francisco | AI Research & Systems | $200k – $350k |
| Member of Technical Staff (AI Infrastructure Engineer) | San Francisco | AI Research & Systems | $220k – $405k |
| Member of Technical Staff (AI Inference Engineer) | San Francisco | AI Research & Systems | $220k – $485k |
| Senior Corporate IT Engineer | San Francisco | IT | $150k – $230k |
| Member of Technical Staff (Offensive Security Engineer) | San Francisco | Security | $220k – $405k |
| Demand Generation Lead | San Francisco | Marketing & Communications | $200k – $215k |
| Member of Data Staff (Data Scientist) | San Francisco | Data Science | $175k – $330k |
| Member of Data Staff (Analytics Engineer) | San Francisco | Data Science | $175k – $330k |
| Business Development Representative | San Francisco | Sales | $75k – $120k |
| Executive Communications Manager | San Francisco | Marketing & Communications | $190k – $240k |
| Product Marketing Manager | San Francisco | Marketing & Communications | $220k – $290k |
| Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Security) | San Francisco | Security | $220k – $405k |
| Enterprise Customer Success Manager | San Francisco | Customer Success & Support | $170k – $220k |
| Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Applied AI) | San Francisco | AI Research & Systems | $220k – $405k |
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