Playground Salary

💰 $168K–$293K salary range

Median: $200K  ·  Based on 23 public Playground job postings  ·  Updated June 10, 2026

This Playground 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 Playground

• Staff Product Designer — $180K–$1220K · Product
• VP of SMB Sales — $400K · Sales
• Enterprise Account Executive — $285K · Sales
• Head of Finance — $250K–$300K · Operations
• Staff Software Engineer — $250K–$300K · Engineering
• Regional Sales Director — $265K · Sales

Playground salary by department

• Engineering: $300K median (3 roles)
• Operations: $255K median (4 roles)
• Product: $240K median (3 roles)
• Sales: $180K median (7 roles)
• Customer Experience: $155K median (5 roles)

Playground salary by seniority

• Mid: $165K median (5)
• Staff: $300K median (5)
• Manager: $155K median (5)
• Director: $265K median (5)

Playground salary by location

• New York: $210K median (13 roles)

Remote work at Playground

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

What Playground looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: JavaScript (2) · React (2) · GCP (2) · TypeScript (1) · Node.js (1) · Python (1) · CI/CD (1).

Benefits & perks at Playground

Commonly listed: dental (20) · pto (20) · food (20) · learning (20) · childcare (10) · 401k (6).

About Playground

Playground is Seed stage · 11–50 employees · founded 2020 · HQ New York, New York. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Playground

Roles typically ask for around 4 years of experience (up to 10+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 1 that do, Bachelor's is 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; 83% of these postings reference equity. Equity is not included in the medians above.

Playground total compensation signals

Beyond base salary, postings indicate: on-target earnings run about $155K where stated (9 roles); common structures: salaried. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Playground hiring activity

Playground has 20 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 23 public job postings with disclosed pay. 9 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (10 in the last 90).

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• Jack & Jill AI — median $223K
• Chime — median $152K
• Rilla — median $200K
• Scribe — median $200K
• Alloy — median $184K
• Cohesive — median $199K

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Common questions

What does Playground pay?
The median base salary is $200K, with a typical range of $168K–$293K, based on 23 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Playground?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Staff Product Designer, at $180K–$1220K base.

Which team pays the most at Playground?
The Engineering team, at a $300K 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 23 public Playground 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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