Checkr Salary

💰 $185K–$382K salary range

Median: $258K  ·  Based on 55 public Checkr job postings  ·  Updated June 9, 2026

This Checkr 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 Checkr

• VP, Total Rewards & People Operations — $364K · People
• Head of Internal Communications — $289K–$400K · Sales
• VP, Revenue Operations — $340K · Sales
• Staff Product Manager, Identity Risk Solutions — $244K–$400K · Product
• Staff Product Manager, Growth — $244K–$400K · Product
• Senior Engineering Manager, Data Engineering — $316K · Engineering

Checkr salary by department

• Sales: $303K median (6 roles)
• Product: $281K median (7 roles)
• Engineering: $274K median (19 roles)
• Marketing: $270K median (3 roles)
• Business Development: $238K median (3 roles)
• Finance: $202K median (5 roles)
• Information Technology: $177K median (4 roles)
• Operations: $113K median (6 roles)

Checkr salary by seniority

• Mid: $333K median (8)
• Senior: $202K median (25)
• Staff: $257K median (11)
• Manager: $254K median (8)
• Director: $274K median (7)

Checkr salary by location

• San Francisco: $231K median (28 roles)

Remote work at Checkr

2% of Checkr's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What Checkr looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (7) · Ruby (3) · AWS (2) · GCP (2) · Azure (2) · CI/CD (2) · JavaScript (2) · Dbt (1) · Snowflake (1) · Kafka (1).

Benefits & perks at Checkr

Commonly listed: dental (40) · vision (40) · pto (40) · gym (40) · childcare (40).

About Checkr

Checkr is Series E stage · 1,001–5,000 employees · founded 2014 · HQ San Francisco, California. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Checkr

Roles typically ask for around 6 years of experience (up to 12+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 9 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; 67% of these postings reference equity. Equity is not included in the medians above.

Checkr total compensation signals

Beyond base salary, postings indicate: on-target earnings run about $238K where stated (11 roles); common structures: salaried, hourly. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Checkr hiring activity

Checkr has 54 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 60 public job postings with disclosed pay. 46 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (57 in the last 90).

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Government wage data

For corroboration, U.S. Department of Labor certified wage filings (FY2025) for Checkr show a median of $183K, ranging $155K–$220K, across 50 filings. Reported separately from — never blended with — the job-posting median above.

Common questions

What does Checkr pay?
The median base salary is $260K, with a typical range of $189K–$346K, based on 60 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Checkr?
One of the highest-paying open roles is VP, Total Rewards & People Operations, at $364K base.

Which team pays the most at Checkr?
The Sales team, at a $303K 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 60 public Checkr 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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