Transparent salaries

Transparency is one of our core values. We’ve found that it builds trust, holds us accountable, and can push our industry forward. Since 2013, we’ve shared our formula-based approach to compensation, including the complete list of our salaries.

We’ve found that salary transparency can help others, which is central to our mission: to help small businesses get off the ground and grow.

View up-to-date salaries of everyone at Buffer in this table. Read on for our approach and philosophy.

Buffer Salaries

Name	Team	Role	Location	Salary
Joel	Leadership	CEO	Boulder, CO, U.S.	$290,250
Caro	Leadership	Chief of Staff	Portland, OR, U.S.	$225,000
Dan	Leadership, Engineering	CTO	Royal Oak, MI, U.S.	$229,631
Maria	Leadership, Product	CPO	Denver, CO, U.S.	$267,890
Tyler	Leadership, Design	VP of Design	Bellingham, WA, U.S.	$231,750
Caryn	Leadership, Finance	VP of Finance	San Luis Obispo, CA, U.S.	$225,000
Åsa	Leadership, Advocacy	VP of Customer Advocacy	London, U.K.	$225,000
Mandy	People	Executive Assistant	Nashville, TN, U.S.	$103,241
Nicole	People	Director of People	Woodland, WA, U.S.	$160,650
Janet	People	Talent and Acquisition Onboarding Manager	Mansfield, TX, U.S.	$137,700
Jenna	People	Executive Assistant	Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.	$99,232
Jenny	Finance	Director of Business Operations	Louisville, KY, U.S.	$165,759
Kyle	Finance	Accountant	Jacksonville, FL, U.S.	$115,641
Nick	Finance	Accounting Specialist	Nairobi, Kenya	$71,365
Mike E	Marketing	Product Marketer	Sydney, Australia	$145,666
Hailley	Marketing	Public Relations Manager	Charlottesville, VA, U.S.	$136,314
Sophie	Marketing	Audience Marketer	San Francisco, CA, U.S.	$101,012
Adnan	Engineering	Software Engineer III	Global	$136,848
Andy	Engineering	Senior Engineer II, Mobile iOS	San Francisco, CA, U.S.	$179,675
Boris	Engineering	Senior Engineer II	Montpellier, France	$152,381
Eric	Engineering	Senior Engineer II	Taipei, Taiwan	$152,381
Federico	Engineering	Senior Engineer I	Pleasanton, CA, U.S.	$158,196
Hamish	Engineering	Senior Engineer I	Vancouver, Canada	$139,585
Joe	Engineering	Senior Engineer II, Mobile Android	Brighton, U.K.	$155,428
Jordan	Engineering	Senior Engineer I, Mobile iOS	Ozark, MO, U.S.	$136,848
José	Engineering	Senior Engineer I	Madrid, Spain	$152,381
Mike S	Engineering	Staff Engineer	Barcelona, Spain	$173,141
Phil	Engineering	Senior Engineer II	Montpellier, France	$158,537
Steven	Engineering	Staff Engineer	High cost of living city	$173,141
Gisete	Engineering	Software Engineer III	Seattle, WA, U.S.	$134,450
Ana	Engineering	Engineering Manager	Porto, Portugal	$152,381
Eduardo	Engineering	Senior Engineer I	Maastricht, Netherlands	$142,376
Maya	Engineering	Senior Engineer I	Barcelona, Spain	$139,585
Amy Lee	Engineering	Senior Engineer I	Nashville, TN, U.S.	$136,848
Sol	Engineering	Senior Engineer I	Global	$136,848
Juliana	Engineering	Software Engineer II	Global	$121,005
Dinos	Engineering	Senior Engineer I	Gorredijk, Netherlands	$139,585
Dianne	Engineering	Senior Engineering Manager	Zurich, Switzerland	$204,154
Dace	Engineering	Software Engineer III	New York, NY, U.S.	$134,450
Mick	Engineering	Software Engineer II	Wexford, Ireland	$108,577
Prateek	Engineering	Software Engineer III	Bangalore, India	$123,425
Emmanuel	Engineering	Engineering Manager	Lagos, Nigeria	$152,381
Gabi	Engineering	Engineering Manager	Amsterdam, Netherlands	$173,141
Carlos	Engineering	Senior Engineer I	Madrid, Spain	$136,848
Peter	Engineering	Software Engineer III	Cairo, Egypt	$121,005
Arek	Engineering	Software Engineer III	Warsaw, Poland	$121,005
Heather Y	Engineering	Software Engineer II	New York, NY, U.S.	$118,276
Mw	Engineering	Software Engineer III	Cape Town, South Africa	$121,005
Jullie	Engineering	Software Engineer III	Sao Paulo, Brazil	$121,005
Ethan	Engineering, Marketing	Marketing Engineer II	Philadelphia, PA, USA	$106,448
Daisy	Engineering	Software Engineer III	Sydney, Australia	$121,005
Henry	Engineering	Senior Engineer II	Berlin, Germany	$152,381
Tom R	Product	Group Product Manager	Toronto, Canada	$169,811
Mia	Product	Product Manager	Global	$156,164
Diego	Product	Senior Product Manager	Barcelona, Spain	$153,000
Amanda	Product	Strategic Partnerships Manager	Amsterdam, Netherlands	$153,000
Anne	Product	Group Product Manager	Portland, OR, U.S.	$173,207
Steve	Product	Senior Product Manager	Edmonton, Canada	$156,060
Catinca	Product	Product Manager	Bucharest, Romania	$144,764
Tom D	Design	Product Designer	Bristol, U.K.	$117,829
Sofia	Design	Senior Product Designer	Antwerp, Belgium	$133,110
Ismail	Design	Product Designer	Casablanca, Morocco	$115,519
David G	Data	Data Engineer	Granada, Spain	$130,869
Julian	Data	Data Scientist	Louisville, KY, U.S.	$142,503
Matt	Data, Marketing	Data Scientist	Bend, OR, U.S.	$130,410
Michael	Data	Data Science Manager	Santa Cruz, CA, U.S.	$194,073
Adam	Advocacy	Senior Escalations Manager	Detroit, MI, U.S.	$112,500
Daniel S	Advocacy	Customer Advocate III	Bonners Ferry, ID, U.S.	$83,068
Danny	Advocacy	Senior Customer Advocate I	Manchester, U.K.	$99,107
Darcy	Advocacy	Customer Advocate Manager	Denver, CO, U.S.	$105,143
Dave C	Advocacy	Senior Customer Advocate I	London, U.K.	$106,912
Hannah	Advocacy	Head of Customer Advocacy Operations	Brighton, U.K.	$143,466
Jess	Advocacy	Customer Advocate II	Global	$78,300
Julia	Advocacy	Senior Customer Advocate I	Los Angeles, CA, U.S.	$106,912
Juliet	Advocacy	Senior Customer Advocate I	London, U.K.	$110,119
Karinna	Advocacy	Customer Advocate III	Kihei, HI, U.S.	$85,561
Katie G	Advocacy	Customer Advocate III	Woodside, CA, U.S.	$108,874
Kelly	Advocacy	Senior Customer Advocate I	Global	$96,221
Nate	Advocacy	Customer Advocate III	Portland, OR, U.S.	$96,221
Octa	Advocacy	Customer Advocate III	Global	$85,561
Ross	Advocacy	Customer Advocate Manager	Louisville, KY, U.S.	$99,107
Essence	Advocacy	Customer Advocate II	Chicago, IL, U.S.	$73,502
Meilyna	Advocacy	Customer Advocate II	Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei	$73,502
James W	Advocacy	Customer Advocate II	Melbourne, Australia	$73,502
Cheryl	Advocacy	Customer Advocate II	Tema, Ghana	$69,262
Fernando	Advocacy	Customer Advocate II	Davenport, FL, U.S.	$69,262
Lexi	Advocacy	Customer Advocate II	Brooklyn, NY, U.S.	$76,958

