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Early Warning Salary

Early Warning Salary

Early Warning pays a median of $163K ($135K–$202K) across 59 public job postings (2025–2026).

💰 $135K–$202K salary range

Median: $163K  ·  Based on 59 public Early Warning job postings  ·  Updated November 1, 2026


This Early Warning® 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

Early Warning · pay benchmark · updated November 1, 2026
$163K
inc. eng · sales · ops
All-role median
$135K–$202K
Typical range
$310K view JD
Highest base · Senior Director, Chief of Staff – Office of the CTO
59
Open roles
~9 yrs
Typical exp.
+15
45 last 90d
New last 30d
ⓘ Base salary only — 86% of roles mention equity
IC salary by seniority
Senior
$135K (11)
Staff
$202K (13)
Pay by location
San Francisco $220K (4)New York $209K (3)Chicago $207K (3)
Highest-paying skills
Ruby $202KSpring Boot $199KGo $198KGCP $198KAzure $198KCI/CD $198KTeam Leadership $190KJava $175K

Highest-paying open roles at Early Warning

Early Warning engineering & product salary by seniority

  • Senior: $135K median · $200K top base — Sr. Lead Product Manager (view JD) (11)
  • Staff: $202K median · $276K top base — Upcoming Opportunity – Principal Engineer – Java/AWS (view JD) (13)

Early Warning salary by location

  • San Francisco: $220K median · $310K top base — Senior Director, Chief of Staff – Office of the CTO (view JD) (4 roles)
  • New York: $209K median · $300K top base — Sr. Director, User Experience Research & Design (view JD) (3 roles)
  • Chicago: $207K median · $275K top base — Sr. Director, Cloud Engineering (view JD) (3 roles)

Remote work at Early Warning

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

What Early Warning looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: CI/CD (10) · SQL (8) · Kafka (7) · Product Roadmap (7) · AWS (5) · Python (5) · Java (4) · Team Leadership (4) · GCP (4) · Azure (4).

Benefits & perks at Early Warning

Commonly listed: hsa-fsa (50) · 401k (50) · pto (50) · parental (50) · childcare (50) · dental (49) · retirement (3).

About Early Warning

Early Warning is 1,001–5,000 employees · founded 1990 · HQ Scottsdale, Arizona. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Early Warning

Roles typically ask for around 9 years of experience (up to 15+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 22 that do, Bachelor's and Master's and PhD 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; 86% of these postings reference equity. Equity is not included in the medians above.

Early Warning total compensation signals

Beyond the posted-range midpoint, postings indicate: common structures: hourly. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Early Warning hiring activity

Early Warning has 59 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 59 public job postings with disclosed pay. 15 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (45 in the last 90). Mostly full-time, with 3 contract roles in the mix.

💼 Similar companies hiring

Compare Early Warning's pay with companies in the same space:

CompanyMedian payvs Early WarningStage
Mastercard$186K↑ +14%Public
Thomsonreuters$169K↑ +4%Public
Airwallex$205K↑ +26%Series G
Affirm$225K↑ +38%Public
Remitly$189K↑ +16%Public
Navan$153K↓ -6%Public

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Common questions

What does Early Warning pay?
The median pay is $163K, with a typical range of $135K–$202K, based on 59 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Early Warning?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Senior Director, Chief of Staff – Office of the CTO, at $226K–$310K base.

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 59 public Early Warning 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 November 1, 2026.

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