Compensation & Benefits salary

24 market ranges · employer-stated pay · updated Oct 24, 2026

The best-evidenced figure here is for compensation & benefits roles at mid level across the United States: 256 postings where the employer stated pay put the middle half between $79,983 and $135,000, with a median of $99,760.

Pay rises with seniority across the United States: the medians run mid-level $99,760, senior $135,000 and lead $220,500. Moving from mid-level to lead is worth roughly 121% more.

Every range here is counted from real postings, never modelled. 10 of the 24 ranges in the table rest on fewer than 10 postings and are marked hint: treat those as hints rather than benchmarks.

Every measured range

24 by market and level

Market	Level	Market range	Median	Sample
United States · country-wide	Entry	$68,050 – $81,034	$75,100	6hint
United States · country-wide	Mid	$79,983 – $135,000	$99,760	256
Canada · country-wide	Mid	CA$69,405 – CA$88,306	CA$79,650	28
United Kingdom · country-wide	Mid	£30,000 – £32,000	£30,299	5hint
United States · country-wide	Senior	$108,250 – $173,000	$135,000	173
Canada · country-wide	Senior	CA$100,600 – CA$120,000	CA$109,200	17
United States · country-wide	Lead	$190,000 – $266,775	$220,500	87
Remote · United States	Mid	$82,500 – $127,788	$103,113	43
Remote · United States	Senior	$109,743 – $156,931	$134,909	30
Remote · United States	Lead	$205,875 – $255,000	$231,534	16
Boston	Mid	$130,000 – $139,000	$135,500	5hint
Boston	Senior	$110,100 – $172,650	$143,500	11
Chicago	Mid	$77,750 – $137,500	$94,000	10
Chicago	Senior	$125,888 – $170,700	$149,750	8hint
Houston	Mid	$77,500 – $92,500	$82,500	5hint
New York	Mid	$90,000 – $137,500	$106,802	31
New York	Senior	$133,000 – $198,000	$157,500	13
New York	Lead	$171,875 – $223,000	$216,250	8hint
San Francisco	Mid	$109,709 – $155,250	$141,000	8hint
San Francisco	Senior	$185,982 – $230,250	$198,750	12
San Francisco	Lead	$244,838 – $282,388	$258,025	6hint
San Jose	Lead	$223,850 – $237,500	$225,000	5hint
Toronto	Mid	CA$80,000 – CA$108,200	CA$82,500	13
Toronto	Senior	CA$116,653 – CA$130,000	CA$118,000	5hint

Entry is junior titles. Mid is mid-level and manager titles. Senior is senior titles. Lead is director, VP and above. Rows marked hint rest on fewer than 10 postings: read them as a hint, not a benchmark.

Ranges span the 25th to 75th percentile of employer-stated base pay for the market and level. Median is the 50th percentile. Sample is the number of postings measured.

by the team behind remoteroles