Tanium Salary

💰 $200K–$267K salary range

Median: $239K  ·  Based on 85 public Tanium job postings  ·  Updated June 10, 2026

This Tanium 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 Tanium

• AVP, Solution Engineering - Washington, D.C. — $243K–$373K · Solution Engineering
• Director, Product Marketing - Security — $221K–$339K · Product Marketing
• Director, Pricing & Packaging — $206K–$316K · Field Operations
• Senior Software Engineer - Backend/ Full Stack — $191K–$293K · Engineering - Cloud Operations
• Senior Integration Engineer - ServiceNow — $191K–$293K · Engineering - Endpoint Management
• AI Security Engineer — $120K–$355K · Engineering - Shared Services

Tanium salary by department

• Product Engineering: $295K median (3 roles)
• Enterprise Sales: $255K median (13 roles)
• Strategic Sales: $253K median (9 roles)
• IT Support: $236K median (7 roles)
• Emerging Enterprise Sales: $225K median (6 roles)
• Solution Engineering: $224K median (6 roles)
• Partner Sales: $208K median (3 roles)
• Customer Success: $134K median (5 roles)

Tanium salary by seniority

• Mid: $238K median (22)
• Senior: $232K median (20)
• Manager: $181K median (6)
• Director: $253K median (33)

Tanium salary by location

• Remote: $253K median (15 roles)

Remote work at Tanium

25% of Tanium's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What Tanium looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Terraform (3) · Go (2) · Python (2) · CI/CD (2) · Rust (1) · Java (1) · Ruby (1) · React (1) · Node.js (1) · Kubernetes (1).

Benefits & perks at Tanium

Commonly listed: dental (15) · vision (15) · mental-health (15) · hsa-fsa (15) · 401k (15).

About Tanium

Tanium is Series G stage · 1,001–5,000 employees · founded 2007 · HQ Kirkland, Washington. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Tanium

Roles typically ask for around 5 years of experience (up to 20+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 27 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; 18% of these postings reference equity (rsu). Equity is not included in the medians above.

Tanium total compensation signals

Beyond base salary, postings indicate: 53% include commission; common structures: salaried. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Tanium hiring activity

Tanium has 23 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 85 public job postings with disclosed pay. 24 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (42 in the last 90). Mostly full-time, with 1 contract role in the mix.

💼 Similar companies hiring

Compare Tanium's pay with other Series G companies:

• Anthropic — median $380K
• Harvey — median $250K
• Airwallex — median $251K
• WHOOP — median $175K
• Faire — median $226K
• Addepar — median $171K

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Common questions

What does Tanium pay?
The median base salary is $239K, with a typical range of $200K–$267K, based on 85 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Tanium?
One of the highest-paying open roles is AVP, Solution Engineering - Washington, D.C., at $243K–$373K base.

Which team pays the most at Tanium?
The Product Engineering team, at a $295K 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 85 public Tanium 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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