Unity Salary

💰 $138K–$259K salary range

Median: $230K  ·  Based on 100 public Unity job postings  ·  Updated June 19, 2026

This Unity salary benchmark is built from public job postings — no private placement data. Figures reflect the posted-range midpoint (equity is separate) and are refreshed as new postings are collected.

📊 Salary breakdown

Highest-paying open roles at Unity

• Principal Machine Learning Engineer, Mobile AI Inference Optimization — $348K · AI & Machine Learning
• Vice President, FP&A — $341K · Finance & Accounting
• Senior Sales Specialist - Robotics — $218K–$328K · Business Development & Sales
• Director, Executive Compensation — $309K · Human Resources
• Staff Software Engineer, AI Authoring — $306K · AI & Machine Learning
• Staff Backend Engineer, ML Inference Systems — $306K · AI & Machine Learning
• Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Vector Bidding Science — $300K · AI & Machine Learning
• Director, Content Marketing — $297K · Marketing & Communications
• Staff Software Engineer, Feature Platform — $289K · Templates
• Staff Machine Learning Engineer, ML Infrastructure — $284K · AI & Machine Learning

Unity salary by department

• legal: $255K median · $255K top base — Director/Principal Counsel, AI Governance (view JD) (5 roles)
• ai & machine learning: $254K median · $348K top base — Principal Machine Learning Engineer, Mobile AI Inference Optimization (view JD) (28 roles)
• human resources: $240K median · $309K top base — Director, Executive Compensation (view JD) (5 roles)
• product management: $237K median · $269K top base — Principal Product Manager, uAds (view JD) (10 roles)
• business development & sales: $235K median · $328K top base — Senior Sales Specialist - Robotics (view JD) (7 roles)
• marketing & communications: $190K median · $297K top base — Director, Content Marketing (view JD) (11 roles)
• it & security: $115K median · $138K top base — Workday Finance Business Analyst (view JD) (15 roles)

Unity salary by seniority

• Mid: $131K median · $249K top base — Intern, Infrastructure (view JD) (10)
• Senior: $192K median · $328K top base — Senior Sales Specialist - Robotics (view JD) (51)
• Staff: $269K median · $348K top base — Principal Machine Learning Engineer, Mobile AI Inference Optimization (view JD) (26)

Unity salary — lead & management

• Director: $297K median · $309K top base — Director, Executive Compensation (view JD) (5)

Unity salary by location

• Remote: $190K median · $297K top base — Director, Content Marketing (view JD) (33 roles)
• New York: $236K median · $341K top base — Vice President, FP&A (view JD) (16 roles)
• San Francisco: $228K median · $328K top base — Senior Sales Specialist - Robotics (view JD) (14 roles)

Remote work at Unity

97% of Unity's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What Unity looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (29) · Go (16) · PyTorch (11) · Kubernetes (11) · Airflow (11) · SQL (9) · BigQuery (8) · Java (8) · Data Pipelines (7) · Scala (7).

About Unity

Unity is Public stage · 5,001–10,000 employees · founded 2004 · HQ San Francisco, California. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Unity

Roles typically ask for around 5 years of experience (up to 10+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 17 that do, Bachelor's and PhD and Master'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; 11% of these postings reference equity (rsu). Equity is not included in the medians above.

Unity total compensation signals

Beyond the posted-range midpoint, postings indicate: 4% include commission; common structures: salaried. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Unity hiring activity

Unity has 100 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 100 public job postings with disclosed pay. 35 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (100 in the last 90).

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Common questions

What does Unity pay?
The median pay is $230K, with a typical range of $138K–$259K, based on 100 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Unity?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Principal Machine Learning Engineer, Mobile AI Inference Optimization, at $348K base.

Which team pays the most at Unity?
The legal team, at a $255K 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 100 public Unity 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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