Axon Salary

💰 $140K–$195K salary range

Median: $171K  ·  Based on 255 public Axon job postings  ·  Updated September 8, 2026

This Axon 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 Axon

• Vice President, Creative and Brand — $281K–$449K · 4102 Marketing
• Assistant General Counsel, M&A — $280K–$400K · 4801 Legal
• Senior Director, Product Finance — $206K–$329K · 4502 FP&A
• Senior Director, Enterprise Applications — $201K–$322K · 4704 Enterprise Applications
• Senior Director, Salesforce — $201K–$322K · 4704 Enterprise Applications
• Principal Security Operations Engineer — $169K–$311K · 4901 Information Security
• Director, Accounting Strategy & Financial Reporting — $184K–$294K · 4507 Financial Reporting
• Principal Machine Learning Engineer — $177K–$283K · 2024 Dedrone R&D
• Federal Strategic Account Executive — $171K–$274K · 3005 Sales Federal
• Director, Talent Acquisition, SG&A — $171K–$273K · 4601 People Operations

Axon salary by department

• 2004 sensors - devices: $211K median · $270K top base — Staff Wireless Software Engineer (view JD) (6 roles)
• 2014 artificial intelligence: $208K median · $256K top base — Sr. Full Stack Member of Technical Staff (view JD) (7 roles)
• 4508 tax: $204K median · $261K top base — Senior Manager, Tax Technology (view JD) (5 roles)
• axon evg_r&d: $195K median · $270K top base — Staff Embedded Application Software Engineer (view JD) (6 roles)
• 2006 record management system - sw: $194K median · $270K top base — Staff/Principal Full Stack Software Engineer (view JD) (6 roles)
• 4704 enterprise applications: $193K median · $322K top base — Senior Director, Enterprise Applications (view JD) (23 roles)
• 2015 real time operations: $188K median · $270K top base — Staff Full Stack Software Engineer (Frontend-Focused) (view JD) (6 roles)
• 1029 carbyne hw operations: $184K median · $242K top base — Principal Systems Architect, Communications Hardware (Remote Eligible (view JD) (7 roles)

Axon salary by seniority

• Junior: $82K median · $208K top base — AI Scientist I (view JD) (6)
• Mid: $121K median · $200K top base — Privacy & AI Counsel (view JD) (27)
• Senior: $175K median · $329K top base — Senior Director, Product Finance (view JD) (150)
• Staff: $219K median · $449K top base — Vice President, Creative and Brand (view JD) (34)

Axon salary — lead & management

• Manager: $124K median · $240K top base — Manager, Software Engineering - Integrations (view JD) (30)
• Director: $217K median · $294K top base — Director, Accounting Strategy & Financial Reporting (view JD) (8)

Axon salary by location

• Remote: $144K median · $273K top base — Director, Talent Acquisition, SG&A (view JD) (74 roles)
• Boston: $174K median · $449K top base — Vice President, Creative and Brand (view JD) (45 roles)
• Seattle: $184K median · $329K top base — Senior Director, Product Finance (view JD) (43 roles)
• New York: $176K median · $400K top base — Assistant General Counsel, M&A (view JD) (30 roles)
• San Francisco: $206K median · $322K top base — Senior Director, Salesforce (view JD) (9 roles)
• Atlanta: $169K median · $322K top base — Senior Director, Enterprise Applications (view JD) (6 roles)

Remote work at Axon

33% of Axon's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly. Remote roles run a $136K median vs $166K onsite.

What Axon looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Azure (44) · AWS (41) · Python (29) · Go (21) · SQL (21) · Java (18) · Product Roadmap (15) · CI/CD (14) · Kubernetes (13) · Team Leadership (13).

Benefits & perks at Axon

Commonly listed: parental (227) · 401k (226) · dental (216) · pto (211) · bonus (10) · relocation (8) · vision (2) · mental-health (1).

About Axon

Axon is Public stage · 1,001–5,000 employees · founded 2021 · HQ Scottsdale, AZ. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Axon

Roles typically ask for around 6 years of experience (up to 13+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 35 that do, Bachelor's and PhD and Master'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; 96% of these postings reference equity (rsu, options). Equity is not included in the medians above.

Axon total compensation signals

Beyond the posted-range midpoint, postings indicate: 4% of roles list a bonus; 22% include commission; on-target earnings run about $150K where stated (4 roles); common structures: salaried, hourly. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Axon hiring activity

Axon has 255 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 255 public job postings with disclosed pay. 91 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (173 in the last 90). Mostly full-time, with 32 contract roles in the mix.

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Common questions

What does Axon pay?
The median pay is $171K, with a typical range of $140K–$195K, based on 255 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Axon?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Vice President, Creative and Brand, at $281K–$449K base.

Which team pays the most at Axon?
The 2004 sensors - devices team, at a $211K 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

Posted-range midpoints (USD) aggregated from 255 public Axon 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 8, 2026.

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