Pave Salary

💰 $150K–$189K salary range

Median: $162K  ·  Based on 11 public Pave job postings  ·  Updated June 11, 2026

This Pave 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 Pave

• Staff AI Engineer — $221K–$299K · Engineering
• Senior Software Engineer - Core Platform — $196K–$265K · Engineering
• AI Engineer — $167K–$225K · Engineering
• Software Engineer - Core Platform — $141K–$191K · Engineering
• Technical Recruiter — $155K–$170K · G&A
• People Operations Generalist — $145K–$165K · G&A
• Demand Generation Manager — $136K–$160K · Marketing
• Insights Analyst — $115K–$144K · Data
• Customer Success Engineer — $86K–$107K · Customer Success

Pave salary by department

• engineering: $213K median · $299K top base — Staff AI Engineer (view JD) (4 roles)

Pave salary by location

• San Francisco: $166K median · $299K top base — Staff AI Engineer (view JD) (8 roles)

Remote work at Pave

9% of Pave's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What Pave looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Databricks (9) · OpenAI (8) · React (2) · MySQL (2) · GCP (2) · SQL (2) · Sourcing (1) · Python (1) · TypeScript (1) · Node.js (1).

Benefits & perks at Pave

Commonly listed: dental (11) · vision (11) · unlimited-pto (11) · pto (11) · parental (10) · learning (10) · 401k (1).

About Pave

Pave is Series C stage · 101–250 employees · founded 2019 · HQ San Francisco, California. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Pave

Roles typically ask for around 4 years of experience (up to 10+ for the most senior).

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; 100% of these postings reference equity. Equity is not included in the medians above.

Pave hiring activity

Pave has 11 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 11 public job postings with disclosed pay. 1 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (11 in the last 90).

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Common questions

What does Pave pay?
The median pay is $159K, with a typical range of $134K–$189K, based on 11 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Pave?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Staff AI Engineer, at $221K–$299K base.

Which team pays the most at Pave?
The engineering team, at a $213K 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 11 public Pave 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 18, 2026.

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