How Much Netflix Pays Employees In Jobs Ranging From Content Roles To Engineers, According To Salary Data

Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos.

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• Netflix cemented its streaming crown in 2024 and grew its workforce.
• We analyzed US work-visa data from late 2022 to 2024 to see how much Netflix pays employees.
• The streamer has offered base salaries between $80,000 and $1 million a year for certain roles, data shows.

Netflix won the streaming wars in 2024, ending the year with record subscriber gains. The company's unique culture remains a key component of its success.

Last year, the streamer tweaked its infamous culture memo — including an addendum to its "keeper test."

The company's ovations about culture aren't just lip service, said Cheick Soumaré, a former HR director at the streamer from 2020 to 2022: "What you see in the culture memo is really what happens at Netflix."

While Netflix had layoffs, the company grew its overall workforce in 2024. As of December 2024, the company had 14,000 employees — a 7.7% increase over last year.

Its careers page lists over 500 positions as the company looks to staff its live content, advertising, and other various teams globally.

How much do new hires make? Like other US companies, Netflix discloses how much it plans to pay workers it hires on work visas.

Business Insider analyzed publicly available offer data from October 1, 2022, to December 31, 2024, to see how much Netflix is willing to pay for talent in the US. The data, which the US Department of Labor's Office of Foreign Labor Certification released, included wages from around 720 certified foreign-labor applications Netflix submitted.

Many of the roles offered six-figure base salaries. The data includes base salaries only and not additional stock awards or bonuses. They also don't cover all employee offers — only those the company made to workers on a visa or with a green card. The salaries captured in the data tend to be tech-focused, such as data scientists or software engineers.

Read on to find out the US salaries for around 185 different Netflix jobs across content, product and technology, marketing, corporate, and more. We highlighted roles in each category and then listed all the roles in the data alphabetically.

Netflix has declined to comment on this story.

How Netflix looks at compensation

Netflix's compensation policy stems from its cultural philosophy, which hinges on principles including a high-performance culture, lack of a formal vacation policy, and aversion to "brilliant jerks."

The streaming platform doesn't offer performance-based bonuses unlike some others in tech. Reed Hastings, a cofounder of Netflix, has said bonuses hinder innovation.

Instead, Netflix pays its employees well. The company says it pays staffers at the top of workers' "personal market" based on their role and qualifications for the job.

"Whatever the market is ready to offer you for the same job, that's what Netflix will pay," Soumaré said.

As it relates to the data, the wage offers listed are the minimum amounts the company said it would pay specific workers in applications, US Department of Labor documentation shows.

Netflix may pay employees more than the figures reflected in this data or compensate them in additional ways. While Netflix doesn't give bonuses, it does let employees choose each year how much compensation they want in cash versus stock options.

The data includes Netflix base salary offers ranging from roughly $80,000 to $1 million a year, with a median of around $226,000.

Corporate

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Netflix's corporate team includes roles in finance, legal, strategy and analysis, operations, and more, according to its jobs site.

Here are examples of annual salaries in these fields:

• Analyst, Tax Operations: $141,534 median; ranging from $137,030 to $146,037
• Associate, Corporate FP&A: $210,000
• Associate, Corporate Ops Strategy, Planning, and Analysis: $220,000
• HR Business Partner, Manager: $222,019
• HR Business Partner, Director: $750,000
• HR Talent Partner, Creative Production: $285,000
• Operations and Portfolio Manager, Talent Technology: $151,102 median; ranging from $136,157 to $166,046
• Revenue Accountant: $137,030
• Senior Content Accountant: $109,346 median; ranging from $101,650 to $155,000

Content and production

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Netflix's content organization covers content acquisition, production, visual effects, animation, and more. Some content-related salaries in the data include:

• Coordinator, Major Studio Film Licensing: $123,386 median; ranging from $121,763 to $125,008
• Director, Documentary Film: $172,328
• Associate, FS&A, Content: $103,314
• Product Manager, Live-Action Production Media: $377,553 median; ranging from $155,106 to $600,000
• Production Manager: $283,442
• Production Planner: $195,936
• Senior Manager, Production Finance: $260,000 (listed under Netflix Animation)
• Vertical Lead, Overall Deals: $166,046

Product and technology

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Netflix's product and technology organization had some of the highest-paying salaries in the data. Here are some examples of salaries in the division, which spans advertising, business development, data science and engineering, product management, and more:

