Reddit Salary

💰 $180K–$272K salary range

Median: $230K  ·  Based on 225 public Reddit job postings  ·  Updated June 9, 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

• Director, North America Agency Development — $412K · Global Ads Partnerships
• Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer — $372K · Machine Learning
• Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Feed Relevance — $372K · Machine Learning
• Senior Staff Software Engineer, Search Platform — $372K · Machine Learning
• Director of Machine Learning, Safety & Mods — $365K · SWAT
• Senior Director of Product, Ads Platform — $299K–$419K · Ads Product

Reddit salary by department

• Product Design: $329K median (6 roles)
• Machine Learning: $303K median (18 roles)
• Ads Data Science: $286K median (6 roles)
• BE Platform: $282K median (10 roles)
• Ads Engineering: $277K median (20 roles)
• Client Platforms: $267K median (5 roles)
• Ads Product: $250K median (4 roles)
• Growth: $233K median (11 roles)

Reddit salary by seniority

• Mid: $164K median (31)
• Senior: $213K median (85)
• Staff: $266K median (61)
• Lead: $180K median (10)
• Manager: $189K median (29)
• Director: $297K median (10)

Reddit salary by location

• Remote: $255K median (129 roles)
• New York: $185K median (28 roles)
• San Francisco: $177K median (24 roles)
• Seattle: $175K median (3 roles)

Remote work at Reddit

69% of Reddit's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly. Remote roles run a $255K median vs $168K onsite.

What Reddit looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (20) · Go (11) · Kubernetes (8) · Kotlin (7) · PyTorch (7) · CI/CD (5) · AWS (5) · GCP (5) · GraphQL (5) · Java (5).

Benefits & perks at Reddit

Commonly listed: 401k (92) · parental (92) · dental (91) · vision (91) · mental-health (77) · medical (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 20+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 68 that do, Bachelor's and PhD and Master's are 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; 41% of these postings reference equity (rsu). Equity is not included in the medians above.

Reddit total compensation signals

Beyond base salary, postings indicate: 99% 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 123 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 226 public job postings with disclosed pay. 98 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (226 in the last 90).

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• PepsiCo — median $128K
• Paychex — median $131K
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• CoreWeave — median $210K
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Government wage data

For corroboration, U.S. Department of Labor certified wage filings (FY2026) for Reddit show a median of $225K, ranging $190K–$260K, across 166 filings. Reported separately from — never blended with — the job-posting median above.

Common questions

What does Reddit pay?
The median base salary is $230K, with a typical range of $182K–$271K, based on 226 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 Director, North America Agency Development, at $412K base.

Which team pays the most at Reddit?
The Product Design team, at a $329K 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 226 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 June 10, 2026.

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