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Zip Salary

Zip pays a median of $200K ($171K–$235K) across 60 public job postings (2025–2026).

💰 $171K–$235K salary range

Median: $200K  ·  Based on 60 public Zip job postings  ·  Updated October 18, 2026


This Zip 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

Zip · pay benchmark · updated October 18, 2026
$200K
inc. eng · sales · ops
All-role median
$171K–$235K
Typical range
$300K view JD
Highest base · Head of Business Data
60
Open roles
~6 yrs
Typical exp.
+59
59 last 90d
New last 30d
ⓘ Base salary only — 100% of roles mention equity
IC salary by seniority
Mid
$180K (7)
Senior
$203K (8)
Staff
$240K (7)
Management pay by function
Sales
$171K (5)
Solutions
$145K (2)
Customer Success
$120K (2)
Salary by department · median & top base
product
$238K · $280K top (6)
design
$206K · $270K top (5)
engineering
$203K · $280K top (5)
sales
$171K · $190K top (22)
solutions
$151K (8)
Pay by location
San Francisco $203K (34)Remote $283K (15)New York $171K (10)
Highest-paying skills
Figma $206KPrototyping $206KUX Design $206KOpenAI $198KSQL $171KSnowflake $163KDatabricks $144K

Highest-paying open roles at Zip

Zip salary by department

  • product: $238K median · $280K top base — Senior / Principal Product Manager, Contract Orchestration (view JD) (6 roles)
  • design: $206K median · $270K top base — Senior/Staff Product Designer (view JD) (5 roles)
  • engineering: $203K median · $280K top base — Software Engineer, Backend (All Levels) (view JD) (5 roles)
  • sales: $171K median · $190K top base — GTM Engineer (view JD) (22 roles)
  • solutions: $151K median (8 roles)

Zip engineering & product salary by seniority

  • Mid: $180K median · $280K top base — Software Engineer, Backend (All Levels) (view JD) (7)
  • Senior: $203K median · $260K top base — Senior Software Engineer, Developer Platform (view JD) (8)
  • Staff: $240K median · $280K top base — Senior / Principal Product Manager, Contract Orchestration (view JD) (7)

Zip salary by location

  • San Francisco: $203K median · $300K top base — Head of Business Data (view JD) (34 roles)
  • Remote: $283K median (15 roles)
  • New York: $171K median · $222K top base — Senior Product Designer (view JD) (10 roles)

Remote work at Zip

25% of Zip's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What Zip looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: OpenAI (29) · UX Design (5) · Figma (4) · Prototyping (4) · Account Management (4) · Product Roadmap (4) · Snowflake (4) · Databricks (4) · SQL (4) · Python (3).

Benefits & perks at Zip

Commonly listed: dental (60) · pto (60) · 401k (51) · commuter (40) · parental (12) · gym (12) · home-office (12) · mental-health (7).

About Zip

Zip is Series D stage · 501–1,000 employees · founded 2020 · HQ San Francisco, California. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Zip

Roles typically ask for around 6 years of experience (up to 15+ 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.

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; 100% of these postings reference equity. Equity is not included in the medians above.

Zip total compensation signals

Beyond the posted-range midpoint, postings indicate: 100% include commission; on-target earnings run about $205K where stated (32 roles); common structures: salaried. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Zip hiring activity

Zip has 60 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 60 public job postings with disclosed pay. 59 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (59 in the last 90).

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ServiceNow$229K↑ +14%Public
Harvey$219K↑ +9%Series G
Airwallex$200K≈ sameSeries G
Anaplan$186K↓ -7%Public

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Common questions

What does Zip pay?
The median pay is $200K, with a typical range of $171K–$235K, based on 60 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Zip?
One of the highest-paying open roles is VP, Namer Strategic Sales, at $540K–$575K base.

Which team pays the most at Zip?
The product team, at a $238K 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 60 public Zip 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 18, 2026.

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