PayPal vs Visa salary
The median posted base pay for tech jobs is $211K a year at PayPal and $198K a year at Visa. The median at PayPal is 7% above the median at Visa. The numbers come from 80 open jobs at PayPal and 103 open jobs at Visa with posted pay.
PayPal and Visa: all tech jobs
PayPal: The middle half of the jobs is from $172K to $235K. Visa: The middle half of the jobs is from $162K to $230K.
| Measure | PayPal | Visa |
|---|---|---|
| Median posted base pay | $211K | $198K |
| Middle half of the jobs | $172K to $235K | $162K to $230K |
| Median posted range | $161K to $262K | $152K to $244K |
| 10th to 90th percentile | $154K to $247K | $141K to $254K |
| Open jobs with posted pay | 80 | 103 |
PayPal vs Visa 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 PayPal with Visa. One job can have more than one job type.
| Job type | Median at PayPal | Median at Visa | Difference | Jobs at PayPal | Jobs at Visa |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software engineering | $200K | $175K | +14% | 28 | 45 |
| Product management | $226K | $212K | +7% | 21 | 24 |
| Infra, platform & SRE | $200K | $201K | 0% | 8 | 13 |
| ML / AI engineering | $244K | $211K | +15% | 5 | 16 |
| Security engineering | $190K | $151K | +25% | 7 | 7 |
| Inference & ML systems | $219K | $155K | +42% | 4 | 4 |
PayPal vs Visa 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 PayPal | Median at Visa | Difference | Jobs at PayPal | Jobs at Visa |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Level not stated | $149K | $159K | −6% | 14 | 22 |
| Senior | $202K | $211K | −5% | 38 | 49 |
| Staff | $211K | $175K | +21% | 19 | 18 |
| Director+ | $254K | $256K | −1% | 8 | 12 |
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.
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
Visa
- Chief SW Engineer$231K to $369K
- Director, Platform Engineering$219K to $351K
- Director, Software Engineering$219K to $351K
- Principal ML Scientist$218K to $349K
- Lead Research Scientist$215K to $345K
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Questions
Which company pays more, PayPal or Visa?
PayPal has the higher median posted base pay: $211K a year, against $198K at Visa. The median at PayPal is 7% above the median at Visa.
What do software engineering jobs pay at PayPal and Visa?
The median posted base pay for software engineering jobs is $200K at PayPal (28 jobs) and $175K at Visa (45 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 PayPal and of Visa, 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.