Open roles

Salary formula

We benchmark for position and experience level

The role benchmark is based on the software industry and the 50th percentile of San Francisco market data.

Role examples:

Customer Advocate III, $106,912

Product Marketer, $108,838

Apply cost of living based on your location

These take into account being a global team, while closing the gap found in traditional compensation approaches.

Cost of living bands:

Low (75%), Average (85%), Intermediate (90%) and High (100%)

Determine a formula-based salary

We calculate salaries taking into account being a global team and closing the gap found in traditional pay practices.

Salary example:

A Product Marketer in an Intermediate cost of living band would earn $97,954.

Our compensation philosophy

We’re committed to providing fair and competitive compensation through these key principles:

Transparent

Openly share our approach and all salaries to create trust, hold ourselves accountable, and serve as a resource for the industry.

Simple

Maintain an easy-to-understand formula that allows anyone to easily see how we arrive at any individual salary.

Fair

Ensure that those with the same role and responsibilities who are at the same experience level are paid equitably.

Generous

Pay above market to attract the team we need, thrive as individuals, and avoid exceptions and inequity resulting from negotiation.

The Buffer Salary calculator

We built a salary calculator so that anyone can see what they would make at Buffer. We hope this information can also help others determine fair and competitive salaries across various roles and locations.

Calculate your salary

5% Gender Pay Gap

Our unadjusted pay gap at Buffer across the entire organization is 5.46% as of March 2021. We’re proud that this is much lower than average in tech (12%) and we will continue working towards no unadjusted gender pay gap.

Read our 2021 pay analysis