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Semafor Salary

Semafor Salary

Semafor pays a median of $154K ($129K–$173K) across 10 public job postings (2025–2026).

💰 $129K–$173K salary range

Median: $154K  ·  Based on 10 public Semafor job postings  ·  Updated June 19, 2026


This Semafor 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

Semafor · pay benchmark · updated June 19, 2026
$154K
inc. eng · sales · ops
All-role median
$129K–$173K
Typical range
$240K view JD
Highest base · Head of Design & Experience
10
Open roles
~8 yrs
Typical exp.
+3
7 last 90d
New last 30d
ⓘ Base salary only — 20% of roles mention equity

Highest-paying open roles at Semafor

Semafor salary by location

  • New York: $163K median · $240K top base — Head of Design & Experience (view JD) (6 roles)

Remote work at Semafor

13% of Semafor's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What Semafor looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Brand Strategy (1) · Team Leadership (1).

Benefits & perks at Semafor

Commonly listed: pto (10) · dental (3) · 401k (3) · commuter (3) · unlimited-pto (3) · hsa-fsa (2) · life-ins (2) · bonus (2).

About Semafor

Semafor is Late Stage stage · 11–50 employees · founded 2022 · HQ New York, New York. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Semafor

Roles typically ask for around 8 years of experience (up to 15+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 3 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; 20% of these postings reference equity. Equity is not included in the medians above.

Semafor total compensation signals

Beyond the posted-range midpoint, postings indicate: 20% of roles list a bonus; common structures: salaried. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Semafor hiring activity

Semafor has 10 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 10 public job postings with disclosed pay. 3 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (7 in the last 90). Mostly full-time, with 2 contract roles in the mix.

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Sirius XM$130K↓ -15%Public

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Common questions

What does Semafor pay?
The median pay is $154K, with a typical range of $129K–$173K, based on 10 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Semafor?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Head of Design & Experience, at $220K–$240K base.

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 10 public Semafor 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 19, 2026.

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