Spotify Salary

💰 $143K–$223K salary range

Median: $170K  ·  Based on 25 public Spotify job postings  ·  Updated September 8, 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

• Director of ML Engineering, Conversation Product Area — $281K–$402K · Engineering
• Director, Portfolio & Monetization Architecture — $249K–$355K · Markets and Subscriber Growth
• Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Music Mission — $227K–$325K · Engineering
• Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Personalization — $227K–$325K · Engineering
• Senior Legal Counsel - Music Publishing — $215K–$307K · Legal
• Senior Machine Learning Engineer - Artist-First AI Music Lab — $184K–$263K · Engineering
• Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Personalization, Magenta — $184K–$263K · Engineering
• Senior Machine Learning Engineer - Policy & Safety — $184K–$263K · Engineering
• Engineering Manager - Music — $164K–$235K · Engineering
• Senior Software Engineer - Enterprise AI — $164K–$235K · Engineering

Spotify salary by department

• engineering: $223K median · $402K top base — Director of ML Engineering, Conversation Product Area (view JD) (9 roles)
• data and analytics: $162K median · $200K top base — State and Local Government Affairs Manager (view JD) (5 roles)

Spotify salary — lead & management

• Manager: $152K median · $235K top base — Engineering Manager - Music (view JD) (8)

Spotify salary by location

• New York: $152K median · $355K top base — Director, Portfolio & Monetization Architecture (view JD) (12 roles)
• Remote: $200K median · $402K top base — Director of ML Engineering, Conversation Product Area (view JD) (12 roles)

Remote work at Spotify

48% of Spotify's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly. Remote roles run a $200K median vs $161K onsite.

What Spotify looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (6) · Scala (3) · GCP (3) · PyTorch (3) · Java (2) · NetSuite (2) · AWS (2) · BigQuery (2) · Data Pipelines (2) · SQL (2).

Benefits & perks at Spotify

Commonly listed: medical (25) · 401k (25) · parental (25).

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 10+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 2 that do, PhD 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; 100% of these postings reference equity. Equity is not included in the medians above.

Spotify hiring activity

Spotify has 25 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 25 public job postings with disclosed pay. 11 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (21 in the last 90).

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Common questions

What does Spotify pay?
The median pay is $170K, with a typical range of $143K–$223K, based on 25 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 Director of ML Engineering, Conversation Product Area, at $281K–$402K base.

Which team pays the most at Spotify?
The engineering team, at a $223K 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 25 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 September 8, 2026.

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