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Plaud Salary

Plaud Salary

Plaud pays a median of $180K ($139K–$208K) across 27 public job postings (2025–2026).

💰 $139K–$208K salary range

Median: $180K  ·  Based on 27 public Plaud job postings  ·  Updated August 4, 2026


This Plaud 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

Plaud · pay benchmark · updated August 4, 2026
$180K
inc. eng · sales · ops
All-role median
$139K–$208K
Typical range
$425K view JD
Highest base · Global Brand Director - San Francisco
27
Open roles
~5 yrs
Typical exp.
+27
27 last 90d
New last 30d
ⓘ Base salary only — 41% of roles mention equity · options
IC salary by seniority
Mid
$139K (8)
Senior
$190K (6)
Salary by department · median & top base
global product r&d center
$190K · $365K top (8)
global brand center
$148K · $425K top (8)
Highest-paying skills
LLMs $208KPython $189KGdpr $185KHipaa $185KGo $170KSoc 2 $170K

Highest-paying open roles at Plaud

Plaud salary by department

  • global product r&d center: $190K median · $365K top base — Machine Learning Engineer, Inference & Serving (Speech LLM) - San Francisco (view JD) (8 roles)
  • global brand center: $148K median · $425K top base — Global Brand Director - San Francisco (view JD) (8 roles)

Plaud salary by seniority

  • Mid: $139K median · $215K top base — Full Stack Engineer - Consumer & Commerce (view JD) (8)
  • Senior: $190K median · $300K top base — Software Engineer (Platform) - San Francisco (view JD) (6)

Plaud salary by location

  • San Francisco: $175K median · $425K top base — Global Brand Director - San Francisco (view JD) (24 roles)

Remote work at Plaud

0% of Plaud's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What Plaud looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (5) · Go (3) · Java (3) · Kubernetes (2) · CI/CD (2) · React (2) · Full-Cycle Recruiting (1) · Sourcing (1) · SQL (1) · OpenAI (1).

Benefits & perks at Plaud

Commonly listed: dental (22) · 401k (22) · unlimited-pto (22) · pto (22) · bonus (21) · commuter (7) · parental (5) · vision (4).

About Plaud

Plaud is Venture-backed stage · 251–500 employees · founded 2021 · HQ San Francisco, California. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Plaud

Roles typically ask for around 5 years of experience (up to 15+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 1 that do, Bachelor's is 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; 41% of these postings reference equity (options). Equity is not included in the medians above.

Plaud total compensation signals

Beyond the posted-range midpoint, postings indicate: 73% of roles list a bonus; common structures: salaried. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Plaud hiring activity

Plaud has 27 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 27 public job postings with disclosed pay. 27 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (27 in the last 90).

💼 Similar companies hiring

Compare Plaud's pay with companies in the same space:

CompanyMedian payvs PlaudStage
Zoom$188K↑ +4%Public
Read AI$195K↑ +8%Series B
Sandbar$190K↑ +6%Series A
SpaceX$138K↓ -24%Series D
OpenAI$308K↑ +71%Late Stage
Databricks$216K↑ +20%Series J

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Common questions

What does Plaud pay?
The median pay is $180K, with a typical range of $139K–$208K, based on 27 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Plaud?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Global Brand Director - San Francisco, at $325K–$425K base.

Which team pays the most at Plaud?
The global product r&d center team, at a $190K 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 27 public Plaud 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 August 4, 2026.

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