Capital One vs PayPal salary
The median posted base pay for tech jobs is $211K a year at Capital One and $211K a year at PayPal. The two medians are almost the same. The numbers come from 966 open jobs at Capital One and 80 open jobs at PayPal with posted pay.
Capital One and PayPal: all tech jobs
Capital One: The middle half of the jobs is from $177K to $246K. PayPal: The middle half of the jobs is from $172K to $235K.
| Measure | Capital One | PayPal |
|---|---|---|
| Median posted base pay | $211K | $211K |
| Middle half of the jobs | $177K to $246K | $172K to $235K |
| Median posted range | $179K to $246K | $161K to $262K |
| 10th to 90th percentile | $148K to $276K | $154K to $247K |
| Open jobs with posted pay | 966 | 80 |
Capital One vs PayPal pay by job type
The median for each job type that has 3 or more jobs with posted pay at both companies. The difference compares Capital One with PayPal. One job can have more than one job type.
| Job type | Median at Capital One | Median at PayPal | Difference | Jobs at Capital One | Jobs at PayPal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software engineering | $213K | $200K | +6% | 291 | 28 |
| Product management | $200K | $226K | −12% | 280 | 21 |
| ML / AI engineering | $247K | $244K | +1% | 214 | 5 |
| Inference & ML systems | $258K | $219K | +18% | 141 | 4 |
| Infra, platform & SRE | $202K | $200K | +1% | 88 | 8 |
| Data science | $213K | $194K | +9% | 59 | 11 |
| Design | $177K | $246K | −28% | 31 | 3 |
| Security engineering | $202K | $190K | +7% | 12 | 7 |
Capital One vs PayPal pay by level
The median for each level in the job title that has 3 or more jobs with posted pay at both companies.
| Level | Median at Capital One | Median at PayPal | Difference | Jobs at Capital One | Jobs at PayPal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Level not stated | $202K | $149K | +36% | 504 | 14 |
| Senior | $216K | $202K | +7% | 252 | 38 |
| Staff | $290K | $211K | +37% | 59 | 19 |
| Director+ | $276K | $254K | +9% | 111 | 8 |
Open jobs with the highest posted pay
The five open jobs with the highest posted pay at each company. Each range is the base pay that the company posted.
Capital One
- Sr. Director, Applied Researcher$350K to $436K
- Sr. Staff Applied Researcher$350K to $436K
- Senior Staff Full-Stack Engineer (Sr. Director - IC)$343K to $392K
- Senior Director, Data Scientist - US Card$315K to $392K
- Senior Staff Full-stack Engineer, Global Payments Network$315K to $392K
PayPal
- Senior Director, Experience Design - Checkout$220K to $359K
- Sr Director, Product Management, Crypto$220K to $359K
- Staff Machine Learning Engineer$197K to $334K
- Senior Lead Product Manager, Risk Decisioning Platform$179K to $334K
- Director, Technical Programs$245K to $331K
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Questions
Which company pays more, Capital One or PayPal?
The two companies have almost the same median posted base pay: $211K at Capital One and $211K at PayPal.
What do software engineering jobs pay at Capital One and PayPal?
The median posted base pay for software engineering jobs is $213K at Capital One (291 jobs) and $200K at PayPal (28 jobs).
Does this pay include stock or a bonus?
No. The numbers are the base pay ranges that the companies posted in their open jobs. Stock, a bonus and benefits are not in the numbers. Total pay at these companies can be much higher than base pay.
Where does the data come from?
We read each open job from the job board of Capital One and of PayPal, and we check each job every day. We use only jobs that state a yearly pay range in US dollars.
How we compute these numbers
We read each job from the job board of the company and check it every day. We use only open jobs that state a yearly pay range in US dollars. One job counts with the middle point of its posted range. The median is the middle value of these amounts: half of the jobs are above it and half are below it.
We do not use a range with a bottom below $15,000, a top above $1,000,000, or a top that is more than four times the bottom. A company needs 20 or more open jobs with posted pay to be in a comparison. A job type or a level needs 3 or more jobs at both companies to be a row. Jobs under the same company name count as one company.
The numbers are base pay as the company posted it. They are not the pay of a person, and they do not include stock, a bonus or benefits. For the stock and the bonus that people reported, see Reported pay.