Tempus Salary

💰 $113K–$175K salary range

Median: $130K  ·  Based on 87 public Tempus job postings  ·  Updated June 19, 2026

This Tempus 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 Tempus

• SVP, Product — $330K–$430K
• SVP, Head of Growth for AI Applications & Data Connectivity — $330K–$430K
• Head of Marketing — $185K–$320K
• Molecular Pathologist — $260K–$300K
• Staff AI Scientist - AI Products / Life Sciences — $220K–$260K
• Area Vice President, Biotech — $200K–$250K
• Director, Strategy & Operations - Life Sciences AI Products — $170K–$250K
• Director, Biostatistics — $180K–$240K
• Director, Epidemiology & Methodological Innovation — $170K–$230K
• Staff/Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Clinical AI — $170K–$230K

Tempus salary by seniority

• Junior: $75K median · $155K top base — Clinical Account Executive, Peoria (view JD) (5)
• Mid: $125K median · $155K top base — MRD Clinical Account Executive, Los Angeles (view JD) (19)
• Senior: $135K median · $210K top base — Sr Manager, Software Engineering (view JD) (27)
• Staff: $233K median · $430K top base — SVP, Product (view JD) (6)

Tempus salary — lead & management

• Manager: $109K median · $180K top base — Manager, TIME Operations Alliance (view JD) (10)
• Director: $176K median · $430K top base — SVP, Head of Growth for AI Applications & Data Connectivity (view JD) (18)

Tempus salary by location

• Chicago: $120K median · $430K top base — SVP, Product (view JD) (36 roles)
• Remote: $140K median · $320K top base — Head of Marketing (view JD) (15 roles)

Remote work at Tempus

68% of Tempus's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What Tempus looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (5) · SQL (4) · Team Leadership (3) · GCP (3) · JavaScript (2) · AWS (2) · R (2) · Customer Retention (1) · Dbt (1) · Tableau (1).

About Tempus

Tempus is Public stage · 1,001–5,000 employees · founded 2015 · HQ Chicago, Illinois. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Tempus

Roles typically ask for around 4 years of experience (up to 10+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 35 that do, Bachelor's and Master's and PhD and Associate'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; 32% of these postings reference equity (rsu). Equity is not included in the medians above.

Tempus hiring activity

Tempus has 87 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 87 public job postings with disclosed pay. 87 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (87 in the last 90).

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Common questions

What does Tempus pay?
The median pay is $130K, with a typical range of $113K–$175K, based on 87 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Tempus?
One of the highest-paying open roles is SVP, Product, at $330K–$430K base.

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 87 public Tempus 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 19, 2026.

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