Verkada Salary

💰 $130K–$220K salary range

Median: $180K  ·  Based on 145 public Verkada job postings  ·  Updated June 9, 2026

This Verkada 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 Verkada

• Visual Production Designer, Packaging — $1640K · Industrial Design
• Vice President of Solutions Engineering, Enterprise — $400K · Solutions Engineering
• Sr. Director/VP of Enterprise Data — $400K · Business Ops
• Director, Global Enterprise Accounts — $320K · Manager/Director
• Senior Engineering Manager - Clients Platform — $315K · Core Services
• Embedded Engineering Manager - Alarms — $315K · Alarms & Intrusion

Verkada salary by department

• Enterprise State: $280K median (3 roles)
• Alarms & Intrusion: $280K median (5 roles)
• Business Systems: $280K median (6 roles)
• Enterprise SLED: $260K median (4 roles)
• Core Services: $220K median (9 roles)
• Enterprise CORP: $220K median (8 roles)
• Cameras: $200K median (8 roles)
• Security: $200K median (7 roles)

Verkada salary by seniority

• Mid: $155K median (48)
• Senior: $180K median (47)
• Staff: $200K median (12)
• Lead: $125K median (5)
• Manager: $170K median (29)
• Director: $300K median (5)

Verkada salary by location

• Remote: $210K median (33 roles)
• Austin: $125K median (3 roles)
• New York: $160K median (3 roles)

Remote work at Verkada

32% of Verkada's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly. Remote roles run a $210K median vs $170K onsite.

What Verkada looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (20) · AWS (16) · Go (13) · React (8) · JavaScript (7) · TypeScript (5) · Kubernetes (4) · PostgreSQL (4) · CI/CD (3) · Kafka (3).

Benefits & perks at Verkada

Commonly listed: commuter (107) · parental (107) · gym (107) · learning (107) · dental (106) · mental-health (106) · hsa-fsa (106) · pto (106).

About Verkada

Verkada is Series E stage · 1,001–5,000 employees · founded 2016 · HQ San Mateo, California. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Verkada

Roles typically ask for around 5 years of experience (up to 12+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 76 that do, Bachelor's and Master's and PhD and Associate'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; 73% of these postings reference equity (rsu). Equity is not included in the medians above.

Verkada total compensation signals

Beyond base salary, postings indicate: 100% include commission; common structures: hourly. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Verkada hiring activity

Verkada has 112 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 148 public job postings with disclosed pay. 66 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (148 in the last 90).

💼 Similar companies hiring

Compare Verkada's pay with other Series E companies:

• Crusoe — median $184K
• Astranis — median $175K
• Socure — median $190K
• Abridge — median $248K
• Commure — median $160K
• Sigma Computing — median $235K

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Government wage data

For corroboration, U.S. Department of Labor certified wage filings (FY2026) for Verkada show a median of $200K, ranging $160K–$260K, across 103 filings. Reported separately from — never blended with — the job-posting median above.

Common questions

What does Verkada pay?
The median base salary is $180K, with a typical range of $130K–$220K, based on 148 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Verkada?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Visual Production Designer, Packaging, at $1640K base.

Which team pays the most at Verkada?
The Enterprise State 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 148 public Verkada 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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