Roku Salary

💰 $160K–$350K salary range

Median: $251K  ·  Based on 145 public Roku job postings  ·  Updated June 10, 2026

This Roku 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 Roku

• Head of International Ad Sales Monetization — $450K–$600K · 377 - Ad Sales
• Lead Systems Software Architect — $350K–$638K · 260 - Roku TV NPI Americas
• Senior Director, Product Management, Video Ad Platform — $383K–$536K · 383 - Ad Product
• Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Search Assistant — $361K–$510K · 224 - Search & Recommendations
• Director, Productivity Engineering — $350K–$475K · 427 - Enterprise Engineering
• Senior Engineering Manager, Content Platform — $329K–$452K · 224 - Search & Recommendations

Roku salary by department

• 383 - Ad Product: $423K median (8 roles)
• 001- PIPELINE: $408K median (3 roles)
• 225 - Advertising Engineering: $361K median (13 roles)
• 224 - Search & Recommendations: $360K median (9 roles)
• 377 - Ad Sales: $350K median (10 roles)
• 393 - Product & Program Mgmt: $303K median (10 roles)
• 226 - APPS: $300K median (3 roles)
• 393 - Viewer Product - Product & Program Mgmt: $236K median (4 roles)

Roku salary by seniority

• Junior: $121K median (8)
• Mid: $140K median (12)
• Senior: $299K median (79)
• Lead: $255K median (6)
• Manager: $160K median (27)
• Director: $350K median (13)

Roku salary by location

• New York: $189K median (32 roles)
• Remote: $143K median (12 roles)
• Boston: $286K median (11 roles)

Remote work at Roku

12% of Roku's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What Roku looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (19) · AWS (15) · Java (12) · GCP (11) · Azure (7) · Snowflake (5) · Kubernetes (5) · Scala (5) · Kafka (4) · Docker (3).

Benefits & perks at Roku

Commonly listed: dental (102) · mental-health (102) · 401k (102) · medical (100) · life-ins (100) · parental (100) · pto (99) · gym (99).

About Roku

Roku is Public stage · 1,001–5,000 employees · HQ Los Gatos, California. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Roku

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 56 that do, Bachelor's and Master's and PhD and Associate'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; 69% of these postings reference equity. Equity is not included in the medians above.

Roku total compensation signals

Beyond base salary, postings indicate: 6% include commission; common structures: salaried. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Roku hiring activity

Roku has 106 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 145 public job postings with disclosed pay. 46 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (145 in the last 90).

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Common questions

What does Roku pay?
The median base salary is $251K, with a typical range of $160K–$350K, based on 145 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Roku?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Head of International Ad Sales Monetization, at $450K–$600K base.

Which team pays the most at Roku?
The 383 - Ad Product team, at a $423K 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 145 public Roku 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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