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Snowflake Salary

Snowflake Salary

Snowflake pays a median of $213K ($184K–$288K) across 218 public job postings (2025–2026).

💰 $184K–$288K salary range

Median: $213K  ·  Based on 218 public Snowflake job postings  ·  Updated October 24, 2026


This Snowflake 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

Snowflake · pay benchmark · updated October 24, 2026
$213K
inc. eng · sales · ops
All-role median
$184K–$288K
Typical range
$489K view JD
Highest base · Senior Director of Engineering – Horizon Catalog, Collaboration & Marketplace
218
Open roles
~7 yrs
Typical exp.
+67
152 last 90d
New last 30d
ⓘ Base salary only — 71% of roles mention equity · rsu, options
IC salary by seniority
Mid
$195K (21)
Senior
$244K (52)
Staff
$288K (44)
Management pay by function
Engineering
$288K (12)
Alliances and Channels
$209K (2)
Marketing
$165K (3)
Salary by department · median & top base
engineering
$266K · $489K top (96)
product management
$244K · $437K top (16)
data analytics and ai
$211K · $383K top (6)
alliances and channels
$209K · $257K top (6)
professional services
$198K · $437K top (10)
solution engineering
$191K · $347K top (14)
marketing
$182K · $362K top (20)
global support
$171K · $288K top (5)
Pay by location
Remote $185K (36)New York $186K (10)Denver $97K (3)
Highest-paying skills
PostgreSQL $288KDbt $288KProduct Roadmap $244KGo-To-Market $244KNode.js $244KAWS $244KGCP $244KAzure $244K

Highest-paying open roles at Snowflake

Snowflake salary by department

  • engineering: $266K median · $489K top base — Senior Director of Engineering – Horizon Catalog, Collaboration & Marketplace (view JD) (96 roles)
  • product management: $244K median · $437K top base — Director, Product Management - Snowflake Transactions (view JD) (16 roles)
  • data analytics and ai: $211K median · $383K top base — Senior Director, Analytics Engineering, Data Analytics & AI (view JD) (6 roles)
  • alliances and channels: $209K median · $257K top base — Partner Development Direct, IBM (view JD) (6 roles)
  • professional services: $198K median · $437K top base — Director, Product Management - Data Transformation (Frontier Engineering) (view JD) (10 roles)
  • solution engineering: $191K median · $347K top base — Rvp, Solution Engineering, Financial Services (view JD) (14 roles)
  • marketing: $182K median · $362K top base — Director, Global Marketing Operations (view JD) (20 roles)
  • global support: $171K median · $288K top base — Sr. Software Engineer, Customer Experience Engineering (view JD) (5 roles)

Snowflake engineering & product salary by seniority

  • Mid: $195K median · $347K top base — Rvp, Solution Engineering, Financial Services (view JD) (21)
  • Senior: $244K median · $380K top base — Tech Lead Manager - SUT Team (view JD) (52)
  • Staff: $288K median · $437K top base — Principal Software Engineer II - Next-Gen Data Transformations (view JD) (44)

Snowflake engineering & product management salary

  • Manager: $288K median · $380K top base — Senior Engineering Manager - OLTP (view JD) (14)
  • Director: $371K median · $489K top base — Senior Director of Engineering – Horizon Catalog, Collaboration & Marketplace (view JD) (5)

Snowflake salary by location

  • Remote: $185K median · $339K top base — Staff Software Engineer - Postgres Control Plane (view JD) (36 roles)
  • New York: $186K median · $257K top base — Principal Solutions Architect - Data Engineering (view JD) (10 roles)
  • Denver: $97K median · $218K top base — Principal Solutions Architect - Migrations (view JD) (3 roles)

Remote work at Snowflake

24% of Snowflake's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly. Remote roles run a $185K median vs $288K onsite.

What Snowflake looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Snowflake (137) · Python (60) · Java (46) · SQL (42) · AWS (39) · GCP (39) · Azure (39) · Go (32) · Kubernetes (17) · Product Roadmap (14).

Benefits & perks at Snowflake

Commonly listed: dental (5) · 401k (5) · pto (5) · parental (3) · life-ins (2) · mental-health (1) · hsa-fsa (1).

About Snowflake

Snowflake is Public stage · 5,001–10,000 employees · founded 2012 · HQ San Mateo, California. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Snowflake

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 61 that do, Bachelor's and PhD and Master's 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; 71% of these postings reference equity (rsu, options). Equity is not included in the medians above.

Snowflake total compensation signals

Beyond the posted-range midpoint, postings indicate: 1% of roles list a bonus; 100% include commission; common structures: salaried. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Snowflake hiring activity

Snowflake has 218 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 218 public job postings with disclosed pay. 67 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (152 in the last 90).

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C3 AI$167K↓ -22%Public
Alteryx$150K↓ -30%Acquired
Collibra$158K↓ -26%Series G
Palantir$150K↓ -30%Public
Fivetran$192K↓ -10%Series D

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Common questions

What does Snowflake pay?
The median pay is $213K, with a typical range of $184K–$288K, based on 218 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Snowflake?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Senior Director of Engineering – Horizon Catalog, Collaboration & Marketplace, at $340K–$489K base.

Which team pays the most at Snowflake?
The engineering team, at a $266K 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 218 public Snowflake 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 October 24, 2026.

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