Reddit Salary

💰 $216K–$260K salary range

Median: $234K  ·  Based on 125 public Reddit job postings  ·  Updated October 21, 2026

This Reddit 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 Reddit

• Senior Director, Data Science — $317K–$444K · Data Science
• Director, Intellectual Property — $266K–$418K · Legal
• Senior Staff Machine Learning Systems Engineer, Ads ML Platform — $293K–$410K · Ads Product & Engineering
• Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, GenAI Platform — $293K–$410K · ML Foundations
• Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Agentic AI Platform (Ads Ranking) — $293K–$410K · Ads Product & Engineering
• Senior Staff Software Engineer, Client Architecture — $279K–$390K · Consumer Engineering
• Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Feed Relevance — $266K–$372K · ML & Search
• Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, ML Understanding — $266K–$372K · ML & Search
• Senior Machine Learning Manager, Video Ranking — $266K–$372K · ML & Search
• Principal Data Scientist, Ads — $268K–$365K · Data Science

Reddit salary by department

• ml & search: $290K median · $372K top base — Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Feed Relevance (view JD) (11 roles)
• data science: $260K median · $444K top base — Senior Director, Data Science (view JD) (8 roles)
• ads product & engineering: $260K median · $410K top base — Senior Staff Machine Learning Systems Engineer, Ads ML Platform (view JD) (23 roles)
• consumer engineering: $260K median · $390K top base — Senior Staff Software Engineer, Client Architecture (view JD) (8 roles)
• sre & program mgmt: $234K median · $304K top base — Staff Software Engineer, Identity & Access Management (view JD) (5 roles)
• engineering and product: $229K median · $303K top base — Staff Software Engineer, Consumer Engineering (view JD) (6 roles)
• infrastructure: $229K median · $304K top base — Staff Software Engineer - Site Defense (view JD) (14 roles)
• consumer product: $229K median · $304K top base — Staff Product Manager, Community Builders (view JD) (6 roles)

Reddit engineering & product salary by seniority

• Mid: $197K median · $355K top base — Machine Learning Manager, Feed Relevance (Retrieval) (view JD) (14)
• Senior: $229K median · $372K top base — Senior Machine Learning Manager, Video Ranking (view JD) (36)
• Staff: $260K median · $410K top base — Senior Staff Machine Learning Systems Engineer, Ads ML Platform (view JD) (45)

Reddit salary by location

• Remote: $257K median · $444K top base — Senior Director, Data Science (view JD) (109 roles)
• New York: $166K median · $295K top base — Chief of Staff, Global Sales (view JD) (4 roles)
• Los Angeles: $162K median · $199K top base — Lead Client Partner, Global Strategic Accounts (Tech) (view JD) (3 roles)

Remote work at Reddit

88% of Reddit's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly. Remote roles run a $260K median vs $162K onsite.

What Reddit looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (42) · Go (35) · Java (18) · Kubernetes (17) · SQL (16) · Redis (12) · PyTorch (12) · GraphQL (10) · TensorFlow (10) · React (10).

Benefits & perks at Reddit

Commonly listed: dental (125) · 401k (125) · parental (125) · vision (124) · mental-health (94) · retirement (1).

About Reddit

Reddit is Public stage · 1,001–5,000 employees · founded 2005 · HQ San Francisco, California. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Reddit

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 17 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; 100% of these postings reference equity (rsu). Equity is not included in the medians above.

Reddit total compensation signals

Beyond the posted-range midpoint, postings indicate: 88% include commission; common structures: salaried. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Reddit hiring activity

Reddit has 125 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 125 public job postings with disclosed pay. 34 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (87 in the last 90).

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Common questions

What does Reddit pay?
The median pay is $234K, with a typical range of $216K–$260K, based on 125 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Reddit?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Senior Director, Data Science, at $317K–$444K base.

Which team pays the most at Reddit?
The ml & search 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 125 public Reddit 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 21, 2026.

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