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Upside Salary

Upside Salary

Upside pays a median of $200K ($168K–$230K) across 21 public job postings (2025–2026).

💰 $168K–$230K salary range

Median: $200K  ·  Based on 21 public Upside job postings  ·  Updated June 24, 2026


This Upside 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

Upside · pay benchmark · updated June 24, 2026
$200K
inc. eng · sales · ops
All-role median
$168K–$230K
Typical range
$310K view JD
Highest base · General Counsel
21
Open roles
~7 yrs
Typical exp.
+9
21 last 90d
New last 30d
ⓘ Base salary only — equity is separate
IC salary by seniority
Senior
$145K (5)
Staff
$220K (9)
Salary by department · median & top base
engineering
$207K · $250K top (5)
Pay by location
Washington DC $220K (12)Austin $170K (9)
Highest-paying skills
Terraform $220KSnowflake $220KAWS $210KGo $194KPython $170KLooker $152K

Highest-paying open roles at Upside

Upside salary by department

  • engineering: $207K median · $250K top base — Staff Data Engineer (view JD) (5 roles)

Upside salary by seniority

  • Senior: $145K median · $256K top base — Senior Director, Marketplace Operations & Health (view JD) (5)
  • Staff: $220K median · $310K top base — General Counsel (view JD) (9)

Upside salary by location

  • Washington DC: $220K median · $310K top base — General Counsel (view JD) (12 roles)
  • Austin: $170K median · $245K top base — Staff Full Stack Engineer, GTM Systems (view JD) (9 roles)

Remote work at Upside

0% of Upside's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What Upside looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (6) · TypeScript (3) · JavaScript (2) · SQL (2) · Snowflake (2) · CI/CD (2) · AWS (2) · Terraform (2) · Go (1) · OpenAI (1).

Benefits & perks at Upside

Commonly listed: dental (16) · vision (16) · mental-health (16) · 401k (16) · unlimited-pto (16) · pto (16) · parental (16).

About Upside

Upside is Series D stage · 251–500 employees · founded 2016 · HQ Washington, District of Columbia. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Upside

Roles typically ask for around 7 years of experience (up to 15+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 2 that do, Bachelor'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. Equity is not included in the medians above.

Upside total compensation signals

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

Upside hiring activity

Upside has 21 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 21 public job postings with disclosed pay. 9 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (21 in the last 90).

💼 Similar companies hiring

Compare Upside's pay with companies in the same space:

CompanyMedian payvs UpsideStage
Apple$147K↓ -26%Public
Life360$188K↓ -6%Public
Hopper$210K↑ +5%Series G
Google$200K≈ samePublic
Databricks$215K↑ +7%Series J
Snowflake$213K↑ +6%Public

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Common questions

What does Upside pay?
The median pay is $200K, with a typical range of $168K–$230K, based on 21 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Upside?
One of the highest-paying open roles is General Counsel, at $285K–$310K base.

Which team pays the most at Upside?
The engineering team, at a $207K 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 21 public Upside 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 24, 2026.

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