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Decagon Salary

Decagon Salary

Decagon pays a median of $230K ($188K–$300K) across 109 public job postings (2025–2026).

💰 $188K–$300K salary range

Median: $230K  ·  Based on 109 public Decagon job postings  ·  Updated September 9, 2026


This Decagon 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

Decagon · pay benchmark · updated September 9, 2026
$230K
inc. eng · sales · ops
All-role median
$188K–$300K
Typical range
$600K view JD
Highest base · Director of Sales, Enterprise
109
Open roles
~5 yrs
Typical exp.
+27
108 last 90d
New last 30d
ⓘ Base salary only — 97% of roles mention equity · options, rsu
IC salary by seniority
Mid
$200K (15)
Senior
$257K (40)
Staff
$300K (7)
Management pay by function
Engineering
$355K (6)
Product
$261K (3)
Sales
$191K (6)
Customer Team
$188K (6)
Finance
$188K (2)
Marketing
$185K (2)
Salary by department · median & top base
engineering
$300K · $430K top (32)
customer team
$201K · $320K top (13)
finance
$200K · $275K top (6)
sales
$198K · $400K top (28)
people
$195K · $280K top (11)
deployment strategists
$185K · $215K top (5)
marketing
$185K · $235K top (5)
Pay by location
San Francisco $230K (77)New York $220K (22)Remote $355K (5)
Highest-paying skills
TypeScript $300KPython $300KKubernetes $300KTerraform $293KAWS $293KLLMs $273KGdpr $265KGCP $259K

Highest-paying open roles at Decagon

Decagon salary by department

  • engineering: $300K median · $430K top base — Engineering Manager, Research (view JD) (32 roles)
  • customer team: $201K median · $320K top base — Director of Agent Deployment Engineering (view JD) (13 roles)
  • finance: $200K median · $275K top base — Strategic Finance, GTM (view JD) (6 roles)
  • sales: $198K median · $400K top base — Director of Solutions Engineering, Enterprise East (view JD) (28 roles)
  • people: $195K median · $280K top base — Head of Workplace Services (view JD) (11 roles)
  • deployment strategists: $185K median · $215K top base — Agent Data Scientist (view JD) (5 roles)
  • marketing: $185K median · $235K top base — Head of Solutions and Industry Marketing (view JD) (5 roles)

Decagon salary by seniority

  • Mid: $200K median · $330K top base — Software Engineer, Platform Security (view JD) (15)
  • Senior: $257K median · $400K top base — Senior Software Engineer, Platform Security (view JD) (40)
  • Staff: $300K median · $400K top base — Staff Software Engineer, Enterprise Product (view JD) (7)

Decagon salary — lead & management

  • Manager: $200K median · $430K top base — Engineering Manager, Research (view JD) (27)
  • Director: $285K median · $600K top base — Director of Sales, Enterprise (view JD) (12)

Decagon salary by location

  • San Francisco: $230K median · $430K top base — Engineering Manager, Research (view JD) (77 roles)
  • New York: $220K median · $430K top base — Engineering Manager, Agent Product (view JD) (22 roles)
  • Remote: $355K median (5 roles)

Remote work at Decagon

5% of Decagon's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly. Remote roles run a $355K median vs $239K onsite.

What Decagon looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (20) · GCP (12) · Terraform (8) · CI/CD (7) · SQL (7) · Product Roadmap (7) · TypeScript (6) · AWS (6) · Kubernetes (5) · MEDDPICC (5).

Benefits & perks at Decagon

Commonly listed: dental (106) · 401k (106) · life-ins (106) · parental (106).

About Decagon

Decagon is Series D stage · 251–500 employees · founded 2023 · HQ San Francisco, CA. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Decagon

Roles typically ask for around 5 years of experience (up to 12+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 6 that do, Bachelor's and Associate'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; 97% of these postings reference equity (options, rsu). Equity is not included in the medians above.

Decagon total compensation signals

Beyond the posted-range midpoint, postings indicate: 3% of roles list a bonus; 100% include commission; on-target earnings run about $220K where stated (5 roles); common structures: stipend, salaried, hourly. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Decagon hiring activity

Decagon has 109 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 109 public job postings with disclosed pay. 27 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (108 in the last 90).

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Common questions

What does Decagon pay?
The median pay is $230K, with a typical range of $188K–$300K, based on 109 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Decagon?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Director of Sales, Enterprise, at $180K–$600K base.

Which team pays the most at Decagon?
The engineering team, at a $300K 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 109 public Decagon 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 September 9, 2026.

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