Affirm Salary

💰 $180K–$275K salary range

Median: $228K  ·  Based on 205 public Affirm job postings  ·  Updated June 9, 2026

This Affirm salary benchmark is built from public job postings — no private placement data. Figures reflect base salary only (equity is separate) and are refreshed as new postings are collected.

📊 Salary breakdown

Highest-paying open roles at Affirm

• Senior Director, Key & Enterprise Sales — $430K–$530K · US Sales
• Key Accounts Account Executive II — $330K–$450K · US Sales
• Vice President, Treasury — $340K–$380K · Treasury
• Senior Director, Product Management — $340K–$375K · Product Management
• Director, Software Engineering (Loans Lifecycle) — $300K–$360K · Financial Platforms - Engineering
• Director of Product Management, Financial Platforms — $300K–$360K · Financial Platforms Product

Affirm salary by department

• US Sales: $285K median (5 roles)
• Bank Strategy: $283K median (4 roles)
• People & Organizational Success: $279K median (3 roles)
• Strategic Partnerships: $263K median (3 roles)
• Financial Platforms Product: $248K median (10 roles)
• Infrastructure Platform Eng: $248K median (28 roles)
• Program Management: $242K median (4 roles)
• Consumer Engineering: $240K median (16 roles)

Affirm salary by seniority

• Mid: $175K median (46)
• Senior: $240K median (63)
• Staff: $256K median (26)
• Lead: $170K median (25)
• Manager: $240K median (32)
• Director: $325K median (15)

Affirm salary by location

• Remote: $228K median (203 roles)

Remote work at Affirm

100% of Affirm's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What Affirm looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (44) · AWS (24) · Kotlin (23) · Kubernetes (16) · MySQL (11) · CI/CD (11) · Snowflake (9) · Java (7) · React (6) · Airflow (5).

Benefits & perks at Affirm

Commonly listed: medical (98) · dental (98) · hsa-fsa (98).

About Affirm

Affirm is Public stage · 1,001–5,000 employees · founded 2012 · HQ San Francisco, California. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Affirm

Roles typically ask for around 6 years of experience (up to 15+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 48 that do, Bachelor's and PhD and Master's are most common.

Base salary vs. total compensation

The figures on this page are base salary only. Equity is a separate — and often large — component of total compensation, especially at high-growth and AI-native companies; 47% of these postings reference equity (espp, options). Equity is not included in the medians above.

Affirm hiring activity

Affirm has 127 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 208 public job postings with disclosed pay. 72 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (208 in the last 90).

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Government wage data

For corroboration, U.S. Department of Labor certified wage filings (FY2025) for Affirm show a median of $200K, ranging $170K–$240K, across 221 filings. Reported separately from — never blended with — the job-posting median above.

Common questions

What does Affirm pay?
The median base salary is $228K, with a typical range of $179K–$272K, based on 208 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Affirm?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Senior Director, Key & Enterprise Sales, at $430K–$530K base.

Which team pays the most at Affirm?
The US Sales team, at a $285K median.

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

Methodology

USD base salary aggregated from 208 public Affirm 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 10, 2026.

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