GitLab Salary

💰 $127K–$195K salary range

Median: $179K  ·  Based on 51 public GitLab job postings  ·  Updated July 1, 2026

This GitLab 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 GitLab

• Senior Director, Field CTOs — $244K–$410K · Field CTO
• Senior Director, Solution Architecture - North America — $244K–$410K · SA
• VP of Product Security — $298K–$360K · Product Security
• Senior Director, Deal Desk — $203K–$346K · Field Operations
• Principal Solutions Architect, AI / Core DevOps SME — $202K–$338K · SA
• Senior Director, Procurement — $185K–$314K · Accounting
• Field CTO, Public Sector — $138K–$297K · Solutions Architecture - PubSec
• Director, Enterprise Architecture & Intelligent Automation — $153K–$287K · Enterprise Applications
• Principal HRIS Analyst, People Technology - Workday — $153K–$259K · People Operations
• Engineering Manager, Data Foundations — $153K–$259K · Data Engineering

GitLab salary by department

• sa: $184K median · $410K top base — Senior Director, Solution Architecture - North America (view JD) (11 roles)
• enterprise applications: $128K median · $287K top base — Director, Enterprise Architecture & Intelligent Automation (view JD) (5 roles)

GitLab salary by seniority

• Mid: $126K median · $205K top base — Public Sector Strategic Account Executive, FSI (view JD) (13)
• Senior: $189K median · $410K top base — Senior Director, Field CTOs (view JD) (22)

GitLab salary — lead & management

• Manager: $155K median · $259K top base — Engineering Manager, Data Foundations (view JD) (11)

About GitLab

GitLab is Public stage · 1,001–5,000 employees · founded 2014 · HQ San Francisco, California. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at GitLab

Roles typically ask for around 4 years of experience.

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. Equity is not included in the medians above.

GitLab hiring activity

GitLab has 51 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 51 public job postings with disclosed pay. 51 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (51 in the last 90).

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Common questions

What does GitLab pay?
The median pay is $179K, with a typical range of $127K–$195K, based on 51 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at GitLab?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Senior Director, Field CTOs, at $244K–$410K base.

Which team pays the most at GitLab?
The sa team, at a $184K 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 51 public GitLab 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 July 1, 2026.

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