Pinterest Salary

💰 $189K–$273K salary range

Median: $238K  ·  Based on 113 public Pinterest job postings  ·  Updated October 24, 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

• Director, Machine Learning Engineering, Ads Quality — $315K–$551K · EPD Ads and Ads Product
• Director, Machine Learning Engineering, Ads Measurement — $315K–$551K · EPD Ads and Ads Product
• Principal Engineer, Big Data Platform — $243K–$500K · Data Engineering
• Principal Engineer, AI Platform — $243K–$500K · Data Engineering
• Principal Engineer, Shopping & Delivery Infra — $243K–$500K · Data Engineering
• Director of Product Management, Advertiser Growth — $229K–$471K · EPD Ads and Ads Product
• Sr. Manager, Machine Learning Engineering, Ads Measurement Products — $228K–$469K · EPD Ads and Ads Product
• Sr. Manager, Machine Learning Engineering-Applied Research — $228K–$469K · ATG
• Staff Machine Learning Engineer — $228K–$469K · ATG
• Principal Engineer, Indexing & Retrieval Infrastructure — $285K–$450K · Data Engineering

Pinterest salary by department

• data engineering: $319K median · $500K top base — Principal Engineer, Big Data Platform (view JD) (15 roles)
• consumer engineering: $271K median · $429K top base — Sr. Staff Software Engineer, Notifications & Growth Platform (view JD) (9 roles)
• epd ads and ads product: $266K median · $551K top base — Director, Machine Learning Engineering, Ads Quality (view JD) (23 roles)
• oversight engineering: $206K median · $337K top base — Senior Staff Technical Program Manager, Search Signals (view JD) (6 roles)
• marketing: $184K median · $288K top base — Sr. Data Scientist, Marketing (view JD) (5 roles)
• tvscientific: $155K median · $288K top base — Sr. Site Reliability Engineer, tvScientific (view JD) (7 roles)
• north america enterprise sales: $140K median · $272K top base — Retail Transformation Lead (view JD) (11 roles)

Pinterest engineering & product salary by seniority

• Mid: $189K median · $286K top base — Machine Learning Engineer, EPD Ads (view JD) (13)
• Senior: $226K median · $339K top base — Senior Product Manager, Deceptive Content (view JD) (14)
• Staff: $271K median · $500K top base — Principal Engineer, Big Data Platform (view JD) (38)

Pinterest engineering & product management salary

• Manager: $306K median · $469K top base — Sr. Manager, Machine Learning Engineering, Ads Measurement Products (view JD) (7)

Pinterest salary by location

• Remote: $250K median · $500K top base — Principal Engineer, Big Data Platform (view JD) (67 roles)
• San Francisco: $252K median · $551K top base — Director, Machine Learning Engineering, Ads Measurement (view JD) (15 roles)
• New York: $185K median · $403K top base — Sr. Staff Product Manager, Data and Signals Connectivity (view JD) (13 roles)

Remote work at Pinterest

62% of Pinterest's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly. Remote roles run a $250K median vs $286K onsite.

What Pinterest looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (28) · SQL (22) · Product Roadmap (14) · Java (13) · Go-To-Market (7) · Go (6) · R (6) · Kubernetes (5) · PyTorch (5) · TensorFlow (5).

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 12+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 29 that do, Bachelor's and Master's and PhD 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; 94% 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 113 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 113 public job postings with disclosed pay. 59 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (90 in the last 90). Mostly full-time, with 1 contract role in the mix.

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Common questions

What does Pinterest pay?
The median pay is $238K, with a typical range of $189K–$273K, based on 113 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 Director, Machine Learning Engineering, Ads Quality, at $315K–$551K base.

Which team pays the most at Pinterest?
The data engineering team, at a $319K 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 113 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 October 24, 2026.

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