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Vercel Salary

Vercel Salary

Vercel pays a median of $234K ($196K–$260K) across 71 public job postings (2025–2026).

💰 $196K–$260K salary range

Median: $234K  ·  Based on 71 public Vercel job postings  ·  Updated October 22, 2026


This Vercel 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

Vercel · pay benchmark · updated October 22, 2026
$234K
inc. eng · sales · ops
All-role median
$196K–$260K
Typical range
$370K view JD
Highest base · Head of Professional Services
71
Open roles
~6 yrs
Typical exp.
+15
40 last 90d
New last 30d
ⓘ Base salary only — 96% of roles mention equity · options
Management pay by function
Engineering
$276K (3)
Product
$260K (6)
Finance
$200K (2)
Marketing
$159K (2)
Salary by department · median & top base
security
$260K · $312K top (5)
product
$260K · $348K top (7)
engineering
$254K · $348K top (15)
account executive
$210K · $340K top (6)
people
$186K · $220K top (5)
marketing
$174K · $234K top (6)
Pay by location
San Francisco $220K (46)Remote $245K (25)
Highest-paying skills
LLMs $260KGCP $260KProduct Roadmap $260KNode.js $260KTypeScript $257KJavaScript $250KReact $245KAWS $245K

Highest-paying open roles at Vercel

Vercel salary by department

  • security: $260K median · $312K top base — Software Engineer, Trust & Safety (view JD) (5 roles)
  • product: $260K median · $348K top base — Product Strategy & Operations (view JD) (7 roles)
  • engineering: $254K median · $348K top base — Engineering Director, Vercel for Platforms (view JD) (15 roles)
  • account executive: $210K median · $340K top base — Enterprise Account Executive (view JD) (6 roles)
  • people: $186K median · $220K top base — Senior HRBP - G&A (view JD) (5 roles)
  • marketing: $174K median · $234K top base — Senior Brand Designer (view JD) (6 roles)

Vercel engineering & product management salary

  • Director: $305K median · $370K top base — Head of Professional Services (view JD) (5)

Vercel salary by location

  • San Francisco: $220K median · $370K top base — Head of Professional Services (view JD) (46 roles)
  • Remote: $245K median · $348K top base — Software Engineer - Data Platform (view JD) (25 roles)

Remote work at Vercel

42% of Vercel's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly. Remote roles run a $245K median vs $190K onsite.

What Vercel looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Next.js (28) · OpenAI (22) · TypeScript (13) · JavaScript (13) · React (11) · AWS (10) · GCP (6) · Go (6) · Product Roadmap (6) · Node.js (5).

Benefits & perks at Vercel

Commonly listed: bonus (1) · dental (1) · vision (1) · commuter (1) · pto (1) · parental (1) · learning (1).

About Vercel

Vercel is Series F stage · 501–1,000 employees · founded 2015 · HQ Covina, California. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Vercel

Roles typically ask for around 6 years of experience (up to 10+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 1 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; 96% of these postings reference equity (options). Equity is not included in the medians above.

Vercel total compensation signals

Beyond the posted-range midpoint, postings indicate: 1% of roles list a bonus; 26% include commission; on-target earnings run about $277K where stated (10 roles); common structures: salaried. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Vercel hiring activity

Vercel has 71 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 71 public job postings with disclosed pay. 15 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (40 in the last 90). Mostly full-time, with 3 contract roles in the mix.

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Common questions

What does Vercel pay?
The median pay is $234K, with a typical range of $196K–$260K, based on 71 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Vercel?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Head of Solutions Architecture, Startups, at $382K–$485K base.

Which team pays the most at Vercel?
The security team, at a $260K 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 71 public Vercel 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 October 22, 2026.

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