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Samsara Salary

Samsara Salary

Samsara pays a median of $163K ($129K–$207K) across 209 public job postings (2025–2026).

💰 $129K–$207K salary range

Median: $163K  ·  Based on 209 public Samsara job postings  ·  Updated July 1, 2026


This Samsara 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

Samsara · pay benchmark · updated July 1, 2026
$163K
inc. eng · sales · ops
All-role median
$129K–$207K
Typical range
$390K view JD
Highest base · Senior Staff Software Engineer - STCE
209
Open roles
~5 yrs
Typical exp.
+44
109 last 90d
New last 30d
ⓘ Base salary only — 90% of roles mention equity · rsu
Management pay by function
Customer Success
$119K (12)
Support
$117K (2)
Revenue Operations
$117K (6)
Salary by department · median & top base
product specialists
$350K · $350K top (13)
us enterprise sales
$350K · $350K top (9)
safety ai
$265K · $358K top (5)
us core
$236K · $278K top (9)
hardware engineering
$209K · $275K top (5)
platform
$207K · $290K top (11)
us public sector
$171K · $350K top (17)
us mid market ae2
$171K · $190K top (5)
Pay by location
Remote $145K (64)San Francisco $206K (8)
Highest-paying skills
Snowflake $350KSegment $350KMachine Learning $249KReact Native $233KGraphQL $233KTypeScript $226KReact $226KAWS $196K

Highest-paying open roles at Samsara

Samsara salary by department

  • product specialists: $350K median · $350K top base — Specialist Seller - Enterprise (view JD) (13 roles)
  • us enterprise sales: $350K median · $350K top base — Select Major Account Executive (CST) (view JD) (9 roles)
  • safety ai: $265K median · $358K top base — Lead Machine Learning Engineer - ML Infrastructure (view JD) (5 roles)
  • us core: $236K median · $278K top base — Core Enterprise Account Executive EST/CST - Remote (view JD) (9 roles)
  • hardware engineering: $209K median · $275K top base — Staff Product Design Engineer (view JD) (5 roles)
  • platform: $207K median · $290K top base — Staff Software Engineer (view JD) (11 roles)
  • us public sector: $171K median · $350K top base — Enterprise Account Executive - Public Sector, West (view JD) (17 roles)
  • us mid market ae2: $171K median · $190K top base — Account Executive, Mid Market (West) (view JD) (5 roles)

Samsara salary by location

  • Remote: $145K median · $358K top base — Sr Staff / Staff Applied Scientist (view JD) (64 roles)
  • San Francisco: $206K median · $295K top base — Director, Product Design (view JD) (8 roles)

Remote work at Samsara

34% of Samsara's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What Samsara looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (37) · JavaScript (19) · AWS (14) · Snowflake (11) · Go (11) · SQL (10) · Databricks (8) · Account Management (7) · Tableau (7) · Azure (6).

Benefits & perks at Samsara

Commonly listed: parental (189) · learning (189) · relocation (21) · pto (17).

About Samsara

Samsara is Public stage · 1,001–5,000 employees · founded 2015 · HQ San Francisco, California. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Samsara

Roles typically ask for around 5 years of experience (up to 13+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 41 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; 90% of these postings reference equity (rsu). Equity is not included in the medians above.

Samsara total compensation signals

Beyond the posted-range midpoint, postings indicate: 23% include commission; common structures: salaried, hourly. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Samsara hiring activity

Samsara has 209 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 209 public job postings with disclosed pay. 44 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (109 in the last 90). Mostly full-time, with 3 contract roles in the mix.

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Common questions

What does Samsara pay?
The median pay is $163K, with a typical range of $129K–$207K, based on 209 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Samsara?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Sales Director, Product Specialists (Smart Trailers), at $420K base.

Which team pays the most at Samsara?
The product specialists team, at a $350K 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 209 public Samsara 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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