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Adobe Salary

Adobe pays a median of $206K ($180K–$230K) across 462 public job postings (2025–2026).

💰 $180K–$230K salary range

Median: $206K  ·  Based on 462 public Adobe job postings  ·  Updated September 5, 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 September 5, 2026
$206K
inc. eng · sales · ops
All-role median
$180K–$230K
Typical range
$530K view JD
Highest base · Director, Federal Enterprise Sales
462
Open roles
~7 yrs
Typical exp.
+2
195 last 90d
New last 30d
ⓘ Base salary only — 34% of roles mention equity · options
IC salary by seniority
Junior
$130K (7)
Mid
$174K (57)
Senior
$207K (191)
Staff
$230K (95)
Pay by location
San Francisco $193K (25)Remote $267K (8)New York $174K (7)Seattle $180K (6)
Highest-paying skills
MLOps $239KTypeScript $230KGit $230KEmbeddings $230KGraphQL $230KLLMs $230KREST $230KGrafana $230K

Highest-paying open roles at Adobe

Adobe salary by seniority

  • Junior: $130K median · $234K top base — 2026 University Graduate - Machine Learning Engineer (view JD) (7)
  • Mid: $174K median · $302K top base — Software Development Engineer - Front End (view JD) (57)
  • Senior: $207K median · $397K top base — Sr. Director, Data Science & Analytics (view JD) (191)
  • Staff: $230K median · $530K top base — Dir, Enterprise Sales GenStudio Performance Marketing (view JD) (95)

Adobe salary — lead & management

  • Lead: $193K median · $302K top base — Lead Customer Facing Applied AI Engineer (view JD) (12)
  • Manager: $170K median · $324K top base — Manager, Solutions Consulting (view JD) (51)
  • Director: $250K median · $530K top base — Director, Federal Enterprise Sales (view JD) (49)

Adobe salary by location

  • San Francisco: $193K median · $324K top base — Director of Product Communications, Creators & Creative Professionals (view JD) (25 roles)
  • Remote: $267K median · $381K top base — Product Specialist - Data and Insights (view JD) (8 roles)
  • New York: $174K median · $289K top base — Sr. Solutions Consultant (view JD) (7 roles)
  • Seattle: $180K median · $271K top base — Senior Applied Scientist (view JD) (6 roles)

Remote work at Adobe

25% of Adobe's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly. Remote roles run a $230K median vs $196K onsite.

What Adobe looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (52) · AWS (34) · Java (29) · Azure (27) · CI/CD (21) · Product Roadmap (19) · TypeScript (18) · SQL (18) · JavaScript (15) · GCP (14).

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 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 122 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; 34% 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: 79% include commission; common structures: salaried, hourly. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Adobe hiring activity

Adobe has 462 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 462 public job postings with disclosed pay. 2 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (195 in the last 90). Mostly full-time, with 13 contract roles in the mix.

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Common questions

What does Adobe pay?
The median pay is $206K, with a typical range of $180K–$230K, based on 462 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 Partner 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 462 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 September 5, 2026.

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