Vapi Salary

💰 $175K–$280K salary range

Median: $270K  ·  Based on 63 public Vapi job postings  ·  Updated June 10, 2026

This Vapi 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 Vapi

• VP of Customer Engagement — $280K–$300K · Post Sales
• General Counsel — $250K–$275K · G&A
• Director of Talent — $240K–$275K · G&A
• Member of Technical Staff, Core Backend — $200K–$280K · Engineering, Product & Design
• Member of Technical Staff, Forward Deployed — $200K–$280K · Engineering, Product & Design
• Product Manager - Enterprise & Governance Agents — $200K–$280K · Engineering, Product & Design

Vapi salary by department

• Engineering, Product & Design: $280K median (20 roles)
• G&A: $180K median (15 roles)
• Go-To-Market: $180K median (22 roles)
• Post Sales: $160K median (6 roles)

Vapi salary by seniority

• Mid: $173K median (24)
• Staff: $280K median (18)
• Manager: $180K median (7)
• Director: $248K median (8)

Vapi salary by location

• Remote: $210K median (46 roles)
• San Francisco: $275K median (15 roles)

Remote work at Vapi

84% of Vapi's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly. Remote roles run a $210K median vs $280K onsite.

What Vapi looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: TypeScript (12) · JavaScript (6) · React (6) · Node.js (6) · Python (6) · Kubernetes (6) · Kafka (4) · PostgreSQL (4) · MongoDB (4) · Redis (4).

Benefits & perks at Vapi

Commonly listed: dental (53) · food (53) · learning (49) · unlimited-pto (4) · pto (4).

About Vapi

Vapi is Series B stage · 11–50 employees · founded 2021 · HQ San Francisco, California. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Vapi

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 6 that do, Bachelor's and Master's 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; 92% of these postings reference equity. Equity is not included in the medians above.

Vapi hiring activity

Vapi has 58 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 63 public job postings with disclosed pay. 42 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (63 in the last 90).

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Common questions

What does Vapi pay?
The median base salary is $270K, with a typical range of $175K–$280K, based on 63 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Vapi?
One of the highest-paying open roles is VP of Customer Engagement, at $280K–$300K base.

Which team pays the most at Vapi?
The Engineering, Product & Design team, at a $280K 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 63 public Vapi 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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