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Betterment Salary

Betterment Salary

Betterment pays a median of $176K ($135K–$204K) across 32 public job postings (2025–2026).

💰 $135K–$204K salary range

Median: $176K  ·  Based on 32 public Betterment job postings  ·  Updated July 1, 2026


This Betterment 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

Betterment · pay benchmark · updated July 1, 2026
$176K
inc. eng · sales · ops
All-role median
$135K–$204K
Typical range
$270K view JD
Highest base · Sr. Staff Engineer
32
Open roles
~6 yrs
Typical exp.
+9
25 last 90d
New last 30d
ⓘ Base salary only — 75% of roles mention equity · options
IC salary by seniority
Mid
$129K (6)
Senior
$183K (17)
Salary by department · median & top base
engineering
$215K · $270K top (15)
Highest-paying skills
Java $200KReact $195KGraphQL $195KRuby $195KPython $189K

Highest-paying open roles at Betterment

Betterment salary by department

  • engineering: $215K median · $270K top base — Sr. Staff Engineer (view JD) (15 roles)

Betterment salary by seniority

  • Mid: $129K median · $185K top base — Legal Counsel - Litigation & Regulatory (view JD) (6)
  • Senior: $183K median · $250K top base — Sr. Engineering Manager, Application Security (view JD) (17)

Remote work at Betterment

8% of Betterment's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What Betterment looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Java (8) · React (7) · Python (7) · GraphQL (6) · Ruby (6) · SQL (3) · AWS (3) · CI/CD (3) · Rails (3) · Kubernetes (2).

Benefits & perks at Betterment

Commonly listed: dental (24) · vision (24) · mental-health (24) · hsa-fsa (24) · 401k (24) · commuter (24) · pto (24) · parental (24).

About Betterment

Betterment is Series F stage · 501–1,000 employees · founded 2008 · HQ New York, New York. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Betterment

Roles typically ask for around 6 years of experience (up to 10+ for the most senior).

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; 75% of these postings reference equity (options). Equity is not included in the medians above.

Betterment total compensation signals

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

Betterment hiring activity

Betterment has 32 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 32 public job postings with disclosed pay. 9 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (25 in the last 90).

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Vestwell$96K↓ -45%Series E
Airwallex$205K↑ +16%Series G
Ramp$222K↑ +26%Series F
DRW$200K↑ +13%Venture-backed
Kikoff$206K↑ +17%Series B

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Common questions

What does Betterment pay?
The median pay is $176K, with a typical range of $135K–$204K, based on 32 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Betterment?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Sr. Staff Engineer, at $230K–$270K base.

Which team pays the most at Betterment?
The engineering team, at a $215K 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 32 public Betterment 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 July 1, 2026.

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