Remote salary benchmarks
What remote roles actually pay — median and typical range by field, computed from 1,742 live advertised salaries. Updated daily.
Analysis by the Workbeam Data Team · Updated July 2026
Security$263k median
$229k56 roles$308k
Legal$248k median
$201k42 roles$309k
DevOps & Infrastructure$248k median
$215k48 roles$282k
Software Engineering$238k median
$188k334 roles$283k
Product$231k median
$207k48 roles$280k
Data & AI$219k median
$185k230 roles$263k
Design$209k median
$164k60 roles$251k
Finance$195k median
$149k37 roles$228k
Operations$189k median
$150k112 roles$251k
Sales$189k median
$150k273 roles$242k
Marketing$183k median
$149k100 roles$216k
Other$175k median
$159k318 roles$246k
People & HR$163k median
$141k31 roles$197k
Customer Success$130k median
$90k47 roles$175k
Method: midpoint of each advertised USD/year range on live roles; percentiles computed per category (minimum 6 roles). Advertised pay skews toward well-funded US employers, so read these as upper-market references rather than universal averages.
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