Rippling Salary

💰 $159K–$248K salary range

Median: $217K  ·  Based on 177 public Rippling job postings  ·  Updated October 23, 2026

This Rippling 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 Rippling

• Director of Engineering, HRIS Core Flows — $216K–$378K · Engineering
• Associate General Counsel, Corporate — $295K–$365K · Legal & Compliance
• Senior Engineering Manager, Tools and Observability — $207K–$345K · Engineering
• Senior Engineering Manager, AI Onboarding — $207K–$345K · Engineering
• Senior Engineering Manager, Platform — $207K–$345K · Engineering
• Senior Engineering Manager, AI Platform — $207K–$345K · Engineering
• Senior Engineering Manager - Payments Experience — $207K–$345K · Engineering
• Engineering Leader - Agentic Talent Products — $207K–$345K · Engineering
• Principal Security Engineer — $207K–$345K · Engineering
• Senior Engineering Manager, Travel — $207K–$345K · Engineering

Rippling salary by department

• engineering: $248K median · $378K top base — Director of Engineering, HRIS Core Flows (view JD) (66 roles)
• product: $232K median · $335K top base — Senior Director of Product, App Platform (view JD) (8 roles)
• bizops: $222K median · $320K top base — Director, Business Operations (view JD) (5 roles)
• product design: $218K median · $325K top base — Product Design Lead, AI Platform (view JD) (8 roles)
• marketing: $189K median · $305K top base — Director, Product Marketing (Hybrid in NYC, SF, or Seattle) (view JD) (20 roles)
• people & places: $178K median · $260K top base — Compensation Programs Lead (view JD) (6 roles)
• sales: $161K median (28 roles)
• finance: $152K median · $226K top base — Senior Manager, Technical Accounting & Reporting (view JD) (7 roles)

Rippling engineering & product salary by seniority

• Mid: $189K median · $345K top base — Engineering Leader - Agentic Talent Products (view JD) (11)
• Senior: $224K median · $325K top base — Product Design Lead, AI Platform (view JD) (31)
• Staff: $252K median · $345K top base — Principal Security Engineer (view JD) (32)

Rippling engineering & product management salary

• Manager: $276K median · $345K top base — Senior Engineering Manager, Tools and Observability (view JD) (11)

Rippling salary by location

• San Francisco: $224K median · $378K top base — Director of Engineering, HRIS Core Flows (view JD) (84 roles)
• New York: $221K median · $345K top base — Senior Engineering Manager, Tools and Observability (view JD) (35 roles)
• Remote: $120K median · $340K top base — Manager, Enterprise Sales - Private Equity (view JD) (31 roles)

Remote work at Rippling

18% of Rippling's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly. Remote roles run a $145K median vs $224K onsite.

What Rippling looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (43) · Go (23) · React (18) · SQL (18) · Payroll (18) · Django (14) · Demand Generation (13) · Snowflake (11) · Onboarding (10) · MongoDB (9).

Benefits & perks at Rippling

Commonly listed: medical (7) · 401k (1) · pto (1).

About Rippling

Rippling is Series G stage · 5,001–10,000 employees · founded 2016 · HQ San Francisco, California. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Rippling

Roles typically ask for around 6 years of experience (up to 12+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 4 that do, Bachelor's and Associate's 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; 92% of these postings reference equity. Equity is not included in the medians above.

Rippling total compensation signals

Beyond the posted-range midpoint, postings indicate: 72% include commission; on-target earnings run about $210K where stated (4 roles); common structures: salaried. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Rippling hiring activity

Rippling has 177 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 177 public job postings with disclosed pay. 59 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (104 in the last 90). Mostly full-time, with 1 contract role in the mix.

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Common questions

What does Rippling pay?
The median pay is $217K, with a typical range of $159K–$248K, based on 177 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Rippling?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Director of Engineering, HRIS Core Flows, at $216K–$378K base.

Which team pays the most at Rippling?
The engineering team, at a $248K 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 177 public Rippling 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 23, 2026.

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