Block Salary

💰 $192K–$272K salary range

Median: $233K  ·  Based on 141 public Block job postings  ·  Updated October 8, 2026

This Block 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

Highest-paying open roles at Block

• Head of Strategic Product Sales — $386K–$579K · 20408 S&M - Sales - Square RevOps & Enablement
• Principal Security Engineer — $319K–$479K · 10404 Engineering - Information Security
• Head of Mid-Market Sales — $319K–$479K · 20229 S&M - Sales - Commerce Enterprise and Mid
• Head of SMB Sales — $319K–$479K · 20229 S&M - Sales - Commerce Enterprise and Mid
• Staff Machine Learning Engineer (Modeling), Support — $277K–$415K · 11003 Risk - Prod Dev - Square
• Staff Applied Machine Learning Engineer - Intelligent Data, Signals & Systems — $277K–$415K · 10109 Risk - Risk ML & DS
• Enterprise Account Executive, Commerce — $264K–$395K · 20229 S&M - Sales - Commerce Enterprise and Mid
• Staff Software Engineer, Financial Platform - Issuing — $264K–$395K · 10414 Engineering - Fintech Platform
• Staff Software Engineer, Go-to-Market Systems & AI — $264K–$395K · 10416 Engineering - Business Platform
• Staff Software Engineer, Cash App Banking — $264K–$395K · 10102 Engineering - Cash App

Block salary by department

• 20229 s&m - sales - commerce enterprise and mid: $330K median · $479K top base — Head of Mid-Market Sales (11 roles)
• 10102 engineering - cash app: $330K median · $395K top base — Staff Software Engineer, Cash App Banking (7 roles)
• 10414 engineering - fintech platform: $256K median · $395K top base — Staff Software Engineer, Financial Platform - Issuing (5 roles)
• 10416 engineering - business platform: $256K median · $395K top base — Staff Software Engineer, Go-to-Market Systems & AI (7 roles)
• 20408 s&m - sales - square revops & enablement: $242K median · $579K top base — Head of Strategic Product Sales (10 roles)
• 10109 risk - risk ml & ds: $233K median · $343K top base — Senior ML/AI Modeler, Risk Automation Machine Learning (8 roles)
• 20213 s&m - sales - square outside: $202K median · $395K top base — Enterprise Account Executive, Remote US (13 roles)
• 20230 s&m - sales - commerce operations: $200K median · $359K top base — Director, AI Commercialization (6 roles)

Block engineering & product salary by seniority

• Mid: $212K median · $327K top base — Software Engineer, Payment Interfaces (11)
• Senior: $256K median · $395K top base — AI Evaluation Infrastructure Engineer (17)
• Staff: $330K median · $479K top base — Principal Security Engineer (20)

Block salary by location

• Remote: $233K median · $579K top base — Head of Strategic Product Sales (141 roles)

Remote work at Block

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

What Block looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: SQL (32) · Python (23) · Snowflake (19) · AWS (19) · Java (17) · Kotlin (16) · Looker (11) · CI/CD (11) · MySQL (11) · Terraform (9).

Benefits & perks at Block

Commonly listed: medical (141) · 401k (141) · dental (7) · mental-health (7) · hsa-fsa (7) · life-ins (7) · pto (7) · gym (7).

About Block

Block is Public stage · 10,001+ employees · founded 2009 · HQ San Francisco, California. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Block

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 24 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; 79% of these postings reference equity (options). Equity is not included in the medians above.

Block total compensation signals

Beyond the posted-range midpoint, postings indicate: 5% of roles list a bonus; 40% include commission; common structures: hourly. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Block hiring activity

Block has 141 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 141 public job postings with disclosed pay. 61 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (108 in the last 90). Mostly full-time, with 5 contract roles in the mix.

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Common questions

What does Block pay?
The median pay is $233K, with a typical range of $192K–$272K, based on 141 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Block?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Head of Strategic Product Sales, at $386K–$579K base.

Which team pays the most at Block?
The 20229 s&m - sales - commerce enterprise and mid team, at a $330K 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 141 public Block 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 October 8, 2026.

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