Sweetgreen Salary

💰 $81K–$118K salary range

Median: $90K  ·  Based on 30 public Sweetgreen job postings  ·  Updated June 10, 2026

This Sweetgreen 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 Sweetgreen

• Creative Director — $170K · Marketing
• Senior Director, Communications — $161K · Marketing
• Head of Culinary — $160K · Sweetgreen Support Center
• Internal Audit Manager — $140K · Finance
• Director, Ops Services — $140K · Operations Services
• Director, Community Engagement — $135K · Marketing

Sweetgreen salary by department

• Marketing: $135K median (5 roles)
• Operations Services: $111K median (3 roles)

Sweetgreen salary by seniority

• Senior: $111K median (6)
• Manager: $85K median (15)

Remote work at Sweetgreen

20% of Sweetgreen's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

Benefits & perks at Sweetgreen

Commonly listed: dental (23) · 401k (23) · pto (23) · medical (14) · vision (14) · hsa-fsa (14) · parental (9).

About Sweetgreen

Sweetgreen is Public stage · 5,001–10,000 employees · HQ Washington, District of Columbia. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Sweetgreen

Roles typically ask for around 5 years of experience (up to 12+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 5 that do, Bachelor's is 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; 10% of these postings reference equity. Equity is not included in the medians above.

Sweetgreen total compensation signals

Beyond base salary, postings indicate: 38% of roles list a bonus; 4% include commission; common structures: salaried. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Sweetgreen hiring activity

Sweetgreen has 26 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 30 public job postings with disclosed pay. 19 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (30 in the last 90).

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Common questions

What does Sweetgreen pay?
The median base salary is $90K, with a typical range of $81K–$118K, based on 30 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Sweetgreen?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Creative Director, at $170K base.

Which team pays the most at Sweetgreen?
The Marketing team, at a $135K 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 30 public Sweetgreen 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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