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Otter.ai Salary

Otter.ai Salary

Otter.ai pays a median base salary of $230K ($184K–$246K) across 78 public job postings (2025–2026).

💰 $184K–$246K salary range

Median: $230K  ·  Based on 78 public Otter.ai job postings  ·  Updated June 10, 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 · base salary benchmark · updated June 10, 2026
$230K
Median base
$184K–$246K
Typical range
68
Open roles
~5 yrs
Typical exp.
ⓘ Base salary only — equity is separate (63 postings cite equity)
Salary by department
Finance
$280K (6)
PM System of Record
$246K (3)
ENG System of Record
$242K (8)
ENG Facility
$236K (10)
ENG Brick & Mortar
$230K (11)
ENG Beam
$230K (12)
Otter - ENT
$143K (3)
Otter - SMB
$125K (12)
Highest-paying skills
Java $209KMongoDB $204KGo $199KPython $199KKafka $199KPostgreSQL $199KAWS $199KGCP $199K

Highest-paying open roles at Otter.ai

Otter.ai salary by department

  • Finance: $280K median (6 roles)
  • PM System of Record: $246K median (3 roles)
  • ENG System of Record: $242K median (8 roles)
  • ENG Facility: $236K median (10 roles)
  • ENG Brick & Mortar: $230K median (11 roles)
  • ENG Beam: $230K median (12 roles)
  • Otter - ENT: $143K median (3 roles)
  • Otter - SMB: $125K median (12 roles)

Otter.ai salary by seniority

  • Mid: $230K median (29)
  • Senior: $244K median (6)
  • Staff: $277K median (12)
  • Manager: $230K median (20)
  • Director: $214K median (11)

Otter.ai salary by location

  • Los Angeles: $143K median (24 roles)
  • Seattle: $230K median (19 roles)
  • San Francisco: $245K median (11 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 (21) · Python (10) · AWS (9) · GCP (9) · Kubernetes (9) · Docker (9) · React (8) · Kafka (7) · PostgreSQL (6) · Azure (6).

Benefits & perks at Otter.ai

Commonly listed: dental (63) · vision (63) · hsa-fsa (63) · 401k (63) · life-ins (63) · parental (63) · childcare (63).

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 5 years of experience (up to 15+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 22 that do, Bachelor's 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; 81% of these postings reference equity. Equity is not included in the medians above.

Otter.ai 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.

Otter.ai hiring activity

Otter.ai has 68 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 78 public job postings with disclosed pay. 69 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (69 in the last 90). Mostly full-time, with 5 contract roles in the mix.

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Common questions

What does Otter.ai pay?
The median base salary is $230K, with a typical range of $184K–$246K, based on 78 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 - Mountain View, CA, at $224K–$284K base.

Which team pays the most at Otter.ai?
The Finance team, at a $280K 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 78 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 10, 2026.

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