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Klaviyo Salary

Klaviyo Salary

Klaviyo pays a median of $175K ($155K–$179K) across 116 public job postings (2025–2026).

💰 $155K–$179K salary range

Median: $175K  ·  Based on 116 public Klaviyo job postings  ·  Updated October 17, 2026


This Klaviyo 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

Klaviyo · pay benchmark · updated October 17, 2026
$175K
inc. eng · sales · ops
All-role median
$155K–$179K
Typical range
$324K view JD
Highest base · Sr. Lead - AI Engineer
116
Open roles
~7 yrs
Typical exp.
+41
86 last 90d
New last 30d
ⓘ Base salary only — 95% of roles mention equity · options
IC salary by seniority
Mid
$145K (7)
Senior
$181K (48)
Staff
$288K (6)
Management pay by function
Engineering
$210K (2)
Sales
$182K (6)
IT & Security
$163K (2)
Marketing
$110K (2)
Salary by department · median & top base
engineering
$185K (33)
marketing
$178K (12)
it & security
$177K (21)
sales
$175K (21)
product
$170K (7)
go-to-market operations
$150K · $180K top (6)
customer success
$140K (7)
Pay by location
San Francisco $165K (21)Denver $163K (14)
Highest-paying skills
Onboarding $210KRAG $205KGdpr $195KEmbeddings $195KKubernetes $185KTerraform $185KGo $185KAWS $185K

Highest-paying open roles at Klaviyo

Klaviyo salary by department

  • engineering: $185K median (33 roles)
  • marketing: $178K median (12 roles)
  • it & security: $177K median (21 roles)
  • sales: $175K median (21 roles)
  • product: $170K median (7 roles)
  • go-to-market operations: $150K median · $180K top base — Lead, Global Services Strategy & Operations (view JD) (6 roles)
  • customer success: $140K median (7 roles)

Klaviyo engineering & product salary by seniority

  • Mid: $145K median (7)
  • Senior: $181K median · $324K top base — Sr. Lead - AI Engineer (view JD) (48)
  • Staff: $288K median (6)

Klaviyo salary by location

  • San Francisco: $165K median (21 roles)
  • Denver: $163K median · $212K top base — Senior Security Engineer - Detection and Response (view JD) (14 roles)

Remote work at Klaviyo

5% of Klaviyo's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What Klaviyo looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (23) · Kubernetes (10) · SQL (10) · AWS (9) · Terraform (7) · MEDDPICC (7) · CI/CD (7) · Product Roadmap (7) · Go (6) · React (6).

About Klaviyo

Klaviyo is Public stage · 1,001–5,000 employees · founded 2012 · HQ Boston, Massachusetts. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Klaviyo

Roles typically ask for around 7 years of experience (up to 12+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 4 that do, Master's and Bachelor'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 (options). Equity is not included in the medians above.

Klaviyo total compensation signals

Beyond the posted-range midpoint, postings indicate: 88% include commission; common structures: salaried, hourly. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Klaviyo hiring activity

Klaviyo has 116 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 116 public job postings with disclosed pay. 41 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (86 in the last 90). Mostly full-time, with 3 contract roles in the mix.

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Common questions

What does Klaviyo pay?
The median pay is $175K, with a typical range of $155K–$179K, based on 116 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Klaviyo?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Principal Engineer, Core Infrastructure, at $244K–$366K base.

Which team pays the most at Klaviyo?
The engineering team, at a $185K 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 116 public Klaviyo 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 17, 2026.

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