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Databricks Salary

Databricks Salary

Databricks pays a median of $216K ($195K–$226K) across 468 public job postings (2025–2026).

💰 $195K–$226K salary range

Median: $216K  ·  Based on 468 public Databricks job postings  ·  Updated October 7, 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 October 7, 2026
$216K
inc. eng · sales · ops
All-role median
$195K–$226K
Typical range
$402K view JD
Highest base · Lakebase Associate Director, Healthcare & Life Sciences
468
Open roles
~7 yrs
Typical exp.
+83
220 last 90d
New last 30d
ⓘ Base salary only — 98% of roles mention equity · options
IC salary by seniority
Mid
$170K (10)
Senior
$194K (142)
Staff
$226K (101)
Management pay by function
Engineering - Pipeline
$220K (2)
Engineering
$220K (4)
Executive Engineering - Pipeline
$217K (3)
Field Engineering - FE Direct Emerging
$205K (2)
Field Engineering - FE Direct Enterprise
$205K (2)
Professional Services Operations
$200K (4)
Salary by department · median & top base
hq management
$347K · $402K top (5)
enterprise sales
$323K (16)
executive engineering - pipeline
$259K · $350K top (19)
legal
$235K (9)
marketing
$233K · $330K top (14)
field engineering - fe direct emerging
$228K (9)
engineering
$226K · $314K top (44)
engineering - pipeline
$222K · $385K top (80)
Pay by location
Remote $216K (217)San Francisco $224K (57)New York $222K (17)
Highest-paying skills
MySQL $347KTableau $237KLLMs $226KREST $226KFine-Tuning $226KSagemaker $226KVertex Ai $226KPyTorch $226K

Highest-paying open roles at Databricks

Databricks salary by department

  • hq management: $347K median · $402K top base — Lakebase Associate Director, Healthcare & Life Sciences (view JD) (5 roles)
  • enterprise sales: $323K median (16 roles)
  • executive engineering - pipeline: $259K median · $350K top base — Principal Research Scientist – Scaling (view JD) (19 roles)
  • legal: $235K median (9 roles)
  • marketing: $233K median · $330K top base — Director, Product Marketing, AI (view JD) (14 roles)
  • field engineering - fe direct emerging: $228K median (9 roles)
  • engineering: $226K median · $314K top base — Senior Manager, Infrastructure Data Science (view JD) (44 roles)
  • engineering - pipeline: $222K median · $385K top base — Principal Engineer, Authentication (view JD) (80 roles)

Databricks engineering & product salary by seniority

  • Mid: $170K median (10)
  • Senior: $194K median · $260K top base — Lead Field Technical Program Manager, FDE - Retail, Consumer Goods, Travel, Transportation & Hospitality (view JD) (142)
  • Staff: $226K median · $398K top base — Staff Security Software Engineer, Agentic Security Engineering (view JD) (101)

Databricks engineering & product management salary

  • Manager: $228K median · $317K top base — Sr. Engineering Manager - Pipelines Engine (view JD) (34)
  • Director+: $306K median · $364K top base — Head of Corporate Engineering (view JD) (5)

Databricks salary by location

  • Remote: $216K median · $402K top base — Lakebase Associate Director, Healthcare & Life Sciences (view JD) (217 roles)
  • San Francisco: $224K median · $350K top base — Principal Research Scientist – Scaling (view JD) (57 roles)
  • New York: $222K median · $270K top base — Staff Software Engineer - AI Research Infrastructure (view JD) (17 roles)

Remote work at Databricks

92% of Databricks's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly. Remote roles run a $216K median vs $182K onsite.

What Databricks looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Databricks (402) · Spark (325) · Python (192) · Azure (155) · Scala (153) · AWS (150) · GCP (149) · SQL (112) · Java (79) · CI/CD (74).

Benefits & perks at Databricks

Commonly listed: bonus (457) · parental (11) · dental (9) · 401k (9) · mental-health (8) · 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 15+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 112 that do, Bachelor's and PhD 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; 98% 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: 98% of roles list a bonus; 67% 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 468 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 468 public job postings with disclosed pay. 83 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (220 in the last 90). Mostly full-time, with 25 contract roles in the mix.

💼 Similar companies hiring

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

CompanyMedian payvs DatabricksStage
Snowflake$204K↓ -6%Public
Alteryx$151K↓ -30%Acquired
Collibra$158K↓ -27%Series G
Rowspace$213K↓ -2%Series A
OpenAI$308K↑ +42%Late Stage
CoreWeave$184K↓ -15%Public

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Common questions

What does Databricks pay?
The median pay is $216K, with a typical range of $195K–$226K, based on 468 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 468 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 October 7, 2026.

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