• Data Analyst: $183,310 median; ranging from $151,694 to $210,704
• Data Engineer: $218,847 median; ranging from $139,464 to $295,194
• Data Scientist: $222,113 median; ranging from $146,744 to $295,194
• Director, Growth Data Science and Engineering: $1 million
• Senior Data Engineer: $540,000 median; ranging from $420,000 to $700,000
• Senior Data Scientist: $565,000 median; ranging from $143,291 to $650,000
• Senior Machine Learning Engineer: $775,000
• Senior Manager, Ads Platform Engineering: $283,442
• Senior Product Designer: $283,442 median; ranging from $119,766 to $400,000
• Senior Product Designer, Ads: $217,610
• Senior Production Planner: $205,150
• Senior Research Scientist: $590,000 median; ranging from $550,000 to $630,000
• Senior Researcher: $295,194
• Senior Software Engineer: $455,000 median; ranging from $170,872 to $750,000
• Software Engineer: $226,158 median; ranging from $135,283 to $525,000

Marketing and communications

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There were a handful of marketing and communications salaries included in the data. That Netflix team includes editorial and publishing, communications, consumer products, partner marketing, and publicity, per the company's jobs page. Examples from the data in those fields include:

• Manager, Growth and Engagement, Publishing Innovation: $100,630
• Senior Manager, Creative, Marketing Partnerships: $195,936
• Senior Manager, Product Marketing: $280,987
• Specialist, Communications: $96,190 median; ranging from $93,579 to $98,800

Games

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Games are a newer venture for Netflix. This division includes its Games Studio as well as developers it bought, like Night School Studio, Boss Fight Entertainment, Next Games, Moonlight Games, and Spry Fox, per the jobs page.

Here are examples of salaries for jobs related to Netflix's gaming business:

• Game Reliability Manager: $137,550
• Games Service Reliability Manager: $128,086
• Manager, Game Analytics: $210,704
• Product Manager, Mobile Games: $475,000
• VFX Artist, Games Studio: $161,907

All roles

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The data also included salaries for other Netflix jobs, such as corporate, data, editorial, human resources, and research roles.

Some of the highest-paying jobs in the data include a director of growth data science and engineering with a $1 million annual salary and a senior machine learning engineer making $775,000.

Here's the full list of positions and annual wages included in the data, in alphabetical order:

Analyst, Tax Operations: $141,534 median; ranging from $137,030 to $146,037

Analytics Engineer: $197,371 median; ranging from $170,186 to $295,194

Android Automation Engineer: $254,800 median; ranging from $226,158 to $283,442

Application Security Engineer: $172,536

Associate Product Manager, Live Services: $214,074

Associate, Ads FP&A: $123,240

Associate, Corporate FP&A: $210,000

Associate, Corporate Ops Strategy, Planning, and Analysis: $220,000

Associate, F&S, Plans and Pricing: $174,117 median; ranging from $156,770 to $191,464

Associate, F&S, Products and Technology: $156,770

Associate, FS&A, Content: $103,314

Associate, FS&A, Product: $174,117

Associate, FS&A, Products and Technology: $167,086 median; ranging from $148,595 to $174,117

Associate, Memberships Strategy and Analysis: $240,000

Associate, Pricing Strategy, Planning, and Analysis: $183,310

CAD Manager: $165,000

Capacity Planner: $183,310

Coordinator, Major Studio Film Licensing: $123,386 median; ranging from $121,763 to $125,008

Counsel, Advertising Legal Affairs: $330,554

Creative Lead: $275,000

Data Analyst: $183,310 median; ranging from $151,694 to $210,704

Data and Insights Project Manager: $239,200 median; ranging from $210,704 to $285,000

Data Engineer: $218,847 median; ranging from $139,464 to $295,194

Data Engineering Manager: $218,608

Data Scientist: $222,113 median; ranging from $146,744 to $295,194

Data Visualization Engineer: $192,941

Director, Business and Legal Affairs, Post Production and Production Planning: $218,754 median; ranging from $218,754 to $650,000

Director, Business Development: $387,456 median; ranging from $249,912 to $525,000

