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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.

Name	Team	Title	Role	Location	Salary
Joel	CEO		CEO	Boulder, CO, USA	Buffer Benchmarks - Dec 2025
Caro	People Exec		Chief of Staff	Portland, OR, USA	Buffer Benchmarks - Oct 2024
Åsa	Advocacy Exec	VP	Customer Advocacy	Sydney, Australia	Legacy Radford - 2018
Jenny	Finance	VP	Finance & Operations	Louisville, KY, USA	Buffer Benchmarks - June 2025
Jenna	People	Senior	People Ops Specialist	Grand Rapids, MI, USA	Buffer Benchmarks - Dec 2025
Kasia	People	Senior	Operations & Automation Specialist	Lisbon, Portugal	Buffer Benchmarks - Dec 2025
Kyle	Finance	Senior	Accountant	Jacksonville, FL, USA	Buffer Benchmarks - Dec 2025
Suzanne	Finance		Operations Manager	Nashville, TN, USA	Buffer Benchmarks - June 2025
Andrew	Finance	Senior	Operations Manager	Vancouver, Canada	Buffer Benchmarks - June 2026
Mike E	Marketing	Senior	Product Marketing Manager	Sydney, Australia	Legacy Radford - 2018
Hailley	Marketing	Senior	Content & Communications Manager	Raleigh, NC, USA	Buffer Benchmarks - June 2025
Simon	Marketing	Director	Growth Marketing	Ottawa, Canada	Buffer Benchmarks - June 2026
Tami	Marketing	Senior	Content Creator	Lagos, Nigeria	Buffer Benchmarks - Dec 2025
Maggie	Marketing	Senior	Lifecycle Marketing Manager	Brooklyn, NY, USA	Buffer Benchmarks - Dec 2025
Sabreen	Marketing	Senior	Brand and Community Manager	Everett, MA, USA	Buffer Benchmarks - Dec 2025
Pierre	Marketing	Senior	Growth Marketing Manager	Brest, France	Buffer Benchmarks - Dec 2025
Sondra	Marketing		Community Manager	Brooklyn, NY, USA	Buffer Benchmarks - Dec 2025
Iggy	Data	Senior	Data Scientist	Cantabria, Spain	Buffer Benchmarks - Dec 2025
Adnan	Engineering	Senior	Software Engineer	Global	Buffer Benchmarks - June 2025
Andy	Engineering	Staff	Mobile Engineer	San Francisco, CA, USA	Buffer Benchmarks - June 2025
Hamish	Engineering	Senior	Software Engineer	Vancouver, Canada	Buffer Benchmarks - June 2026
Joe	Engineering	Staff	Mobile Engineer	Brighton, UK	Buffer Benchmarks - Dec 2025
José	Engineering	Senior	Software Engineer	Madrid, Spain	Buffer Benchmarks - Dec 2025
Phil	Engineering	Staff	Software Engineer	Montpellier, France	Buffer Benchmarks - June 2025
Steven	Engineering	Senior	Platform Engineer	Taipei, Taiwan	Buffer Benchmarks - June 2025
Eduardo	Engineering	Senior	Software Engineer	Alicante, Spain	Buffer Benchmarks - Dec 2025
Maya	Engineering	Senior	Software Engineer	Barcelona, Spain	Buffer Benchmarks - Dec 2025
Dinos	Engineering	Senior	Software Engineer	Gorredijk, Netherlands	Buffer Benchmarks - Dec 2025
Dace	Engineering		Software Engineer	New York, NY, USA	Buffer Benchmarks - Dec 2025
Mick	Engineering	Senior	Software Engineer	Wexford, Ireland	Buffer Benchmarks - Dec 2025
Carlos	Engineering	Senior	Software Engineer	Madrid, Spain	Buffer Benchmarks - Dec 2025
Peter	Engineering	Senior	Platform Engineer	Global	Buffer Benchmarks - Dec 2025
Arek	Engineering	Senior	Software Engineer	Warsaw, Poland	Buffer Benchmarks - Dec 2025
Mw	Engineering	Senior	Software Engineer	Cape Town, South Africa	Buffer Benchmarks - Dec 2025
Daisy	Engineering		Software Engineer	Cairns, Australia	Buffer Benchmarks - Dec 2025
Abeeb	Engineering		Software Engineer	Lagos, Nigeria	Buffer Benchmarks - Dec 2025
Jacob	Engineering	Senior	Software Engineer	Nashville, TN, USA	Buffer Benchmarks - Dec 2025
Esther	Engineering		Software Engineer	Madrid, Spain	Buffer Benchmarks - Dec 2025
Raf	Engineering	Senior	Engineering Manager	Poznan, Poland	Buffer Benchmarks - Dec 2025
Kateryna	Engineering	Head of	Engineering Operations	Tallinn, Estonia	Buffer Benchmarks - Dec 2025
