Etsy Salary

💰 $156K–$227K salary range

Median: $185K  ·  Based on 42 public Etsy job postings  ·  Updated September 17, 2026

This Etsy 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

Highest-paying open roles at Etsy

• Senior Director of Payments Product — $283K–$362K
• Senior Director, Product Analytics — $284K–$362K
• Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer — $245K–$319K
• Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer Search, Recommendations, and Ads — $258K–$319K
• Director of Analytics, Forecasting and Business Insights — $244K–$311K
• Senior Director, Total Rewards — $240K–$305K
• Director of Engineering, Machine Learning Recommendations — $296K
• Senior Product Design Manager, Payments and Fulfillment — $211K–$266K
• Director, Assistant General Counsel, Marketing — $264K
• Senior Staff Design Program Manager, Buyer Experience — $204K–$260K

Etsy salary by seniority

• Senior: $182K median · $362K top base — Senior Director of Payments Product (view JD) (15)
• Staff: $201K median · $319K top base — Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer (view JD) (13)

Etsy salary — lead & management

• Manager: $114K median · $171K top base — Manager, Seller Automated Support (view JD) (6)

Etsy salary by location

• New York: $204K median · $362K top base — Senior Director of Payments Product (view JD) (28 roles)
• Remote: $177K median · $264K top base — Director, Assistant General Counsel, Marketing (view JD) (14 roles)

Remote work at Etsy

45% of Etsy's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly. Remote roles run a $177K median vs $204K onsite.

What Etsy looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (6) · SQL (6) · PyTorch (5) · Design Systems (5) · GCP (4) · Team Leadership (4) · TensorFlow (4) · Prototyping (4) · BigQuery (3) · Looker (3).

About Etsy

Etsy is Public stage · 1,001–5,000 employees · founded 2019 · HQ Brooklyn, New York. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Etsy

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 1 that do, Bachelor's 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; 100% of these postings reference equity (rsu). Equity is not included in the medians above.

Etsy total compensation signals

Beyond the posted-range midpoint, postings indicate: 95% of roles list a bonus; common structures: salaried. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Etsy hiring activity

Etsy has 42 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 42 public job postings with disclosed pay. 27 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (37 in the last 90). Mostly full-time, with 2 contract roles in the mix.

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Common questions

What does Etsy pay?
The median pay is $185K, with a typical range of $156K–$227K, based on 42 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Etsy?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Senior Director of Payments Product, at $283K–$362K 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 42 public Etsy 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 17, 2026.

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