Pilot Salary

💰 $172K–$228K salary range

Median: $197K  ·  Based on 36 public Pilot job postings  ·  Updated June 10, 2026

This Pilot 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 Pilot

• Staff Product Manager — $197K–$313K · Product Management
• Design System Engineer (Staff) — $185K–$313K · Engineering
• Director of Security & IT Operations — $195K–$263K · Information Technology
• Sr. Software Engineer — $166K–$267K · Engineering
• Head of Strategic Marketing — $172K–$260K · Marketing
• Sales Manager — $163K–$269K · Sales

Pilot salary by department

• Engineering: $240K median (5 roles)
• Marketing: $215K median (13 roles)
• Revenue Initiatives: $179K median (3 roles)
• CFO Services: $178K median (4 roles)

Pilot salary by seniority

• Senior: $205K median (16)
• Lead: $190K median (6)

Pilot salary by location

• Remote: $210K median (13 roles)
• San Francisco: $220K median (12 roles)
• Austin: $135K median (3 roles)

Remote work at Pilot

52% of Pilot's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly. Remote roles run a $210K median vs $224K onsite.

What Pilot looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: AWS (3) · Terraform (3) · Python (2) · Spring (2) · TypeScript (2) · JavaScript (2) · PostgreSQL (2) · Dbt (1) · Snowflake (1) · Vue (1).

Benefits & perks at Pilot

Commonly listed: 401k (19) · parental (19) · gym (19).

About Pilot

Pilot is Series C stage · 251–500 employees · founded 2016 · HQ San Francisco, California. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Pilot

Roles typically ask for around 6 years of experience (up to 10+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 3 that do, Associate's and Master's and Bachelor'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; 53% of these postings reference equity. Equity is not included in the medians above.

Pilot hiring activity

Pilot has 19 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 36 public job postings with disclosed pay. 17 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (36 in the last 90).

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• Owner — median $220K
• Profound — median $200K
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Common questions

What does Pilot pay?
The median base salary is $197K, with a typical range of $172K–$228K, based on 36 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Pilot?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Staff Product Manager, at $197K–$313K base.

Which team pays the most at Pilot?
The Engineering team, at a $240K 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 36 public Pilot 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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