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Fastly Salary

Fastly pays a median of $193K ($150K–$228K) across 39 public job postings (2025–2026).

💰 $150K–$228K salary range

Median: $193K  ·  Based on 39 public Fastly job postings  ·  Updated October 22, 2026


This Fastly 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

Fastly · pay benchmark · updated October 22, 2026
$193K
inc. eng · sales · ops
All-role median
$150K–$228K
Typical range
$296K view JD
Highest base · Senior Director, PR & Communications
39
Open roles
~6 yrs
Typical exp.
+20
34 last 90d
New last 30d
ⓘ Base salary only — 95% of roles mention equity
IC salary by seniority
Senior
$183K (12)
Staff
$233K (7)
Salary by department · median & top base
product management
$233K · $254K top (5)
Pay by location
Denver $193K (22)San Francisco $199K (8)New York $202K (5)Remote $151K (3)
Highest-paying skills
Product Roadmap $233KAgile $216KServerless $203KGo $199KTerraform $199KPython $199KRust $171KGCP $171K

Highest-paying open roles at Fastly

Fastly salary by department

  • product management: $233K median · $254K top base — Staff Product Manager, Compliance (view JD) (5 roles)

Fastly engineering & product salary by seniority

  • Senior: $183K median · $217K top base — Senior Backend Software Engineer (APIs) (view JD) (12)
  • Staff: $233K median · $254K top base — Staff Product Manager, Compliance (view JD) (7)

Fastly salary by location

  • Denver: $193K median · $296K top base — Senior Director, PR & Communications (view JD) (22 roles)
  • San Francisco: $199K median · $254K top base — Staff Product Manager, Compliance (view JD) (8 roles)
  • New York: $202K median · $296K top base — Assistant General Counsel, Commercial (view JD) (5 roles)
  • Remote: $151K median · $186K top base — Senior Technical Solutions Engineer, Streaming Media (view JD) (3 roles)

Remote work at Fastly

9% of Fastly's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What Fastly looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Go (6) · Product Roadmap (5) · Rust (5) · Python (5) · GCP (4) · Kubernetes (3) · Go-To-Market (3) · Agile (3) · AWS (3) · Terraform (3).

Benefits & perks at Fastly

Commonly listed: dental (35) · vision (35) · mental-health (35) · 401k (35) · bonus (34).

About Fastly

Fastly is Public stage · 1,001–5,000 employees · founded 2011 · HQ San Francisco, California. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Fastly

Roles typically ask for around 6 years of experience (up to 10+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 4 that do, Bachelor'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; 95% of these postings reference equity. Equity is not included in the medians above.

Fastly total compensation signals

Beyond the posted-range midpoint, postings indicate: 92% of roles list a bonus; 71% include commission; on-target earnings run about $254K where stated (5 roles). Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Fastly hiring activity

Fastly has 39 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 39 public job postings with disclosed pay. 20 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (34 in the last 90). Mostly full-time, with 4 contract roles in the mix.

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Common questions

What does Fastly pay?
The median pay is $193K, with a typical range of $150K–$228K, based on 39 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Fastly?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Senior Enterprise Account Executive (NYC), at $279K–$335K base.

Which team pays the most at Fastly?
The product management team, at a $233K 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 39 public Fastly 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 October 22, 2026.

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