Collective Salary

💰 $190K–$251K salary range

Median: $225K  ·  Based on 24 public Collective job postings  ·  Updated June 10, 2026

This Collective 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 Collective

• Director of Engineering — $255K–$300K · Engineering
• Product Lead (Core Platform & AI) — $215K–$255K · Product
• Staff Security Engineer — $200K–$260K · Engineering
• Head of Strategic Operations (Sr. Manager/Director) — $190K–$250K · Member Operations
• Head of Service Operations (Sr. Manager/Director) — $190K–$250K · Member Operations
• Senior Software Engineer — $195K–$230K · Engineering

Collective salary by department

• Member Operations: $250K median (6 roles)
• Engineering: $245K median (8 roles)
• Product: $235K median (4 roles)
• Sales and Marketing: $190K median (4 roles)

Collective salary by location

• Remote: $218K median (18 roles)
• San Francisco: $243K median (6 roles)

Remote work at Collective

82% of Collective's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What Collective looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: BigQuery (4) · Python (4) · React (4) · Django (4) · CI/CD (2).

Benefits & perks at Collective

Commonly listed: dental (22) · 401k (22) · pto (22) · parental (22).

About Collective

Collective is Series A stage · 101–250 employees · founded 2020 · HQ San Francisco, California. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Collective

Roles typically ask for around 6 years of experience (up to 10+ for the most senior).

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; 100% of these postings reference equity. Equity is not included in the medians above.

Collective total compensation signals

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

Collective hiring activity

Collective has 24 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 24 public job postings with disclosed pay. 17 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (24 in the last 90).

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• Flock — median $131K
• Axon Intelligence — median $134K
• Lila Sciences — median $234K
• Zip Security — median $210K
• Sellics — median $110K
• Etched — median $275K

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Common questions

What does Collective pay?
The median base salary is $225K, with a typical range of $190K–$251K, based on 24 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Collective?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Director of Engineering, at $255K–$300K base.

Which team pays the most at Collective?
The Member Operations team, at a $250K 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 24 public Collective 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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