Temporal Salary

💰 $186K–$236K salary range

Median: $211K  ·  Based on 59 public Temporal job postings  ·  Updated October 20, 2026

This Temporal 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 Temporal

• Head of Corporate Development — $227K–$372K · Finance
• Senior Engineering Manager, Test Systems & Tooling — $221K–$362K · Engineering
• Director of Engineering, Compute — $214K–$352K · Engineering
• Vice President, Global Corporate Controller — $270K–$350K · Finance
• Director, Product Marketing, Core Products — $210K–$350K · Marketing
• Senior Director, Global Field Operations — $240K–$350K · GTM Operations
• Senior Account Executive, New Logo - Chicago — $175K–$350K · Sales
• Director, Product Marketing, GTM — $210K–$350K · Marketing
• Senior Staff Engineer, Open Source Server — $208K–$341K · Engineering
• Director, Marketing Operations — $209K–$330K · GTM Operations

Temporal salary by department

• marketing: $241K median · $350K top base — Director, Product Marketing, Core Products (view JD) (7 roles)
• product: $211K median · $263K top base — Staff Product Manager, Cloud Namespace & Capacity (view JD) (7 roles)
• sales: $194K median (10 roles)
• engineering: $186K median · $362K top base — Senior Engineering Manager, Test Systems & Tooling (view JD) (19 roles)
• finance: $179K median · $372K top base — Head of Corporate Development (view JD) (5 roles)

Temporal engineering & product salary by seniority

• Senior: $186K median · $231K top base — Senior Software Engineer, Observability (view JD) (16)
• Staff: $224K median · $300K top base — Senior Staff Technical Product Marketing Engineer, Primitives (view JD) (20)

Temporal salary by location

• Remote: $211K median · $362K top base — Senior Engineering Manager, Test Systems & Tooling (view JD) (50 roles)
• San Francisco: $220K median · $372K top base — Head of Corporate Development (view JD) (6 roles)

Remote work at Temporal

85% of Temporal's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What Temporal looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Go (24) · Java (23) · Python (18) · TypeScript (14) · AWS (9) · Product Roadmap (8) · GCP (7) · Kubernetes (5) · PHP (5) · Azure (4).

About Temporal

Temporal is Series E stage · 251–500 employees · founded 2019 · HQ Bellevue, Washington. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Temporal

Roles typically ask for around 8 years of experience (up to 15+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 1 that do, Master's 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; 51% of these postings reference equity. Equity is not included in the medians above.

Temporal total compensation signals

Beyond the posted-range midpoint, postings indicate: 3% of roles list a bonus; 100% include commission; on-target earnings run about $269K where stated (12 roles); common structures: salaried. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Temporal hiring activity

Temporal has 59 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 59 public job postings with disclosed pay. 18 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (45 in the last 90).

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Common questions

What does Temporal pay?
The median pay is $211K, with a typical range of $186K–$236K, based on 59 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Temporal?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Head of Corporate Development, at $227K–$372K base.

Which team pays the most at Temporal?
The marketing team, at a $241K 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 59 public Temporal 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 20, 2026.

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