Mongodb Jobs — Salary Guide 2026

$200K median · $150K–$240K range · 545 postings analyzed

📊 Salary Range

🏷️ Top Roles Requiring Mongodb

🏢 Top Companies Hiring for Mongodb

MongoDB · Omnea · Lumos Helmet · Lumos · Joyful Health

Frequently Asked Questions

What salary do Mongodb jobs pay?

Jobs requiring Mongodb pay a median of $200K in 2026, based on 545 active postings analyzed by Recruiting from Scratch.

Which roles require Mongodb?

The most common roles listing Mongodb are Engineering, Sales, Marketing, Operations, Product positions.

Which companies hire the most Mongodb talent?

MongoDB · Omnea · Lumos Helmet · Lumos · Joyful Health

Methodology

Salary data is drawn from 545 active job postings listing Mongodb as a required or preferred skill, tracked by Recruiting from Scratch. Figures represent the median of posted salary maximums (annual USD only).

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📊 Salary breakdown

Highest-paying open roles at MongoDB

• Principal Technologist — $356K · Strategic Developer Relations
• Director, Cybersecurity Incident Response — $330K · Security Operations
• Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis - Product & Technology — $318K · Biz Ops, Analytics & Data Science
• Director, Identity & Security Product Management — $314K · PTO Identity and Access Management
• Senior Vice President, Solutions Architecture — $209K–$410K · Solutions Consulting, Leadership
• Staff Product Security Engineer, Cloud Security — $297K · Platform Security

MongoDB salary by department

• Data & Platform: $266K median (4 roles)
• Database Experience: $248K median (3 roles)
• App Modernization ENG: $243K median (5 roles)
• PTO Site Reliability Engineering: $240K median (4 roles)
• Enterprise Security: $231K median (3 roles)
• PTO Developer Experience ENG: $231K median (5 roles)
• PTO Clusters & Interfaces: $215K median (5 roles)
• PTO App Modernization ENG: $215K median (3 roles)

MongoDB salary by seniority

• Mid: $150K median (50)
• Senior: $174K median (88)
• Staff: $226K median (38)
• Manager: $138K median (19)
• Director: $162K median (19)

MongoDB salary by location

• Remote: $199K median (38 roles)
• New York: $162K median (37 roles)
• Austin: $127K median (19 roles)
• San Francisco: $164K median (16 roles)
• Boston: $126K median (3 roles)

Remote work at MongoDB

25% of MongoDB's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly. Remote roles run a $199K median vs $133K onsite.

What MongoDB looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: MongoDB (62) · AWS (32) · GCP (32) · Azure (31) · JavaScript (2) · Kubernetes (2) · CI/CD (1) · Python (1) · Go (1) · Java (1).

Benefits & perks at MongoDB

Commonly listed: medical (65) · mental-health (65) · 401k (65) · pto (65) · parental (65).

About MongoDB

MongoDB is Public stage · 5,001–10,000 employees · founded 2007 · HQ New York, New York. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at MongoDB

Roles typically ask for around 7 years of experience (up to 20+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 26 that do, Bachelor's and PhD and Master's 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; 30% of these postings reference equity (rsu, options). Equity is not included in the medians above.

MongoDB total compensation signals

Beyond base salary, postings indicate: common structures: salaried. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

MongoDB hiring activity

MongoDB has 124 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 219 public job postings with disclosed pay. 70 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (120 in the last 90). Mostly full-time, with 2 contract roles in the mix.

💼 Similar companies hiring

Compare MongoDB's pay with other Public companies:

• PepsiCo — median $128K
• Paychex — median $131K
• Rivian — median $163K
• CoreWeave — median $210K
• Rollins — median $100K
• Aon — median $177K

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Common questions

What does MongoDB pay?
The median base salary is $165K, with a typical range of $129K–$218K, based on 219 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at MongoDB?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Principal Technologist, at $356K base.

Which team pays the most at MongoDB?
The Data & Platform team, at a $266K 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 219 public MongoDB 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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