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Deepgram Salary

Deepgram Salary

Deepgram pays a median of $201K ($185K–$222K) across 57 public job postings (2025–2026).

💰 $185K–$222K salary range

Median: $201K  ·  Based on 57 public Deepgram job postings  ·  Updated August 9, 2026


This Deepgram 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

Deepgram · pay benchmark · updated August 9, 2026
$201K
inc. eng · sales · ops
All-role median
$185K–$222K
Typical range
$307K view JD
Highest base · Software Engineer, Voice Agents & AI (Senior or Staff Level)
57
Open roles
~5 yrs
Typical exp.
+19
30 last 90d
New last 30d
ⓘ Base salary only — 95% of roles mention equity
IC salary by seniority
Senior
$203K (33)
Staff
$230K (11)
Salary by department · median & top base
product
$225K · $268K top (5)
engineering
$213K · $307K top (29)
sales
$200K · $250K top (5)
marketing
$182K · $300K top (5)
Highest-paying skills
AWS $222KJavaScript $222KNLP $222KGCP $222KDocker $222KTypeScript $218KKubernetes $215KRust $213K

Highest-paying open roles at Deepgram

Deepgram salary by department

  • product: $225K median · $268K top base — Staff Product Manager (Product-Led Growth) (view JD) (5 roles)
  • engineering: $213K median · $307K top base — Software Engineer, Voice Agents & AI (Senior or Staff Level) (view JD) (29 roles)
  • sales: $200K median · $250K top base — Federal Partner Manager (view JD) (5 roles)
  • marketing: $182K median · $300K top base — VP of Demand Generation (view JD) (5 roles)

Deepgram salary by seniority

  • Senior: $203K median · $274K top base — Embedded AI Engineer, On-Device Models (view JD) (33)
  • Staff: $230K median · $307K top base — Software Engineer, Voice Agents & AI (Senior or Staff Level) (view JD) (11)

Deepgram salary by location

  • Remote: $200K median · $300K top base — VP of Demand Generation (view JD) (52 roles)

Remote work at Deepgram

93% of Deepgram's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly. Remote roles run a $200K median vs $237K onsite.

What Deepgram looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (23) · Rust (14) · AWS (14) · Kubernetes (10) · TypeScript (9) · JavaScript (7) · Azure (6) · Docker (6) · Go (6) · GCP (4).

Benefits & perks at Deepgram

Commonly listed: mental-health (33) · gym (33) · 401k (29) · unlimited-pto (29) · pto (29) · parental (29) · learning (29) · dental (28).

About Deepgram

Deepgram is Series C stage · 101–250 employees · founded 2015 · HQ San Francisco, California. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Deepgram

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 1 that do, PhD is 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. Equity is not included in the medians above.

Deepgram total compensation signals

Beyond the posted-range midpoint, postings indicate: 96% of roles list a bonus; 100% include commission. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Deepgram hiring activity

Deepgram has 57 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 57 public job postings with disclosed pay. 19 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (30 in the last 90).

💼 Similar companies hiring

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

CompanyMedian payvs DeepgramStage
Observe.AI$144K↓ -29%Series C
David AI$208K↑ +3%Late Stage
OpenAI$308K↑ +53%Late Stage
Scale AI$231K↑ +15%Series F
Perplexity$253K↑ +25%Series E
Cresta$170K↓ -16%Series D

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Common questions

What does Deepgram pay?
The median pay is $201K, with a typical range of $185K–$222K, based on 57 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Deepgram?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Enterprise Account Executive (Federal Civilian), at $280K–$350K base.

Which team pays the most at Deepgram?
The product team, at a $225K 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 57 public Deepgram 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 August 9, 2026.

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