Spotify Salary

💰 $127K–$206K salary range

Median: $162K  ·  Based on 27 public Spotify job postings  ·  Updated October 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

• Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Content Platform — $281K–$402K · Engineering
• Director, Portfolio & Monetization Architecture — $249K–$355K · Markets and Subscriber Growth
• Head of Product Management - Artist Products — $230K–$328K · Product
• Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Personalization — $227K–$325K · Engineering
• Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Home Surfaces — $227K–$325K · Engineering
• Senior Machine Learning Engineer - Policy & Safety — $184K–$263K · Engineering
• Legal Counsel, Litigation and Copyright — $170K–$243K · Public Affairs
• Senior Applied Research Scientist - Personalization — $169K–$242K · Data and Analytics
• Senior Software Engineer - Enterprise AI — $164K–$235K · Engineering
• Senior Backend Engineer, Home Surfaces — $164K–$235K · Engineering

Spotify salary by department

• engineering: $212K median · $402K top base — Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Content Platform (view JD) (8 roles)
• data and analytics: $152K median · $242K top base — Senior Applied Research Scientist - Personalization (view JD) (6 roles)

Spotify salary by location

• Remote: $162K median · $328K top base — Head of Product Management - Artist Products (view JD) (15 roles)
• New York: $179K median · $402K top base — Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Content Platform (view JD) (9 roles)
• Los Angeles: $112K median · $132K top base — Partner Manager - Lifestyle & Wellness (view JD) (3 roles)

Remote work at Spotify

56% of Spotify's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What Spotify looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (8) · PyTorch (6) · BigQuery (6) · GCP (4) · SQL (4) · AWS (2) · Airflow (2) · Data Pipelines (2) · TensorFlow (1) · Experimentation (1).

Benefits & perks at Spotify

Commonly listed: medical (26) · 401k (26) · parental (26).

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 12+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 4 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; 96% of these postings reference equity. Equity is not included in the medians above.

Spotify hiring activity

Spotify has 27 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 27 public job postings with disclosed pay. 14 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 $162K, with a typical range of $127K–$206K, based on 27 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 Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Content Platform, at $281K–$402K base.

Which team pays the most at Spotify?
The engineering team, at a $212K 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 27 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 October 8, 2026.

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