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Brightwheel Salary

Brightwheel Salary

Brightwheel pays a median of $216K ($178K–$227K) across 12 public job postings (2025–2026).

💰 $178K–$227K salary range

Median: $216K  ·  Based on 12 public Brightwheel job postings  ·  Updated September 8, 2026


This Brightwheel 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

Brightwheel · pay benchmark · updated September 8, 2026
$216K
inc. eng · sales · ops
All-role median
$178K–$227K
Typical range
$263K view JD
Highest base · Principal AI Software Engineer, GTM
12
Open roles
~6 yrs
Typical exp.
+5
10 last 90d
New last 30d
ⓘ Base salary only — 67% of roles mention equity
Salary by department · median & top base
engineering
$229K · $263K top (5)
Highest-paying skills
TypeScript $229KReact $229KPostgreSQL $229KAWS $229KKubernetes $229KDocker $229KGo $224K

Highest-paying open roles at Brightwheel

Brightwheel salary by department

  • engineering: $229K median · $263K top base — Principal AI Software Engineer, GTM (view JD) (5 roles)

Brightwheel salary by location

  • Remote: $221K median · $263K top base — Principal AI Software Engineer, GTM (view JD) (11 roles)

Remote work at Brightwheel

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

What Brightwheel looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: TypeScript (5) · React (5) · PostgreSQL (5) · AWS (5) · Kubernetes (5) · Docker (5) · CI/CD (5) · Redis (4) · Python (3) · Ruby (3).

About Brightwheel

Brightwheel is Series C stage · 251–500 employees · founded 2014 · HQ San Francisco, CA. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Brightwheel

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; 67% of these postings reference equity. Equity is not included in the medians above.

Brightwheel total compensation signals

Beyond the posted-range midpoint, postings indicate: 100% include commission. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Brightwheel hiring activity

Brightwheel has 12 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 12 public job postings with disclosed pay. 5 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (10 in the last 90).

💼 Similar companies hiring

Compare Brightwheel's pay with companies in the same space:

CompanyMedian payvs BrightwheelStage
Rocket Lab$143K↓ -34%Public
Samsung Electronics$125K↓ -42%Public
Workday$156K↓ -28%Public
Samsara$153K↓ -29%Public
MongoDB 🍃$162K↓ -25%Public
Elastic$193K↓ -11%Public

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Common questions

What does Brightwheel pay?
The median pay is $216K, with a typical range of $178K–$227K, based on 12 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Brightwheel?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Principal AI Software Engineer, GTM, at $194K–$263K base.

Which team pays the most at Brightwheel?
The engineering team, at a $229K 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 12 public Brightwheel 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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