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Adobe Salary

Adobe pays a median of $202K ($175K–$230K) across 357 public job postings (2025–2026).

💰 $175K–$230K salary range

Median: $202K  ·  Based on 357 public Adobe job postings  ·  Updated October 7, 2026


This Adobe salary benchmark is built from public job postings — no private placement data. Figures reflect the posted-range midpoint (equity is separate) and are refreshed as new postings are collected.

📊 Salary breakdown

Adobe · pay benchmark · updated October 7, 2026
$202K
inc. eng · sales · ops
All-role median
$175K–$230K
Typical range
$500K view JD
Highest base · Product Specialist/Overlay Sales Acct Manager AEM Nordics
357
Open roles
~7 yrs
Typical exp.
+267
277 last 90d
New last 30d
ⓘ Base salary only — 82% of roles mention equity · options
IC salary by seniority
Mid
$172K (44)
Senior
$205K (85)
Staff
$249K (38)
Pay by location
San Francisco $230K (21)New York $183K (8)Remote $230K (5)
Highest-paying skills
Transformers $249KRust $240KComputer Vision $239KDiffusion Models $239KPyTorch $230KPostgreSQL $230KTypeScript $227KPrototyping $224K

Highest-paying open roles at Adobe

Adobe engineering & product salary by seniority

  • Mid: $172K median (44)
  • Senior: $205K median · $331K top base — Senior Software Engineer (view JD) (85)
  • Staff: $249K median · $379K top base — Principal Service Engineer, Adobe Firefly (view JD) (38)

Adobe engineering & product management salary

  • Manager: $221K median (5)
  • Director+: $280K median (16)

Adobe salary by location

  • San Francisco: $230K median (21 roles)
  • New York: $183K median (8 roles)
  • Remote: $230K median (5 roles)

Remote work at Adobe

14% of Adobe's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly. Remote roles run a $230K median vs $186K onsite.

What Adobe looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (69) · SQL (37) · AWS (32) · Azure (26) · Product Roadmap (22) · CI/CD (21) · Java (21) · PyTorch (19) · Kubernetes (16) · Team Leadership (16).

Benefits & perks at Adobe

Commonly listed: dental (1) · parental (1) · learning (1).

About Adobe

Adobe is Public stage · 10,001+ employees · founded 2021 · HQ San Jose, California. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Adobe

Roles typically ask for around 7 years of experience (up to 20+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 93 that do, Bachelor's and Master's and PhD and Associate's are most common.

Posted pay vs. total compensation

The figures on this page are the midpoint of each posting's advertised salary range (which, for commission roles, includes on-target earnings). Equity is a separate — and often large — component of total compensation, especially at high-growth and AI-native companies; 82% of these postings reference equity (options). Equity is not included in the medians above.

Adobe total compensation signals

Beyond the posted-range midpoint, postings indicate: 97% include commission; common structures: salaried. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Adobe hiring activity

Adobe has 357 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 357 public job postings with disclosed pay. 267 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (277 in the last 90). Mostly full-time, with 12 contract roles in the mix.

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Common questions

What does Adobe pay?
The median pay is $202K, with a typical range of $175K–$230K, based on 357 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Adobe?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Sr. Director, Strategic Accounts, at $353K–$615K base.

Where does this data come from?
Public job postings on company career pages and public job boards — no private placement or client data.

Methodology

Posted-range midpoints (USD) aggregated from 357 public Adobe job postings (2025–2026). Range = 25th–75th percentile; median = 50th percentile. Roles, departments, skills, and experience are parsed from the postings. Base salary only — equity excluded. Last refreshed October 7, 2026.

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