Martín	Engineering	Senior	Software Engineer	Barcelona, Spain	Buffer Benchmarks - Dec 2025
Jakub	Engineering	Senior	Software Engineer	Poznan, Poland	Buffer Benchmarks - Dec 2025
Rathes	Engineering	Senior	Software Engineer	London, UK	Buffer Benchmarks - Dec 2025
Diego C	Engineering	Senior	Software Engineer	Boquete, Panama	Buffer Benchmarks - Dec 2025
Andreas	Engineering	Senior	Software Engineer	Tallinn, Estonia	Buffer Benchmarks - Dec 2025
Bruno	Engineering	Senior	Software Engineer	Barcelona, Spain	Buffer Benchmarks - June 2026
Miguel	Engineering	Senior	Engineering Manager	Brussels, Belgium	Buffer Benchmarks - Dec 2025
Steph	Engineering	Senior	Engineering Manager	Paola, Malta	Buffer Benchmarks - Dec 2025
Justina	Engineering	Senior	Developer Advocate	Lisbon, Portugal	Buffer Benchmarks - Dec 2025
Hector	Engineering	Senior	Software Engineer	Madrid, Spain	Buffer Benchmarks - Dec 2025
Diego	Product	Senior	Product Manager	Barcelona, Spain	Buffer Benchmarks - Dec 2025
Amanda	Product	Staff	Product Manager	Brighton, UK	Buffer Benchmarks - Dec 2025
Brandon	Product	Staff	Product Manager	Worcester, MA	Buffer Benchmarks - Dec 2025
Amaan	Product	Staff	Growth Product Manager	Vancouver, Canada	Buffer Benchmarks - June 2026
Daniel P	Design	Senior	Product Designer	Valletta, Malta	Buffer Benchmarks - Dec 2025
Sofia	Design	Senior	Product Designer	Barcelona, Spain	Buffer Benchmarks - Dec 2025
Ismail	Design	Senior	Product Designer	Casablanca, Morocco	Buffer Benchmarks - Dec 2025
Kate	Design		Marketing UX Designer	Edinburgh, Scotland, UK	Buffer Benchmarks - Dec 2025
Alicja	Design	Senior	Product Designer	Poznan, Poland	Buffer Benchmarks - Dec 2025
Adam	Advocacy	Senior	Escalations Manager	Wesley Chapel, FL, USA	Buffer Benchmarks - June 2025
Daniel S	Advocacy	Senior	Customer Advocate	Bonners Ferry, ID, USA	Buffer Benchmarks - June 2025
Danny	Advocacy	Senior	Technical Advocate	Manchester, UK	Buffer Benchmarks - June 2025
Darcy	Advocacy	Senior	Customer Advocate Manager	Denver, CO, USA	Buffer Benchmarks - June 2025
Dave C	Advocacy	Senior	Customer Advocate	Brighton, UK	Buffer Benchmarks - June 2025
Hannah	Advocacy	Head of	Customer Advocacy Operations	Brighton, UK	Buffer Benchmarks - Oct 2024
Jess	Advocacy	Senior	Customer Advocate	Montana, USA	Buffer Benchmarks - June 2025
Julia	Advocacy	Senior	Customer Advocate	Sioux Falls, SD, USA	Buffer Benchmarks - June 2025
Juliet	Advocacy	Senior	Customer Advocate	London, UK	Buffer Benchmarks - June 2025
Kelly	Advocacy	Senior	Customer Advocate	Philadelphia, PA, USA	Buffer Benchmarks - June 2025
Nate	Advocacy	Senior	Customer Advocate	Portland, OR, USA	Buffer Benchmarks - June 2025
Octa	Advocacy	Senior	Customer Advocate	Nomad	Buffer Benchmarks - June 2025
Ross	Advocacy	Senior	Customer Advocate Manager	Louisville, KY, USA	Buffer Benchmarks - June 2025
Mel	Advocacy	Senior	Customer Advocate	Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam	Buffer Benchmarks - June 2025
Cheryl	Advocacy		Technical Advocate	Global	Buffer Benchmarks - June 2025
Lexi	Advocacy		Customer Advocate	Los Angeles, CA, USA	Buffer Benchmarks - June 2025
Ben	Advocacy		Customer Advocate	Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand	Buffer Benchmarks - June 2025
Mau	Advocacy		Customer Advocate	Heredia, Costa Rica	Buffer Benchmarks - June 2025

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Salary formula

We apply our Buffer Benchmark
This is a custom percentile for each area at Buffer applied to level 5 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
Global (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.