Rippling Salary

💰 $154K–$248K salary range

Median: $210K  ·  Based on 192 public Rippling job postings  ·  Updated July 1, 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 - Infrastructure — $216K–$378K · Engineering
• Senior Engineering Manager - Payroll Calculation — $207K–$362K · Engineering
• Senior Director of Product Management, Payroll — $207K–$362K · Product
• Senior Engineering Manager, AI Developer Experience — $207K–$362K · Engineering
• Senior Engineering Manager, Cloud Infrastructure — $207K–$362K · Engineering
• Senior Staff Software Engineer - Global Payroll — $198K–$347K · Engineering
• Senior Engineering Manager, Object Platform — $198K–$347K · Engineering
• Senior Engineering Manager - Payments Execution — $207K–$345K · Engineering
• Senior Engineering Manager - Payroll Platform — $207K–$345K · Engineering
• Senior Engineering Manager, IT Product Team — $207K–$345K · Engineering

Rippling salary by department

• engineering: $248K median · $378K top base — Director of Engineering - Infrastructure (view JD) (62 roles)
• product: $232K median · $362K top base — Senior Director of Product Management, Payroll (view JD) (9 roles)
• sales: $208K median · $340K top base — Manager, Private Equity Sales (view JD) (33 roles)
• people & places: $185K median · $260K top base — Compensation Programs Lead (view JD) (9 roles)
• marketing: $182K median · $330K top base — Senior Director of Performance Marketing, Worldwide (view JD) (22 roles)
• revenue operations: $162K median · $215K top base — Sr. Sales Strategy Manager, GTM Expansion (Hybrid based in SF or NYC) (view JD) (6 roles)
• legal & compliance: $156K median · $295K top base — Lead Counsel, HR Products, Insurance & Benefits (view JD) (8 roles)
• finance: $144K median · $300K top base — Director, Strategic Finance - CX and Product Ops (view JD) (12 roles)

Rippling salary by location

• San Francisco: $219K median · $347K top base — Senior Engineering Manager, Object Platform (view JD) (71 roles)
• New York: $219K median · $362K top base — Senior Engineering Manager - Payroll Calculation (view JD) (43 roles)
• Seattle: $230K median · $378K top base — Director of Engineering - Infrastructure (view JD) (19 roles)
• Austin: $144K median · $280K top base — Senior Product Security Engineer (view JD) (10 roles)

Remote work at Rippling

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

What Rippling looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Payroll (11) · Python (11) · Go (8) · SQL (8) · Demand Generation (6) · Snowflake (5) · AWS (5) · React (5) · Django (5) · Onboarding (4).

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 5 that do, Bachelor's is 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; 30% of these postings reference equity. Equity is not included in the medians above.

Rippling total compensation signals

Beyond the posted-range midpoint, postings indicate: 28% include commission; common structures: salaried, hourly. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Rippling hiring activity

Rippling has 192 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 192 public job postings with disclosed pay. 192 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (192 in the last 90).

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Common questions

What does Rippling pay?
The median pay is $210K, with a typical range of $154K–$248K, based on 192 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 - Infrastructure, 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 192 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 July 1, 2026.

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