Spotify Salary

💰 $173K–$255K salary range

Median: $206K  ·  Based on 50 public Spotify job postings  ·  Updated June 9, 2026

This Spotify 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 Spotify

• Security Engineer - Product Security — $700K · Engineering
• Backend Engineer, Security — $700K · Engineering
• Research Scientist - Personalization — $600K · Data and Analytics
• Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Policy & Safety — $227K–$325K · Engineering
• Senior Engineering Manager - Spotify for Artists — $203K–$291K · Engineering
• Staff Engineer - Content Intelligence Infrastructure — $203K–$291K · Engineering

Spotify salary by department

• Legal: $243K median (4 roles)
• Engineering: $235K median (26 roles)
• Data and Analytics: $207K median (5 roles)
• Advertising: $131K median (3 roles)
• Finance: $128K median (4 roles)

Spotify salary by seniority

• Mid: $190K median (23)
• Senior: $260K median (11)
• Manager: $205K median (9)

Spotify salary by location

• New York: $206K median (28 roles)
• Remote: $190K median (15 roles)

Remote work at Spotify

45% of Spotify's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly. Remote roles run a $190K median vs $204K onsite.

What Spotify looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Java (4) · TypeScript (2) · Python (2) · AWS (2) · GCP (2) · Kubernetes (2) · Terraform (2) · CI/CD (2) · Scala (2) · React (1).

Benefits & perks at Spotify

Commonly listed: medical (33) · 401k (33) · parental (33).

About Spotify

Spotify is Public stage · 5,001–10,000 employees · founded 2022 · HQ Stockholm, Stockholms Lan. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Spotify

Roles typically ask for around 5 years of experience (up to 8+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 4 that do, PhD and Bachelor's 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; 20% of these postings reference equity. Equity is not included in the medians above.

Spotify hiring activity

Spotify has 47 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 50 public job postings with disclosed pay. 38 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (42 in the last 90).

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Government wage data

For corroboration, U.S. Department of Labor certified wage filings (FY2026) for Spotify show a median of $190K, ranging $165K–$218K, across 435 filings. Reported separately from — never blended with — the job-posting median above.

Common questions

What does Spotify pay?
The median base salary is $206K, with a typical range of $173K–$255K, based on 50 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Spotify?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Security Engineer - Product Security, at $700K base.

Which team pays the most at Spotify?
The Legal team, at a $243K 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 50 public Spotify 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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