Spotify Salary

💰 $139K–$223K salary range

Median: $191K  ·  Based on 43 public Spotify job postings  ·  Updated July 1, 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

• Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Policy & Safety — $227K–$325K · Engineering
• Senior Legal Counsel - Music Publishing — $215K–$307K · Legal
• Staff Engineer - Content Intelligence Infrastructure — $203K–$291K · Engineering
• Senior Manager, Revenue Forecasting & Intelligence — $191K–$273K · Advertising
• Associate Director, Portfolio & Monetization Architecture — $191K–$273K · Markets and Subscriber Growth
• Senior Machine Learning Engineer - Content Intelligence — $184K–$263K · Engineering
• Machine Learning Engineering Manager - Personalization — $184K–$263K · Engineering
• Senior Machine Learning Engineer - Ads R&D — $184K–$263K · Engineering
• Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Personalization, Rewards — $184K–$263K · Engineering
• Senior Machine Learning Engineer - Enrichment & Content Intelligence — $184K–$263K · Engineering

Spotify salary by department

• engineering: $223K median · $325K top base — Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Policy & Safety (view JD) (16 roles)
• advertising: $139K median · $273K top base — Senior Manager, Revenue Forecasting & Intelligence (view JD) (7 roles)

Spotify salary — lead & management

• Manager: $139K median · $263K top base — Machine Learning Engineering Manager - Personalization (view JD) (11)

Spotify salary by location

• New York: $198K median · $325K top base — Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Policy & Safety (view JD) (23 roles)
• Remote: $193K median · $263K top base — Machine Learning Engineering Manager - Personalization (view JD) (16 roles)
• Los Angeles: $112K median · $307K top base — Senior Legal Counsel - Music Publishing (view JD) (3 roles)

Remote work at Spotify

46% of Spotify's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly. Remote roles run a $193K median vs $186K onsite.

What Spotify looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (5) · SQL (4) · Java (4) · Scala (4) · PyTorch (3) · GCP (3) · TypeScript (3) · React (3) · Intellectual Property (2) · Data Pipelines (2).

Benefits & perks at Spotify

Commonly listed: medical (35) · 401k (35) · parental (34).

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 6 years of experience (up to 10+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 2 that do, PhD and Bachelor'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; 70% of these postings reference equity. Equity is not included in the medians above.

Spotify hiring activity

Spotify has 43 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 43 public job postings with disclosed pay. 35 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (37 in the last 90). Mostly full-time, with 1 contract role in the mix.

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Common questions

What does Spotify pay?
The median pay is $191K, with a typical range of $139K–$223K, based on 43 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 Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Policy & Safety, at $227K–$325K 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 43 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 July 1, 2026.

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