Reddit Salary

💰 $213K–$260K salary range

Median: $239K  ·  Based on 127 public Reddit job postings  ·  Updated July 1, 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, Ads Product Legal — $299K–$419K · Legal
• Sr. Engineering Manager, Shopping Ads — $293K–$410K · Ads Engineering
• Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, GenAI Platform — $293K–$410K · BE Platform
• Senior Staff Machine Learning Systems Engineer, Indexing & Retrieval Search — $279K–$391K · Machine Learning
• Director of Safety ML — $277K–$387K · SWAT
• Senior Engineering Manager, Unified Embeddings Platform — $266K–$372K · Machine Learning
• Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, ML Understanding — $266K–$372K · Machine Learning
• Agency Development Lead III — $266K–$372K · Agency Development
• Senior Staff ML Engineer, Search & Recommendation — $266K–$372K · Machine Learning
• Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Notifications — $266K–$372K · Growth

Reddit salary by department

• consumer data science: $279K median · $326K top base — Senior Staff Data Scientist - Consumer Relevance (view JD) (6 roles)
• machine learning: $276K median · $372K top base — Senior Engineering Manager, Unified Embeddings Platform (view JD) (12 roles)
• engineering: $260K median · $304K top base — Staff Android Engineer (Clients Platform) (view JD) (10 roles)
• ads engineering: $260K median · $322K top base — Ads Conversion Modeling, Machine Learning Engineering Manager (view JD) (12 roles)
• growth: $260K median · $372K top base — Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Notifications (view JD) (6 roles)
• be platform: $229K median · $304K top base — Senior Software Engineer, Storage (view JD) (12 roles)
• sales strategy & operations: $204K median · $252K top base — Business Lead, Revenue Strategy & Operations (view JD) (5 roles)
• global client solutions: $201K median · $235K top base — Curriculum Lead, GTM Enablement (view JD) (8 roles)

Reddit salary by seniority

• Mid: $168K median · $303K top base — Machine Learning Engineer, Ads Optimization & Ads Marketplace Quality (view JD) (10)
• Senior: $229K median · $372K top base — Senior Engineering Manager, Unified Embeddings Platform (view JD) (47)
• Staff: $260K median · $372K top base — Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, ML Understanding (view JD) (39)

Reddit salary — lead & management

• Lead: $201K median · $372K top base — Agency Development Lead III (view JD) (7)
• Manager: $197K median · $322K top base — Ads Conversion Modeling, Machine Learning Engineering Manager (view JD) (17)
• Director: $304K median · $365K top base — Director of Engineering, Developer Productivity (view JD) (6)

Reddit salary by location

• Remote: $260K median · $372K top base — Senior Engineering Manager, Unified Embeddings Platform (view JD) (70 roles)
• New York: $186K median · $372K top base — Agency Development Lead III (view JD) (19 roles)
• San Francisco: $199K median · $357K top base — Senior Director, Global Strategic Accounts (view JD) (12 roles)
• Los Angeles: $215K median · $273K top base — Senior Manager, Large Customer Sales (Entertainment) (view JD) (8 roles)
• Chicago: $182K median · $267K top base — Senior Software Engineer, Core Platform (view JD) (6 roles)

Remote work at Reddit

75% 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 (34) · Go (19) · PyTorch (14) · Kubernetes (13) · BigQuery (11) · SQL (10) · Java (9) · Kotlin (8) · TensorFlow (8) · GraphQL (7).

Benefits & perks at Reddit

Commonly listed: dental (97) · vision (97) · 401k (97) · parental (97) · mental-health (79).

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 25 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; 76% 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: 100% 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 127 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 127 public job postings with disclosed pay. 51 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (104 in the last 90).

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Common questions

What does Reddit pay?
The median pay is $239K, with a typical range of $213K–$260K, based on 127 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, Ads Product Legal, at $299K–$419K base.

Which team pays the most at Reddit?
The consumer data science team, at a $279K 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 127 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 July 1, 2026.

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