Snowflake Salary

💰 $204K–$288K salary range

Median: $237K  ·  Based on 272 public Snowflake job postings  ·  Updated June 10, 2026

This Snowflake 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 Snowflake

• Enterprise Account Executive - Observability — $500K · Sales
• Sr. Director, Data, Analytics & AI (DAA) — $320K–$460K · Data Analytics and AI
• Principal Software Engineer II - Next-Gen Data Transformations — $304K–$437K · Engineering
• Principal Software Engineer II - Interoperable Foundations — $304K–$437K · Engineering
• Director of Engineering - Application, Cloud and Offensive Security — $304K–$437K · Engineering
• Principal Software Engineer II, Horizon Catalog — $304K–$437K · Engineering

Snowflake salary by department

• Legal: $293K median (6 roles)
• Engineering: $288K median (80 roles)
• Product Management: $275K median (22 roles)
• Alliances and Channels: $257K median (5 roles)
• Data Analytics and AI: $238K median (8 roles)
• Professional Services: $218K median (12 roles)
• Solution Engineering: $217K median (46 roles)
• Marketing: $211K median (24 roles)

Snowflake salary by seniority

• Mid: $210K median (75)
• Senior: $248K median (119)
• Staff: $339K median (36)
• Lead: $247K median (6)
• Manager: $230K median (22)
• Director: $310K median (14)

Snowflake salary by location

• Remote: $232K median (109 roles)
• New York: $245K median (11 roles)
• Denver: $190K median (6 roles)
• Boston: $181K median (5 roles)
• Atlanta: $132K median (4 roles)

Remote work at Snowflake

72% of Snowflake's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly. Remote roles run a $232K median vs $227K onsite.

What Snowflake looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Snowflake (195) · Python (84) · Java (39) · AWS (35) · Azure (32) · GCP (31) · Go (30) · Kubernetes (14) · CI/CD (13) · Dbt (10).

Benefits & perks at Snowflake

Commonly listed: dental (6) · 401k (6) · pto (6) · mental-health (4) · hsa-fsa (4) · parental (4) · learning (2).

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 109 that do, Bachelor's and Master's and PhD 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; 91% of these postings reference equity (options, rsu). Equity is not included in the medians above.

Snowflake total compensation signals

Beyond base salary, postings indicate: 1% 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 256 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 272 public job postings with disclosed pay. 127 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (220 in the last 90).

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Common questions

What does Snowflake pay?
The median base salary is $237K, with a typical range of $204K–$288K, based on 272 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 Enterprise Account Executive - Observability, at $500K base.

Which team pays the most at Snowflake?
The Legal team, at a $293K 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 272 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 June 10, 2026.

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