Duolingo Salary

💰 $153K–$247K salary range

Median: $183K  ·  Based on 29 public Duolingo job postings  ·  Updated June 10, 2026

This Duolingo 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

Highest-paying open roles at Duolingo

• Senior Director of Engineering, New Subjects — $296K–$444K · Software Engineering
• VP of Finance — $330K · Financial Planning & Analysis
• VP of Strategy and Corporate Development — $330K · Strategy + Business Operations
• Senior AI Engineering Manager — $221K–$331K · AI + Machine Learning Engineering
• Senior Software Engineer, Backend — $183K–$247K · Software Engineering
• Senior Engineering Manager, Ads Monetization — $204K · Software Engineering

Duolingo salary by department

• Software Engineering: $247K median (5 roles)
• Marketing and Communications: $163K median (5 roles)
• Talent Acquisition: $141K median (4 roles)
• Accounting: $102K median (3 roles)

Duolingo salary by seniority

• Senior: $183K median (15)
• Director: $263K median (6)

Duolingo salary by location

• New York: $189K median (14 roles)

Remote work at Duolingo

0% of Duolingo's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What Duolingo looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (2).

About Duolingo

Duolingo is Public stage · 501–1,000 employees · founded 2011 · HQ Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Duolingo

Roles typically ask for around 8 years of experience (up to 20+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 1 that do, Bachelor's is most common.

Base salary vs. total compensation

The figures on this page are base salary only. Equity is a separate — and often large — component of total compensation, especially at high-growth and AI-native companies; 83% of these postings reference equity. Equity is not included in the medians above.

Duolingo total compensation signals

Beyond base salary, postings indicate: common structures: salaried. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Duolingo hiring activity

Duolingo has 29 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 29 public job postings with disclosed pay. 29 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (29 in the last 90).

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Common questions

What does Duolingo pay?
The median base salary is $183K, with a typical range of $153K–$247K, based on 29 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Duolingo?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Senior Director of Engineering, New Subjects, at $296K–$444K base.

Which team pays the most at Duolingo?
The Software Engineering team, at a $247K 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

USD base salary aggregated from 29 public Duolingo 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 10, 2026.

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