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Otter.ai Salary

Otter.ai Salary

Otter.ai pays a median of $199K ($164K–$209K) across 25 public job postings (2025–2026).

💰 $164K–$209K salary range

Median: $199K  ·  Based on 25 public Otter.ai job postings  ·  Updated June 22, 2026


This Otter.ai 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

Otter.ai · pay benchmark · updated June 22, 2026
$199K
inc. eng · sales · ops
All-role median
$164K–$209K
Typical range
$284K view JD
Highest base · Staff Software Engineer - Menu Platform
25
Open roles
~4 yrs
Typical exp.
+5
19 last 90d
New last 30d
ⓘ Base salary only — 92% of roles mention equity
Management pay by function
PM System of Record
$226K (2)
ENG Beam
$209K (2)
Salary by department · median & top base
eng beam
$199K · $283K top (5)
Pay by location
Seattle $199K (8)Los Angeles $113K (7)
Highest-paying skills
Java $204KPython $199KKafka $199KGo $198K

Highest-paying open roles at Otter.ai

Otter.ai salary by department

  • eng beam: $199K median · $283K top base — Engineering Manager - Data Engineering & Insights (view JD) (5 roles)

Otter.ai salary — lead & management

  • Manager: $210K median · $283K top base — Engineering Manager - Data Engineering & Insights (view JD) (8)

Otter.ai salary by location

  • Seattle: $199K median · $283K top base — Engineering Manager - Data Engineering & Insights (view JD) (8 roles)
  • Los Angeles: $113K median · $230K top base — Backend Software Engineer (view JD) (7 roles)

Remote work at Otter.ai

0% of Otter.ai's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What Otter.ai looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Java (8) · SQL (4) · AWS (4) · GCP (4) · Kubernetes (4) · Docker (4) · Python (4) · PostgreSQL (3) · Azure (3) · Kafka (3).

Benefits & perks at Otter.ai

Commonly listed: dental (23) · vision (23) · hsa-fsa (23) · 401k (23) · life-ins (23) · parental (23) · childcare (23).

About Otter.ai

Otter.ai is Late Stage stage · 101–250 employees · founded 2016 · HQ Mountain View, California. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Otter.ai

Roles typically ask for around 4 years of experience (up to 10+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 1 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; 92% of these postings reference equity. Equity is not included in the medians above.

Otter.ai total compensation signals

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

Otter.ai hiring activity

Otter.ai has 25 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 25 public job postings with disclosed pay. 5 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (19 in the last 90). Mostly full-time, with 1 contract role in the mix.

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Common questions

What does Otter.ai pay?
The median pay is $199K, with a typical range of $164K–$209K, based on 25 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Otter.ai?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Staff Software Engineer - Menu Platform, at $224K–$284K base.

Which team pays the most at Otter.ai?
The eng beam team, at a $199K 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 25 public Otter.ai 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 22, 2026.

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