Thumbtack Salary

💰 $188K–$250K salary range

Median: $213K  ·  Based on 48 public Thumbtack job postings  ·  Updated June 10, 2026

This Thumbtack 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 Thumbtack

• Engineering Director, Business Applications — $310K–$402K · Executive
• Principal Product Designer, Customer Design Lead — $293K–$380K · Design
• Staff Application Security Engineer — $250K–$323K · Engineering
• Staff Applied Scientist, Marketplace (Canada-Only) — $232K–$300K · Engineering
• Employment and Benefits Counsel — $213K–$275K · Legal
• Finance Systems & AI Solutions Manager — $212K–$274K · Finance

Thumbtack salary by department

• Engineering: $233K median (12 roles)
• Internal Tools: $231K median (5 roles)
• Finance: $231K median (3 roles)
• Design: $226K median (6 roles)
• Data Science: $213K median (6 roles)
• Business Development: $196K median (4 roles)
• Marketing: $160K median (3 roles)
• Legal: $154K median (3 roles)

Thumbtack salary by seniority

• Mid: $197K median (14)
• Senior: $231K median (17)
• Staff: $300K median (5)
• Manager: $198K median (11)

Thumbtack salary by location

• Remote: $232K median (32 roles)
• San Francisco: $213K median (10 roles)

Remote work at Thumbtack

100% of Thumbtack's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What Thumbtack looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: AWS (8) · CI/CD (8) · Python (8) · Go (7) · PHP (4) · GCP (2) · Terraform (2) · PostgreSQL (2) · TypeScript (2) · Scala (2).

About Thumbtack

Thumbtack is Series G stage · 1,001–5,000 employees · founded 2008 · HQ San Francisco, California. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Thumbtack

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 3 that do, Bachelor's and PhD are 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. Equity is not included in the medians above.

Thumbtack hiring activity

Thumbtack has 28 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 48 public job postings with disclosed pay. 38 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (40 in the last 90).

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• Anthropic — median $380K
• Harvey — median $250K
• Airwallex — median $251K
• WHOOP — median $175K
• Faire — median $226K
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Common questions

What does Thumbtack pay?
The median base salary is $213K, with a typical range of $188K–$250K, based on 48 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Thumbtack?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Engineering Director, Business Applications, at $310K–$402K base.

Which team pays the most at Thumbtack?
The Engineering team, at a $233K 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 48 public Thumbtack 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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