Adobe Salary

💰 $180K–$230K salary range

Median: $203K  ·  Based on 260 public Adobe job postings  ·  Updated June 19, 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

Highest-paying open roles at Adobe

• Director, Federal Enterprise Sales — $317K–$530K
• Dir, Enterprise Sales - High Tech — $317K–$530K
• Product Sales Specialist, Nordics — $500K
• Head of Key Technical Initiatives & Sales Innovation — $277K–$465K
• Senior Account Executive, Advertising — $269K–$454K
• Product Specialist Account Exec - Profile and Engagement — $269K–$454K
• Sr. Director, Product Marketing - Education Institutions — $183K–$390K
• Principal Applied Scientist — $206K–$388K
• Principal Applied Researcher — $206K–$388K
• Director, ML Services Engineering — $206K–$385K

Adobe salary by seniority

• Junior: $141K median · $234K top base — 2026 University Graduate - Machine Learning Engineer (view JD) (5)
• Mid: $171K median · $302K top base — Software Development Engineer - Front End (view JD) (38)
• Senior: $198K median · $390K top base — Sr. Director, Product Marketing - Education Institutions (view JD) (105)
• Staff: $219K median · $500K top base — Product Sales Specialist, Nordics (view JD) (44)

Adobe salary — lead & management

• Lead: $208K median · $302K top base — Lead Customer Facing Applied AI Engineer (view JD) (8)
• Manager: $181K median · $307K top base — Manager, Applied Science for Data (view JD) (24)
• Director: $253K median · $385K top base — Director, ML Services Engineering (view JD) (36)

Adobe salary by location

• San Francisco: $230K median · $324K top base — Director of Product Communications, Creators & Creative Professionals (view JD) (8 roles)
• New York: $245K median · $379K top base — Principal Scientist - Agentic Product (view JD) (5 roles)
• Seattle: $195K median · $289K top base — Sr Enterprise Architect (view JD) (4 roles)

Remote work at Adobe

13% of Adobe's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What Adobe looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (38) · Java (24) · AWS (21) · Azure (20) · CI/CD (20) · JavaScript (15) · React (15) · TypeScript (14) · SQL (14) · Scala (10).

Benefits & perks at Adobe

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

About Adobe

Adobe is Public stage · 10,001–10,001 employees · founded 2021 · HQ San Francisco, 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 15+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 65 that do, Bachelor's and Master's and PhD 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; 63% of these postings reference equity. Equity is not included in the medians above.

Adobe total compensation signals

Beyond the posted-range midpoint, postings indicate: 78% 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 260 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 260 public job postings with disclosed pay. 260 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (260 in the last 90). Mostly full-time, with 8 contract roles in the mix.

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Common questions

What does Adobe pay?
The median pay is $203K, with a typical range of $180K–$230K, based on 260 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 Director, Federal Enterprise Sales, at $317K–$530K 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 260 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 June 19, 2026.

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