Five9 Salary

💰 $186K–$333K salary range

Median: $249K  ·  Based on 60 public Five9 job postings  ·  Updated June 9, 2026

This Five9 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 Five9

• Vice President, Engineering and AI Innovations — $233K–$512K · AI Automation & Architecture
• Vice President, Data Science — $233K–$512K · AI Automation & Architecture
• Senior Director, Network Reliability — $136K–$448K · Voice & Infrastructure - Product Engineering
• Senior Director, Infrastructure Architecture & Engineering — $136K–$448K · Voice & Infrastructure - Product Engineering
• Senior Director, IT Business Applications (Delivery) — $136K–$448K · Information Technology
• Principal Product Manager, Google Gemini Enterprise for Customer Experience (GECX) — $135K–$398K · Product Management

Five9 salary by department

• AI Automation & Architecture: $512K median (3 roles)
• Product Management: $398K median (4 roles)
• Information Technology: $371K median (3 roles)
• Legal: $324K median (3 roles)
• Enterprise Sales: $264K median (11 roles)
• Accounting: $252K median (3 roles)
• Voice & Infrastructure - Product Engineering: $250K median (7 roles)
• Platform - Product Engineering: $250K median (3 roles)

Five9 salary by seniority

• Mid: $225K median (10)
• Senior: $250K median (20)
• Director: $265K median (23)

Five9 salary by location

• Remote: $250K median (49 roles)
• San Francisco: $169K median (3 roles)

Remote work at Five9

82% of Five9's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What Five9 looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Kubernetes (10) · Terraform (9) · Python (8) · GCP (8) · CI/CD (7) · AWS (5) · Azure (5) · Docker (4) · Java (2) · Go (2).

Benefits & perks at Five9

Commonly listed: dental (60) · vision (60) · mental-health (60) · 401k (60) · bonus (60) · life-ins (60) · pto (60) · parental (59).

About Five9

Five9 is Public stage · 1,001–5,000 employees · founded 2001 · HQ San Ramon, California. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Five9

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 27 that do, Bachelor's and Master's and Associate's and PhD are 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; 100% of these postings reference equity (espp, options). Equity is not included in the medians above.

Five9 total compensation signals

Beyond base salary, postings indicate: 100% of roles list a bonus; 3% include commission; common structures: salaried. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Five9 hiring activity

Five9 has 60 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 60 public job postings with disclosed pay. 60 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (60 in the last 90).

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Government wage data

For corroboration, U.S. Department of Labor certified wage filings (FY2025) for Five9 show a median of $200K, ranging $174K–$225K, across 39 filings. Reported separately from — never blended with — the job-posting median above.

Common questions

What does Five9 pay?
The median base salary is $249K, with a typical range of $186K–$333K, based on 60 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Five9?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Vice President, Engineering and AI Innovations, at $233K–$512K base.

Which team pays the most at Five9?
The AI Automation & Architecture team, at a $512K 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 60 public Five9 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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