Pinterest. Salary

💰 $175K–$271K salary range

Median: $223K  ·  Based on 144 public Pinterest. job postings  ·  Updated June 22, 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.

• Distinguished Engineer — $280K–$577K · Core Engineering
• Director, Machine Learning Engineering – Content & User Understanding — $267K–$551K · Core Engineering
• Principal Machine Learning Engineer, Ads Delivery — $315K–$551K · Monetization
• Director, Engineering - Online Systems — $285K–$500K · Data Engineering
• Principal Engineer, AI Platform — $243K–$500K · Data Engineering
• Principal Engineer, Online Systems — $285K–$500K · Data Engineering
• Sr. Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Content Quality — $268K–$469K · Core Engineering
• Sr. Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Agentic Ads — $228K–$469K · Monetization
• Sr. Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Content Ecosystem — $228K–$469K · Core Engineering
• Director & Assistant General Counsel, Corporate & Securities — $210K–$433K · Legal

Pinterest. salary by department

• monetization: $290K median · $551K top base — Principal Machine Learning Engineer, Ads Delivery (view JD) (21 roles)
• core engineering: $287K median · $577K top base — Distinguished Engineer (view JD) (14 roles)
• data engineering: $271K median · $500K top base — Director, Engineering - Online Systems (view JD) (11 roles)
• oversight engineering: $223K median · $300K top base — Manager II, Technical Program Management - Ads & Core Infrastructure (view JD) (9 roles)
• design: $214K median · $327K top base — Staff Product Designer, Patterns & Design Innovation (view JD) (5 roles)
• trust and safety ops: $214K median · $339K top base — Staff Product Manager, Model Lifecycle & Management (view JD) (5 roles)
• engineering, product and design (l2): $201K median · $332K top base — Sr. Machine Learning Engineer, Applied Science (view JD) (8 roles)
• tvscientific: $189K median · $403K top base — Group Product Manager II, Creative Tech - tvScientific (view JD) (16 roles)

Pinterest. salary by seniority

• Junior: $189K median · $286K top base — Machine Learning Engineer, Monetization Engineering (view JD) (9)
• Mid: $189K median · $255K top base — Software Engineer II, Simulation, tvScientific (view JD) (14)
• Senior: $214K median · $430K top base — Sr. Manager, Engineering, Ad Formats (view JD) (41)
• Staff: $271K median · $577K top base — Distinguished Engineer (view JD) (46)

Pinterest. salary — lead & management

• Lead: $175K median · $302K top base — Agency Lead (view JD) (11)
• Manager: $159K median · $403K top base — Group Product Manager II, Creative Tech - tvScientific (view JD) (19)

Pinterest. salary by location

• Remote: $223K median · $551K top base — Director, Machine Learning Engineering – Content & User Understanding (view JD) (80 roles)
• San Francisco: $287K median · $551K top base — Principal Machine Learning Engineer, Ads Delivery (view JD) (21 roles)
• New York: $164K median · $302K top base — Sr. Manager, Sales Finance (view JD) (15 roles)
• Chicago: $126K median · $275K top base — Director, Mid-Market Sales (view JD) (13 roles)
• Seattle: $287K median · $429K top base — Sr. Staff Software Engineer, Ads Measurement (view JD) (3 roles)

Remote work at Pinterest.

60% of Pinterest.'s disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly. Remote roles run a $223K median vs $287K onsite.

What Pinterest. looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (34) · SQL (25) · Java (17) · Scala (13) · AWS (10) · Go (6) · Kubernetes (6) · CI/CD (5) · Rust (4) · Product Roadmap (4).

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 6 years of experience (up to 15+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 27 that do, Bachelor's and PhD and Master's are 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; 91% of these postings reference equity. Equity is not included in the medians above.

Pinterest. 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.

Pinterest. hiring activity

Pinterest. has 144 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 144 public job postings with disclosed pay. 105 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (129 in the last 90).

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Common questions

What does Pinterest. pay?
The median pay is $223K, with a typical range of $175K–$271K, based on 144 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 Distinguished Engineer, at $280K–$577K base.

Which team pays the most at Pinterest.?
The monetization team, at a $290K 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 144 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 22, 2026.

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