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Databricks Salary

Databricks Salary

Databricks pays a median of $216K ($196K–$236K) across 385 public job postings (2025–2026).

💰 $196K–$236K salary range

Median: $216K  ·  Based on 385 public Databricks job postings  ·  Updated July 21, 2026


This Databricks 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

Databricks · pay benchmark · updated July 21, 2026
$216K
inc. eng · sales · ops
All-role median
$196K–$236K
Typical range
$428K view JD
Highest base · Strategic Enterprise Account Executive - CMEG
385
Open roles
~7 yrs
Typical exp.
+84
195 last 90d
New last 30d
ⓘ Base salary only — 95% of roles mention equity · options, rsu
IC salary by seniority
Mid
$183K (16)
Senior
$216K (202)
Staff
$226K (128)
Management pay by function
Professional Services Operations
$252K (3)
Delivery Solutions Architects
$234K (2)
Engineering - Pipeline
$220K (2)
Executive Engineering - Pipeline
$217K (3)
Engineering
$214K (2)
Finance
$201K (3)
Salary by department · median & top base
hq management
$347K · $428K top (9)
enterprise sales
$347K · $428K top (8)
executive engineering - pipeline
$259K · $350K top (18)
people
$237K (6)
field engineering - fe direct emerging
$228K · $301K top (7)
field engineering - fe direct enterprise
$228K · $301K top (9)
engineering
$226K · $314K top (47)
business development
$223K (6)
Pay by location
Remote $216K (150)San Francisco $214K (59)Seattle $210K (15)New York $222K (11)
Highest-paying skills
Tableau $237KREST $235KIam $232KSoc2 $232KLLMs $227KFine-Tuning $227KPyTorch $226KRust $226K

Highest-paying open roles at Databricks

Databricks salary by department

  • hq management: $347K median · $428K top base — Strategic Genie and AI Sales Specialist (view JD) (9 roles)
  • enterprise sales: $347K median · $428K top base — Strategic Enterprise Account Executive - CMEG (view JD) (8 roles)
  • executive engineering - pipeline: $259K median · $350K top base — Principal Research Scientist – Scaling (view JD) (18 roles)
  • people: $237K median (6 roles)
  • field engineering - fe direct emerging: $228K median · $301K top base — Sr. Solutions Architect - AI Natives Business (view JD) (7 roles)
  • field engineering - fe direct enterprise: $228K median · $301K top base — Sr. Solutions Architect - Global Telecommunications (view JD) (9 roles)
  • engineering: $226K median · $314K top base — Senior Manager, Infrastructure Data Science (view JD) (47 roles)
  • business development: $223K median (6 roles)

Databricks salary by seniority

  • Mid: $183K median · $248K top base — Solutions Architect (view JD) (16)
  • Senior: $216K median · $317K top base — Senior Engineering Manager - Pipelines Engine (view JD) (202)
  • Staff: $226K median · $428K top base — Strategic Enterprise Account Executive - CMEG (view JD) (128)

Databricks salary — lead & management

  • Manager: $215K median · $271K top base — Manager, Delivery Solutions Architects - Financial Services (view JD) (18)
  • Director: $247K median · $364K top base — Head of Corporate Engineering (view JD) (13)

Databricks salary by location

  • Remote: $216K median · $428K top base — Strategic Genie and AI Sales Specialist (view JD) (150 roles)
  • San Francisco: $214K median · $425K top base — Digital Native Go-to-Market (GTM) Leader (view JD) (59 roles)
  • Seattle: $210K median · $299K top base — Senior Staff Software Engineer - App and Partner Ecosystem (view JD) (15 roles)
  • New York: $222K median · $270K top base — Staff Software Engineer - AI Research Infrastructure (view JD) (11 roles)

Remote work at Databricks

90% of Databricks's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What Databricks looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Databricks (336) · Spark (330) · Python (132) · Scala (130) · Azure (130) · AWS (128) · GCP (121) · SQL (74) · Java (68) · CI/CD (55).

Benefits & perks at Databricks

Commonly listed: bonus (367) · parental (13) · dental (11) · 401k (11) · mental-health (10) · pto (2) · vision (1) · gym (1).

About Databricks

Databricks is Series J stage · 5,001–10,000 employees · founded 2013 · HQ San Francisco, California. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Databricks

Roles typically ask for around 7 years of experience (up to 20+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 95 that do, PhD and Bachelor's and Master's 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; 95% of these postings reference equity (options, rsu). Equity is not included in the medians above.

Databricks total compensation signals

Beyond the posted-range midpoint, postings indicate: 100% of roles list a bonus; 45% include commission; common structures: salaried. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Databricks hiring activity

Databricks has 385 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 385 public job postings with disclosed pay. 84 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (195 in the last 90).

💼 Similar companies hiring

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

CompanyMedian payvs DatabricksStage
Snowflake$213K↓ -2%Public
Alteryx$166K↓ -23%Series C
Palantir$155K↓ -28%Public
Collibra$158K↓ -27%Series G
Rowspace$213K↓ -2%Late Stage
Uncountable$128K↓ -41%Series A

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Common questions

What does Databricks pay?
The median pay is $216K, with a typical range of $196K–$236K, based on 385 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Databricks?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Sr. Director, Enterprise - Retail Vertical - Strategic Accounts, at $440K–$605K base.

Which team pays the most at Databricks?
The hq management team, at a $347K 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 385 public Databricks 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 July 21, 2026.

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