Block Salary

💰 $223K–$270K salary range

Median: $234K  ·  Based on 186 public Block job postings  ·  Updated June 9, 2026

This Block 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 Block

• Head of Product, Trust (Risk/Identity) — $457K · 10528 Business - Product - Square
• Head of US Public Policy and Government Relations — $435K · 20114 Foundational - Counsel - Policy & Gov Relations
• Staff Applied Machine Learning Engineer - Fraud & Abuse — $415K · 10409 Engineering - AIDA
• Senior Litigation Counsel — $415K · 30303 Foundational - Counsel - Legal
• Staff Applied Machine Learning Engineer - Intelligent Data, Signals & Systems — $415K · 10409 Engineering - AIDA
• Head of Enterprise Sales, North America — $319K–$479K · 20229 S&M - Sales - Commerce Enterprise and Mid

Block salary by department

• 10409 Engineering - AIDA: $415K median (4 roles)
• 11003 Risk - Prod Dev - Square: $343K median (3 roles)
• 10102 Engineering - Cash App: $327K median (10 roles)
• 10402 Engineering - Product Platform Engineering: $258K median (4 roles)
• 30314 Project Mazi: $258K median (5 roles)
• 30301 Risk - Compliance - Shared: $258K median (3 roles)
• 30120 Business - Cash App Operations: $245K median (3 roles)
• 20408 S&M - Sales - Square RevOps & Enablement: $236K median (8 roles)

Block salary by seniority

• Mid: $223K median (76)
• Senior: $234K median (40)
• Staff: $377K median (17)
• Lead: $277K median (10)
• Manager: $203K median (42)

Block salary by location

• Remote: $234K median (149 roles)
• New York: $244K median (4 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: Java (17) · Kotlin (16) · AWS (16) · Kafka (14) · Python (13) · MySQL (12) · Kubernetes (7) · Snowflake (6) · CI/CD (4) · Terraform (4).

Benefits & perks at Block

Commonly listed: medical (124) · 401k (124) · dental (7) · mental-health (7) · hsa-fsa (7) · life-ins (7) · pto (7) · gym (7).

About Block

Block is Public stage · founded 2009 · HQ United States. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Block

Roles typically ask for around 5 years of experience (up to 15+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 60 that do, Bachelor's 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; 57% of these postings reference equity (options). Equity is not included in the medians above.

Block total compensation signals

Beyond base salary, postings indicate: 6% of roles list a bonus; 8% 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 136 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 189 public job postings with disclosed pay. 71 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (176 in the last 90). Mostly full-time, with 8 contract roles in the mix.

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Common questions

What does Block pay?
The median base salary is $234K, with a typical range of $223K–$270K, based on 189 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 Product, Trust (Risk/Identity), at $457K base.

Which team pays the most at Block?
The 10409 Engineering - AIDA team, at a $415K 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 189 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 June 10, 2026.

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