Verkada Salary

💰 $184K–$250K salary range

Median: $223K  ·  Based on 216 public Verkada job postings  ·  Updated July 1, 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

• (Sr.) Director/ Head of Compensation — $275K–$400K · Finance
• Director, Global Enterprise Accounts — $320K–$370K · Manager/Director
• Deputy / Associate General Counsel, Corporate — $270K–$370K · Legal
• Director of Firmware Engineering, Cameras — $250K–$350K · Cameras
• Software Engineering Manager, Data Protection Platform — $250K–$350K · Security
• Engineering Manager, Agentic Workflows — $200K–$350K · Infrastructure/Platform
• Regional Sales Director, Enterprise SLED — $300K–$350K · Enterprise SLED
• Enterprise Sales Account Executive, State — $280K–$320K · Enterprise State
• Enterprise Sales Account Executive, State (Southeast) — $280K–$320K · Enterprise State
• Global Enterprise Account Executive — $280K–$320K · Global

Verkada salary by department

• enterprise state: $300K median (5 roles)
• enterprise sled: $260K median (11 roles)
• security: $250K median (10 roles)
• enterprise corp: $250K median (7 roles)
• legal: $245K median (5 roles)
• cameras: $240K median (15 roles)
• core services: $225K median · $315K top base — Engineering Manager, Atlas (Spatial Systems) (view JD) (7 roles)
• channel: $223K median (24 roles)

Verkada salary by seniority

• Junior: $120K median (26)
• Mid: $183K median (19)
• Senior: $218K median (65)
• Staff: $250K median (34)

Verkada salary — lead & management

• Lead: $165K median (9)
• Manager: $223K median (57)
• Director: $273K median (6)

Verkada salary by location

• Remote: $213K median (50 roles)
• New York: $183K median (8 roles)
• Austin: $188K median (6 roles)
• Atlanta: $122K median · $145K top base — Sales Recruiter, Atlanta (view JD) (4 roles)
• Philadelphia: $230K median · $260K top base — Regional Sales Manager, Mid-Market (view JD) (3 roles)

Remote work at Verkada

31% of Verkada's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly. Remote roles run a $213K median vs $183K onsite.

What Verkada looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (35) · AWS (26) · MEDDPICC (20) · Go (19) · SQL (19) · Demand Generation (13) · Looker (10) · Azure (7) · JavaScript (7) · GCP (6).

Benefits & perks at Verkada

Commonly listed: dental (193) · mental-health (193) · hsa-fsa (193) · pto (193) · parental (193) · gym (193) · learning (193) · commuter (191).

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 15+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 53 that do, Bachelor's and Master's and PhD 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; 90% of these postings reference equity (rsu). Equity is not included in the medians above.

Verkada total compensation signals

Beyond the posted-range midpoint, postings indicate: 100% include commission. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Verkada hiring activity

Verkada has 216 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 216 public job postings with disclosed pay. 40 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (113 in the last 90).

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Common questions

What does Verkada pay?
The median pay is $223K, with a typical range of $184K–$250K, based on 216 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 (Sr.) Director/ Head of Compensation, at $275K–$400K base.

Which team pays the most at Verkada?
The enterprise state team, at a $300K 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 216 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 July 1, 2026.

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