Director, Commercial Operations: $685,000

Director, Documentary Film: $172,328

Director, Growth Data Science and Engineering: $1 million

Director, Plans Innovation: $210,704

Director, Post Services: $175,615 median; ranging from $168,147 to $183,082

Director, Product and Tech Legal (Consumer): $330,554

Director, Product Platform Strategy, Planning and Analysis: $206,274

Director, Production Travel: $183,040

Distributed Systems Engineer: $283,442 median; ranging from $192,941 to $283,442

Enablement Manager, Data Platform: $210,704

Engineering Manager: $283,442 median; ranging from $266,926 to $294,299

Finance Functional Lead: $132,787

Full Stack Engineer: $184,662

Game Reliability Manager: $137,550

Games Service Reliability Manager: $128,086

Global Technical Research Manager: $180,000

Hardware Engineer: $211,120

HR Business Partner, Manager: $222,019

HR Business Partner, Director: $750,000

HR Business Partner, Director, Internal Studios/UCAN: $193,232

HR Business Partner, Senior Director: $193,232

HR Business Partner, Tech: $238,098

HR Talent Partner, Creative Production: $285,000

Indirect Tax Analyst: $132,787 median; ranging from $130,000 to $137,030

Integration Architect, Finance Technology: $350,000

Language Program Manager, Globalization: $79,664

Legal Technology Manager: $255,352 median; ranging from $210,704 to $300,000

Localization Project Manager: $101,816

Machine Learning Engineer: $283,442 median; ranging from $211,536 to $283,442

Machine Learning Scientist: $146,744

Manager, Ads Strategic Planning and Analysis: $166,046

Manager, Consumer Products and Experiences FP&A: $92,518

Manager, Corporate FP&A: $171,454

Manager, Creative Development and Production: $137,800 median; ranging from $92,518 to $183,082

Manager, Creative Services: $475,000

Manager, Documentary Film: $281,394 median; ranging from $183,082 to $379,706

Manager, Editorial Development and Planning: $105,810

Manager, F&S, Product: $191,464

Manager, F&S, Revenue Analytics: $178,110

Manager, FS&A, Ads: $121,763 median; ranging from $95,826 to $205,150

Manager, FS&A, Plans: $123,240

Manager, FS&A, Revenue Management and Analytics: $151,694

Manager, Game Analytics: $210,704

Manager, Growth and Engagement, Publishing Innovation: $100,630

Manager, Growth Data Engineering: $283,442

Manager, iOS UI Foundations: $266,926

Manager, Machine Learning, Studio Intelligence: $155,958

Manager, Marketing and IP Legal Operations, Tools, and Workflows: $129,293

Manager, Payments Strategy, Planning and Analysis: $183,310

Manager, Post Services: $183,082

Manager, Product Finance: $195,686

Manager, Product Strategy, Planning, and Analysis: $280,000

Manager, Production Finance: $275,000

Manager, PS, P&A, North America: $170,000

Manager, Revenue Management and Analytics: $217,600 median; ranging from $140,005 to $295,194

Manager, SP&A, Studio Product: $300,000

Manager, Space and Occupancy System and Data: $98,946

Manager, Technical Program Management: $171,330

Manager, UI Engineering: $395,352 median; ranging from $210,704 to $580,000

Manager, VFX Business Development: $175,635

Media ML Engineer: $295,194

Media Operations Specialist: $130,998

Metadata Technologist: $102,294

ML Engineer: $283,442

Operations and Portfolio Manager, Talent Technology: $151,102 median; ranging from $136,157 to $166,046

Performance Engineer: $238,192 median; ranging from $192,941 to $283,442

Privacy Software Engineer: $283,442

Product Design Manager: $283,442

Product Designer: $316,721 median; ranging from $102,835 to $430,000

Product Manager: $284,388 median; ranging from $210,704 to $294,299

Product Manager, Ads Platform: $236,038

Product Manager, Commerce Platform: $210,704

Product Manager, Developer Platform: $210,704

Product Manager, Developer Productivity: $184,080

Product Manager, Device Platforms: $166,379

Product Manager, Enterprise Software Engineering: $400,000

Product Manager, Live-Action Production Media: $155,106

Product Manager, Mobile Games: $475,000

Product Manager, Plans: $210,704

Product Operations Lead: $272,553 median; ranging from $249,912 to $295,194

Production Manager: $283,442

Production Planner: $195,936

Program Manager: $266,926

Project Engagement Manager: $500,000

Project Specialist: $127,504

Ratings Architecture Lead: $181,293

Ratings Architecture Strategist: $178,630 median; ranging from $146,744 to $206,773

