BetterUp Salary

💰 $184K–$270K salary range

Median: $230K  ·  Based on 40 public BetterUp job postings  ·  Updated June 10, 2026

This BetterUp 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 BetterUp

• Vice President, Client Partner — $280K–$325K · Behavioral Science
• Principal Content Designer — $250K–$320K · Design
• Principal Product Designer, Core — $230K–$320K · Design
• Staff Machine Learning Engineer, AI Product and Platform — $228K–$285K · Engineering
• Principal Product Manager — $213K–$296K · Product
• Staff Product Designer — $220K–$276K · Design

BetterUp salary by department

• Design: $276K median (5 roles)
• Deployment: $255K median (3 roles)
• Engineering: $240K median (6 roles)
• Behavioral Science: $230K median (3 roles)
• Customer Success: $180K median (3 roles)
• Business Operations: $150K median (3 roles)
• Sales: $148K median (4 roles)

BetterUp salary by seniority

• Mid: $185K median (5)
• Senior: $220K median (13)
• Staff: $270K median (15)
• Manager: $180K median (5)

BetterUp salary by location

• Austin: $230K median (21 roles)
• Remote: $250K median (8 roles)

Remote work at BetterUp

21% of BetterUp's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What BetterUp looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (3) · Dbt (2) · Snowflake (2) · BigQuery (1) · Redshift (1) · CI/CD (1) · AWS (1) · TypeScript (1) · JavaScript (1) · Go (1).

Benefits & perks at BetterUp

Commonly listed: dental (22) · vision (22) · 401k (22) · pto (22) · bonus (3).

About BetterUp

BetterUp is Series E stage · 501–1,000 employees · founded 2013 · HQ San Francisco, California. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at BetterUp

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 7 that do, Bachelor's and PhD 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; 60% of these postings reference equity (options). Equity is not included in the medians above.

BetterUp total compensation signals

Beyond base salary, postings indicate: 13% of roles list a bonus; 9% include commission; common structures: salaried. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

BetterUp hiring activity

BetterUp has 23 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 40 public job postings with disclosed pay. 9 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (15 in the last 90).

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• Astranis — median $175K
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• Commure — median $160K
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Common questions

What does BetterUp pay?
The median base salary is $230K, with a typical range of $184K–$270K, based on 40 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at BetterUp?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Vice President, Client Partner, at $280K–$325K base.

Which team pays the most at BetterUp?
The Design team, at a $276K 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 40 public BetterUp 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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