Databricks vs Salesforce salary
The median posted base pay for tech jobs is $214K a year at Databricks and $222K a year at Salesforce. The median at Databricks is 4% below the median at Salesforce. The numbers come from 236 open jobs at Databricks and 211 open jobs at Salesforce with posted pay.
Databricks and Salesforce: all tech jobs
Databricks: The middle half of the jobs is from $194K to $228K. Salesforce: The middle half of the jobs is from $192K to $247K.
| Measure | Databricks | Salesforce |
|---|---|---|
| Median posted base pay | $214K | $222K |
| Middle half of the jobs | $194K to $228K | $192K to $247K |
| Median posted range | $180K to $248K | $158K to $286K |
| 10th to 90th percentile | $177K to $265K | $156K to $292K |
| Open jobs with posted pay | 236 | 211 |
Databricks vs Salesforce 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 Databricks with Salesforce. One job can have more than one job type.
| Job type | Median at Databricks | Median at Salesforce | Difference | Jobs at Databricks | Jobs at Salesforce |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software engineering | $222K | $229K | −3% | 91 | 75 |
| Solutions engineering | $214K | $195K | +10% | 57 | 35 |
| Infra, platform & SRE | $218K | $216K | +1% | 30 | 32 |
| ML / AI engineering | $216K | $230K | −6% | 33 | 18 |
| Product management | $186K | $232K | −20% | 31 | 20 |
| Security engineering | $219K | $216K | +1% | 10 | 25 |
| Inference & ML systems | $216K | $251K | −14% | 24 | 8 |
| Design | $175K | $229K | −23% | 4 | 9 |
| Data science | $226K | $216K | +4% | 5 | 3 |
Databricks vs Salesforce 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 Databricks | Median at Salesforce | Difference | Jobs at Databricks | Jobs at Salesforce |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Level not stated | $214K | $197K | +8% | 56 | 75 |
| Senior | $196K | $216K | −10% | 85 | 81 |
| Staff | $226K | $271K | −17% | 83 | 5 |
| Principal | $309K | $266K | +16% | 5 | 21 |
| Director+ | $300K | $271K | +11% | 3 | 27 |
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.
Databricks
- Lakebase Associate Director, Healthcare & Life Sciences$293K to $402K
- Principal Engineer, Authentication$280K to $385K
- Principal Engineer, Authentication$266K to $366K
- Director of Engineering - Databricks Commercialization & Marketplace$249K to $350K
- Director, Delivery Solutions Architects - Public Sector$250K to $343K
Salesforce
- Slack VP, Product Design (Individual Contributor; Principal Architect)$258K to $496K
- VP, Experience Design, Informatica and Enterprise Agentic Harness$258K to $496K
- VP, Security Engineering for Product Security$258K to $496K
- VP, Product Management, Emerging Technology$258K to $496K
- SVP, COO - Cloud Success$352K to $473K
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Questions
Which company pays more, Databricks or Salesforce?
Salesforce has the higher median posted base pay: $222K a year, against $214K at Databricks. The median at Databricks is 4% below the median at Salesforce.
What do software engineering jobs pay at Databricks and Salesforce?
The median posted base pay for software engineering jobs is $222K at Databricks (91 jobs) and $229K at Salesforce (75 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 Databricks and of Salesforce, 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.