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Nextdoor Salary

Nextdoor Salary

Nextdoor pays a median of $206K ($143K–$227K) across 18 public job postings (2025–2026).

💰 $143K–$227K salary range

Median: $206K  ·  Based on 18 public Nextdoor job postings  ·  Updated June 24, 2026


This Nextdoor 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

Nextdoor · pay benchmark · updated June 24, 2026
$206K
inc. eng · sales · ops
All-role median
$143K–$227K
Typical range
$355K view JD
Highest base · Senior Machine Learning Engineer - Ads
18
Open roles
~6 yrs
Typical exp.
+8
11 last 90d
New last 30d
ⓘ Base salary only — 83% of roles mention equity · options
Salary by department · median & top base
engineering
$208K · $355K top (5)
Pay by location
Remote $200K (8)San Francisco $135K (3)
Highest-paying skills
Go $208KPython $175K

Highest-paying open roles at Nextdoor

Nextdoor salary by department

  • engineering: $208K median · $355K top base — Senior Machine Learning Engineer - Ads (view JD) (5 roles)

Nextdoor salary by location

  • Remote: $200K median · $301K top base — Senior Analytics Engineering Manager (view JD) (8 roles)
  • San Francisco: $135K median · $250K top base — Senior Software Engineer - Backend (view JD) (3 roles)

Remote work at Nextdoor

53% of Nextdoor's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What Nextdoor looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (6) · SQL (4) · Kotlin (2) · GraphQL (2) · Django (2) · Kafka (2) · PostgreSQL (2) · Redis (2) · AWS (2) · CI/CD (1).

About Nextdoor

Nextdoor is Public stage · 501–1,000 employees · founded 2011 · HQ San Francisco, California. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Nextdoor

Roles typically ask for around 6 years of experience (up to 15+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 4 that do, Bachelor's is 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; 83% of these postings reference equity (options). Equity is not included in the medians above.

Nextdoor total compensation signals

Beyond the posted-range midpoint, postings indicate: 13% include commission; common structures: salaried. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Nextdoor hiring activity

Nextdoor has 18 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 18 public job postings with disclosed pay. 8 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (11 in the last 90).

💼 Similar companies hiring

Compare Nextdoor's pay with companies in the same space:

CompanyMedian payvs NextdoorStage
Pinterest.$223K↑ +8%Public
Reddit$260K↑ +26%Public
Discord$208K↑ +1%Series H
Tencent$170K↓ -18%Public
Expedia$277K↑ +34%Public
Grandstand$110K↓ -46%

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Common questions

What does Nextdoor pay?
The median pay is $206K, with a typical range of $143K–$227K, based on 18 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Nextdoor?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Head of Sales, Central, at $320K–$420K base.

Which team pays the most at Nextdoor?
The engineering team, at a $208K 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 18 public Nextdoor 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 24, 2026.

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