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Samba TV Salary

Samba TV Salary

Samba TV pays a median of $168K ($125K–$200K) across 35 public job postings (2025–2026).

💰 $125K–$200K salary range

Median: $168K  ·  Based on 35 public Samba TV job postings  ·  Updated September 17, 2026


This Samba TV salary benchmark is built from public job postings — no private placement data. Figures reflect the posted-range midpoint (equity is separate) and are refreshed as new postings are collected.

📊 Salary breakdown

Samba TV · pay benchmark · updated September 17, 2026
$168K
inc. eng · sales · ops
All-role median
$125K–$200K
Typical range
$400K view JD
Highest base · Chief Financial Officer
35
Open roles
~5 yrs
Typical exp.
+4
17 last 90d
New last 30d
ⓘ Base salary only — 9% of roles mention equity
IC salary by seniority
Junior
$85K (5)
Senior
$168K (11)
Salary by department · median & top base
commercial
$198K · $350K top (8)
engineering
$180K · $250K top (7)
core operations
$102K · $180K top (9)
Pay by location
New York $166K (18)San Francisco $180K (11)Los Angeles $133K (4)
Highest-paying skills
JavaScript $180KAWS $180KLLMs $180KAzure $180KGo $174KPython $169KDatabricks $165K

Highest-paying open roles at Samba TV

Samba TV salary by department

  • commercial: $198K median · $350K top base — Director of Indies (view JD) (8 roles)
  • engineering: $180K median · $250K top base — Director, Technical Program Management (view JD) (7 roles)
  • core operations: $102K median · $180K top base — Principal, Insights & Innovation (view JD) (9 roles)

Samba TV salary by seniority

  • Junior: $85K median · $180K top base — Ontology Engineer-Knowledge Graph & Identity (view JD) (5)
  • Senior: $168K median · $230K top base — Senior Ontologist - Knowledge Graph & Identity (view JD) (11)

Samba TV salary — lead & management

  • Manager: $156K median · $185K top base — Product Manager, Identity (view JD) (6)
  • Director: $200K median · $350K top base — Director of Indies (view JD) (5)

Samba TV salary by location

  • New York: $166K median · $350K top base — Director of Indies (view JD) (18 roles)
  • San Francisco: $180K median · $400K top base — Chief Financial Officer (view JD) (11 roles)
  • Los Angeles: $133K median · $180K top base — Product Manager - Outcomes & Attribution (view JD) (4 roles)

Remote work at Samba TV

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

What Samba TV looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: SQL (10) · Python (5) · AWS (5) · JavaScript (4) · GCP (4) · Spark (3) · Databricks (3) · Azure (3) · Airflow (2) · MLOps (2).

About Samba TV

Samba TV is Series C stage · 251–500 employees · founded 2008 · HQ San Francisco, CA. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Samba TV

Roles typically ask for around 5 years of experience (up to 15+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 8 that do, Bachelor'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; 9% of these postings reference equity. Equity is not included in the medians above.

Samba TV hiring activity

Samba TV has 35 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 35 public job postings with disclosed pay. 4 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (17 in the last 90).

💼 Similar companies hiring

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Google$214K↑ +27%Acquired
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Common questions

What does Samba TV pay?
The median pay is $168K, with a typical range of $125K–$200K, based on 35 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Samba TV?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Chief Financial Officer, at $300K–$400K base.

Which team pays the most at Samba TV?
The commercial team, at a $198K 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 35 public Samba TV 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 September 17, 2026.

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