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Databricks Salary

Databricks Salary

Databricks pays a median of $215K ($196K–$258K) across 355 public job postings (2025–2026).

💰 $196K–$258K salary range

Median: $215K  ·  Based on 355 public Databricks job postings  ·  Updated June 22, 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 June 22, 2026
$215K
inc. eng · sales · ops
All-role median
$196K–$258K
Typical range
$605K view JD
Highest base · Sr. Director, Enterprise - Retail Vertical - Strategic Accounts
355
Open roles
~7 yrs
Typical exp.
+59
156 last 90d
New last 30d
ⓘ Base salary only — 96% of roles mention equity · options
IC salary by seniority
Mid
$194K (15)
Senior
$214K (180)
Staff
$226K (127)
Management pay by function
Delivery Solutions Architects
$234K (2)
Engineering - Pipeline
$220K (2)
Executive Engineering - Pipeline
$220K (4)
Finance
$201K (2)
Salary by department · median & top base
hq management
$347K · $592K top (9)
enterprise sales
$323K · $428K top (11)
executive engineering - pipeline
$259K · $350K top (21)
engineering
$226K · $343K top (42)
engineering - pipeline
$222K · $385K top (76)
field engineering - fe direct enterprise
$221K · $301K top (6)
professional services operations
$215K · $360K top (52)
finance
$214K · $308K top (6)
Pay by location
Remote $215K (126)San Francisco $215K (56)Seattle $195K (16)New York $222K (13)
Highest-paying skills
Deep Learning $305KEmbeddings $247KSoc2 $232KTableau $232KPostgreSQL $231KREST $231KLLMs $230KSegment $228K

Highest-paying open roles at Databricks

Databricks salary by department

  • hq management: $347K median · $592K top base — Director, Lakebase Sales Specialists - Retail (view JD) (9 roles)
  • enterprise sales: $323K median · $428K top base — Strategic Core Account Executive - CPG (view JD) (11 roles)
  • executive engineering - pipeline: $259K median · $350K top base — Principal Research Scientist – Scaling (view JD) (21 roles)
  • engineering: $226K median · $343K top base — Senior Staff Applied AI Engineer - Context Retrieval (view JD) (42 roles)
  • engineering - pipeline: $222K median · $385K top base — Principal Engineer, Authentication (view JD) (76 roles)
  • field engineering - fe direct enterprise: $221K median · $301K top base — Sr. Solutions Architect - Agencies (view JD) (6 roles)
  • professional services operations: $215K median · $360K top base — Director, AI Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) (view JD) (52 roles)
  • finance: $214K median · $308K top base — Director, Corporate FP&A (view JD) (6 roles)

Databricks salary by seniority

  • Mid: $194K median · $264K top base — Counsel, Commercial (view JD) (15)
  • Senior: $214K median · $605K top base — Sr. Director, Enterprise - Retail Vertical - Strategic Accounts (view JD) (180)
  • Staff: $226K median · $428K top base — Strategic Core Account Executive - CPG (view JD) (127)

Databricks salary — lead & management

  • Manager: $217K median · $271K top base — Manager, Delivery Solutions Architects - Financial Services (view JD) (14)
  • Director: $266K median · $592K top base — Director, Lakebase Sales Specialists - Retail (view JD) (12)

Databricks salary by location

  • Remote: $215K median · $605K top base — Sr. Director, Enterprise - Retail Vertical - Strategic Accounts (view JD) (126 roles)
  • San Francisco: $215K median · $425K top base — Digital Native Go-to-Market (GTM) Leader (view JD) (56 roles)
  • Seattle: $195K median · $299K top base — Senior Staff Software Engineer - App and Partner Ecosystem (view JD) (16 roles)
  • New York: $222K median · $270K top base — Staff Software Engineer - AI Research Infrastructure (view JD) (13 roles)

Remote work at Databricks

88% of Databricks's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly. Remote roles run a $215K median vs $143K onsite.

What Databricks looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Databricks (314) · Spark (305) · Azure (131) · Python (128) · AWS (128) · Scala (121) · GCP (120) · SQL (66) · Java (64) · CI/CD (54).

Benefits & perks at Databricks

Commonly listed: bonus (340) · parental (8) · dental (7) · mental-health (7) · 401k (7) · pto (1) · home-office (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 88 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; 96% of these postings reference equity (options). 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; 3% include commission; common structures: salaried, hourly. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Databricks hiring activity

Databricks has 355 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 355 public job postings with disclosed pay. 59 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (156 in the last 90).

💼 Similar companies hiring

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

CompanyMedian payvs DatabricksStage
Alteryx$138K↓ -36%Series C
Dataiku$163K↓ -24%Series F
Rowspace$213K↓ -1%Late Stage
Collibra$151K↓ -30%Series G
Wisdom AI$225K↑ +5%Series A
CoreWeave$184K↓ -14%Public

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Common questions

What does Databricks pay?
The median pay is $215K, with a typical range of $196K–$258K, based on 355 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 355 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 June 22, 2026.

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