Five9 Salary

💰 $127K–$188K salary range

Median: $157K  ·  Based on 48 public Five9 job postings  ·  Updated September 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, IT Business Applications (Delivery) — $136K–$448K · Information Technology
• Senior Manager, Engineering - AI Agents — $133K–$392K · AI Automation & Architecture
• Principle, Sales Compensation Design — $114K–$355K · GTM Strategy
• Vice President, Strategy & Business Operations — $213K–$350K · Strategy
• Director, Internal Audit — $108K–$336K · Finance
• Strategic Sales Director - Midwest/Southeast — $126K–$321K · Enterprise Sales
• Senior Asset Development Engineer — $115K–$319K · Professional Services
• Director, Solution Consulting Operations — $124K–$289K · Solution Consulting

Five9 salary by department

• voice & infrastructure - product engineering: $157K median · $252K top base — Senior DevOps Engineer - Storage Platforms (view JD) (8 roles)
• enterprise sales: $150K median · $321K top base — Strategic Sales Director - Midwest/Southeast (view JD) (9 roles)

Five9 salary by seniority

• Mid: $121K median · $231K top base — Network Engineer (view JD) (5)
• Senior: $171K median · $448K top base — Senior Director, IT Business Applications (Delivery) (view JD) (19)

Five9 salary — lead & management

• Director: $128K median · $336K top base — Director, Internal Audit (view JD) (17)

Five9 salary by location

• Remote: $157K median · $512K top base — Vice President, Engineering and AI Innovations (view JD) (35 roles)
• San Francisco: $190K median · $392K top base — Senior Manager, Engineering - AI Agents (view JD) (5 roles)

Remote work at Five9

73% of Five9's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What Five9 looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (6) · Terraform (6) · CI/CD (6) · GCP (6) · AWS (5) · Employee Relations (2) · FMLA (2) · Java (2) · Azure (2) · GAAP (1).

Benefits & perks at Five9

Commonly listed: dental (47) · vision (47) · mental-health (47) · 401k (47) · bonus (47) · life-ins (47) · pto (47) · parental (47).

About Five9

Five9 is Public stage · 3,073–5,000 employees · founded 2001 · HQ San Ramon, CA. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Five9

Roles typically ask for around 6 years of experience (up to 12+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 6 that do, Bachelor's and PhD 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; 98% of these postings reference equity (espp). Equity is not included in the medians above.

Five9 total compensation signals

Beyond the posted-range midpoint, postings indicate: 98% 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 48 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 48 public job postings with disclosed pay. 8 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (20 in the last 90).

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Common questions

What does Five9 pay?
The median pay is $157K, with a typical range of $127K–$188K, based on 48 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 voice & infrastructure - product engineering team, at a $157K 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 48 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 September 9, 2026.

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