NerdWallet Salary

💰 $155K–$282K salary range

Median: $222K  ·  Based on 19 public NerdWallet job postings  ·  Updated June 10, 2026

This NerdWallet 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 NerdWallet

• Director, Product Management (Data) — $200K–$366K · Finance and Accounting
• Senior Manager, Engineering (AI-Enabled Product Builder, RIA) — $176K–$330K · Engineering
• Senior Engineering Manager, Platform Engineering — $160K–$294K · Engineering
• Staff Data Scientist — $152K–$282K · Data
• Staff Software Engineer, Consumer Banking & Credit Cards — $152K–$282K · Engineering
• Head of Operations — $144K–$284K · NerdWallet Wealth Partners

NerdWallet salary by department

• Engineering: $288K median (4 roles)
• Product Management: $222K median (3 roles)
• Finance and Accounting: $198K median (4 roles)
• Sales: $123K median (6 roles)

NerdWallet salary by location

• Remote: $246K median (17 roles)

Remote work at NerdWallet

89% of NerdWallet's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What NerdWallet looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: TypeScript (3) · AWS (3) · Python (2) · Kubernetes (2) · Snowflake (1) · Airflow (1) · Kafka (1) · PHP (1) · GraphQL (1) · Go (1).

Benefits & perks at NerdWallet

Commonly listed: dental (17) · mental-health (17) · hsa-fsa (17) · 401k (17) · life-ins (17) · gym (17) · home-office (17) · childcare (17).

About NerdWallet

NerdWallet is Public stage · 501–1,000 employees · founded 2009 · HQ San Francisco, California. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at NerdWallet

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 1 that do, Master's is 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; 16% of these postings reference equity. Equity is not included in the medians above.

NerdWallet total compensation signals

Beyond base salary, postings indicate: 12% include commission; common structures: hourly. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

NerdWallet hiring activity

NerdWallet has 17 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 19 public job postings with disclosed pay. 11 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (19 in the last 90).

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Common questions

What does NerdWallet pay?
The median base salary is $222K, with a typical range of $155K–$282K, based on 19 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at NerdWallet?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Director, Product Management (Data), at $200K–$366K base.

Which team pays the most at NerdWallet?
The Engineering team, at a $288K 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 19 public NerdWallet 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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