Ratings Policy Strategist: $153,525 median; ranging from $117,042 to $154,315

Research Engineer: $260,666 median; ranging from $169,146 to $295,194

Research Scientist: $260,666 median; ranging from $226,325 to $283,442

Research Scientist/Engineer: $260,666

Research Scientist/Engineer L5, Algorithm Engineering: $260,666

Revenue Accountant: $137,030

Rights Analyst, Major Studios Licensing: $125,528 median; ranging from $96,160 to $137,114

Security Analytics Engineer: $151,694

Security Engineer: $187,262 median; ranging from $171,330 to $202,134

Security Software Engineer: $192,941 median; ranging from $157,477 to $283,442

Senior Analyst, Transfer Pricing: $178,110 median; ranging from $162,926 to $191,464

Senior Analytics Engineer: $146,744 median; ranging from $138,341 to $430,000

Senior Analytics Engineer, Tudum: $151,154

Senior Associate, Sales Operations: $117,042

Senior Backend Engineer: $168,709

Senior Content Accountant: $109,346 median; ranging from $101,650 to $155,000

Senior Data Engineer: $540,000 median; ranging from $420,000 to $700,000

Senior Data Engineer, Membership: $540,000

Senior Data Scientist: $565,000 median; ranging from $143,291 to $650,000

Senior Director, Talent Relations and Awards: $165,693 median; ranging from $93,579 to $195,936

Senior Director, Talent Relations and Awards, Film: $225,035

Senior Game Designer: $167,523

Senior InfoSec GRCA Partner: $375,000

Senior Integrations Architect: $192,941

Senior Integrations Architect, Finance Applications: $430,000

Senior Machine Learning Engineer: $775,000

Senior Manager, Ads Platform Engineering: $283,442

Senior Manager, Creative, Marketing Partnerships: $195,936

Senior Manager, Product Marketing: $280,987

Senior Manager, Production Finance: $260,000

Senior Market and Economy Analyst: $119,850 median; ranging from $89,502 to $178,110

Senior Product Designer: $283,442 median; ranging from $119,766 to $400,000

Senior Product Designer, Ads: $217,610

Senior Production Planner: $205,150

Senior Research Scientist: $590,000 median; ranging from $550,000 to $630,000

Senior Researcher: $295,194

Senior Security Engineer: $550,000

Senior Security Partner, Application Security: $575,000

Senior Security Software Engineer: $500,000

Senior Software Engineer: $455,000 median; ranging from $170,872 to $750,000

Senior Software Engineer, Big Data Platform: $525,000

Senior Software Engineer, Core Data Platform: $575,000

Senior Software Engineer, Media Cloud Engineering: $650,000

Senior Software Engineer, Personalization Application Core: $525,000

Senior Software Engineer, Privacy Engineering: $475,000

Senior Stock Analyst: $137,030

Senior Systems Engineer: $300,000

Senior Technical Program Manager: $550,000

Senior Technical Sound Designer: $217,610

Senior Technical Writer: $190,986

Senior User Interface Artist: $145,184

Site Reliability Engineer: $192,941

Software Engineer: $226,158 median; ranging from $135,283 to $525,000

Software Engineer in Test: $283,442

Software Engineer, Identity and Access Management: $210,000

Solutions Architect: $247,489 median; ranging from $197,829 to $286,728

Solutions Software Engineer: $177,029

Solutions Support Engineer: $226,158

Specialist, Communications: $96,190 median; ranging from $93,579 to $98,800

Support Solutions Engineer: $219,624 median; ranging from $144,248 to $295,000

Technical Program Manager: $210,704 median; ranging from $137,738 to $210,704

Technical Solutions Manager: $320,000

Technical Support Engineer: $209,550 median; ranging from $192,941 to $226,158

Technology Auditor: $194,875

Treasury Manager, FX: $241,134

TV UI Engineer: $226,158

UI Engineer: $199,347 median; ranging from $146,307 to $226,158

Vertical Lead, Overall Deals: $166,046

VFX Artist, Games Studio: $161,907

Video Engineer: $192,941

This story has been updated to include the latest available data. Elaine Low and Lucia Moses contributed to an earlier version of this story.