Compensation Manager salary
2 market ranges · employer-stated pay · updated Oct 8, 2026
The best-evidenced figure here is for compensation manager roles at mid level across the United States: 17 postings where the employer stated pay put the middle half between $129,000 and $155,000, with a median of $139,027.
Pay rises with seniority across the United States: the medians run mid-level $139,027 and senior $188,809. Moving from mid-level to senior is worth roughly 36% more.
Every range here is counted from real postings, never modelled. Every range in the table rests on at least 10 postings.
Every measured range
2 by market and level| Market | Level | Market range | Median | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States · country-wide | Mid | $129,000 – $155,000 | $139,027 | 17 |
| United States · country-wide | Senior | $166,938 – $206,725 | $188,809 | 11 |
Entry is junior titles. Mid is mid-level and manager titles. Senior is senior titles. Lead is director, VP and above.
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.
Open compensation manager roles · 22 with stated pay
Pay marked e is our estimate. Everything else is the employer's own figure.
this job's payour estimatewhere most pay sits here, $113,920–$206,000scale $60,000–$290,000