Pinterest Salary

💰 $145K–$300K salary range

Median: $208K  ·  Based on 208 public Pinterest job postings  ·  Updated June 9, 2026

This Pinterest 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 Pinterest

• Sr. Director, Engineering - Delivery Infrastructure — $577K · Data Engineering
• Principal Machine Learning Engineer, Growth — $551K · Core Engineering
• Director, Machine Learning Engineering – Growth — $492K · Core Engineering
• Director of Data Science, Trust & Safety, Signals and Content Understanding — $471K · Core Engineering
• Director of Data Science, Ads Measurement & Attribution — $471K · Monetization
• Principal Product Manager, AI Compliance — $471K · Core Product

Pinterest salary by department

• Infrastructure and SRE: $339K median (3 roles)
• Core Engineering: $336K median (20 roles)
• Core Product: $288K median (6 roles)
• Engineering, Product and Design (L2): $288K median (7 roles)
• Monetization: $286K median (21 roles)
• Data Engineering: $285K median (15 roles)
• Ads Product: $226K median (4 roles)
• Security: $216K median (7 roles)

Pinterest salary by seniority

• Mid: $124K median (26)
• Senior: $209K median (65)
• Staff: $268K median (55)
• Lead: $146K median (21)
• Manager: $155K median (33)
• Director: $368K median (15)

Pinterest salary by location

• Remote: $199K median (126 roles)
• San Francisco: $245K median (20 roles)
• New York: $119K median (13 roles)
• Seattle: $245K median (3 roles)

Remote work at Pinterest

61% of Pinterest's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly. Remote roles run a $199K median vs $209K onsite.

What Pinterest looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (21) · Java (10) · Scala (7) · AWS (5) · CI/CD (4) · Kubernetes (4) · Terraform (3) · React (3) · Airflow (3) · Go (3).

About Pinterest

Pinterest is Public stage · 1,001–5,000 employees · founded 2010 · HQ San Francisco, California. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Pinterest

Roles typically ask for around 7 years of experience (up to 15+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 37 that do, Bachelor's and Master's and PhD 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; 46% of these postings reference equity. Equity is not included in the medians above.

Pinterest 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.

Pinterest hiring activity

Pinterest has 142 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 215 public job postings with disclosed pay. 106 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (192 in the last 90). Mostly full-time, with 6 contract roles in the mix.

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Government wage data

For corroboration, U.S. Department of Labor certified wage filings (FY2026) for Pinterest show a median of $167K, ranging $137K–$200K, across 625 filings. Reported separately from — never blended with — the job-posting median above.

Common questions

What does Pinterest pay?
The median base salary is $208K, with a typical range of $146K–$301K, based on 215 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Pinterest?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Sr. Director, Engineering - Delivery Infrastructure, at $577K base.

Which team pays the most at Pinterest?
The Infrastructure and SRE team, at a $339K 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 215 public Pinterest 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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