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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
MarketLevelMarket rangeMedianSample
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

Sr Compensation Manager BJ’s Wholesale Club · BJ's Club Support Center Marlborough $146,250–$181,500 4d ago Provider Compensation Manager Ah · MG AHMG CENTRAL FLORIDA $97,219–$180,835 7d ago Senior Compensation Manager OpenGov · Atlanta $160,000–$180,000 11d ago Senior Compensation Manager OpenGov · Chicago $160,000–$180,000 11d ago Senior Compensation Manager Smithfieldfoods · Smithfield $115,000–$150,000 13d ago Compensation Manager Freddiemac · McLean $138,000–$206,000 2w ago Senior Global Compensation Manager Nexthink · Madrid €75,000–€105,000 2w ago Compensation Manager J.S. Held LLC · Remote · US $135,000–$175,000 2w ago Sr. Compensation Manager Super Micro Computer · San Jose $150,000–$210,000 2w ago Senior Variable Compensation Manager Crusoe · San Francisco $175,000–$215,000 4w ago Compensation Manager Rincon Consultants · Ventura $150,000–$175,000 4w ago Compensation Manager, Customer MongoDB · Atlanta $87,000–$171,000 4w ago Compensation Manager The New York Times · New York $130,000–$150,000 4w ago Senior Compensation Manager Visa · Foster City $153,700–$246,200 4w ago Compensation Manager Grant Thornton Advisors · Chicago $120,000–$160,000 4w ago Variable Compensation Manager Lyra Health · Remote · US $106,000–$146,000 5w ago Compensation Manager Tempus · Chicago $110,000–$150,000 7w ago Compensation Manager Graybar · Corporate-Chesterfield $105,978 8w ago Senior Compensation Manager Patreon · San Francisco $156,000–$310,000 8w ago Global Compensation Manager Conga · Houston $113,920–$182,270 2mo ago Compensation Manager Zipline · South San Francisco $150,000–$230,000 3mo ago Compensation Manager - Commercial US Kraft Heinz · Toronto CA$96,200–CA$120,200 8mo ago Compensation Manager Worldwide Flight Services · Irving $79,921–$136,750e 2w ago Executive Compensation Manager Rehlko · Milwaukee In listing 5w ago Senior Compensation Manager Gusto, Inc. · San Francisco In listing 5w ago Compensation Manager Sonepar · Houston $77,500–$92,500e 5w ago Sr. Compensation Manager PayJoy · Mexico City Pay not stated 2mo ago Sr. Compensation Manager, R&D Databricks · United States In listing 9mo ago