This is a custom percentile for each area at Buffer applied to level 5 market data.
Customer Advocate III, $106,912
Product Marketer, $108,838
These take into account being a global team, while closing the gap found in traditional compensation approaches.
Global (90%) and High (100%)
We calculate salaries taking into account being a global team and closing the gap found in traditional pay practices.
A Product Marketer in an Intermediate cost of living band would earn $97,954.
We’re committed to providing fair and competitive compensation through these key principles:
Openly share our approach and all salaries to create trust, hold ourselves accountable, and serve as a resource for the industry.
Maintain an easy-to-understand formula that allows anyone to easily see how we arrive at any individual salary.
Ensure that those with the same role and responsibilities who are at the same experience level are paid equitably.
Pay above market to attract the team we need, thrive as individuals, and avoid exceptions and inequity resulting from negotiation.
We clarified our overall compensation principles and launched our Salaries page.
Read more about Buffer in march 2021We decided to benchmark all roles to the San Francisco 50th percentile.
Read more about Buffer in february 2019We added cost of living bands to our formula for more consistency.
Read more about Buffer in december 2017Adjusted our salary formula to be more robust and launched our salary calculator.
Read more about Buffer in november 2015We created our first salary formula using our own salary bases.
Read more about Buffer in december 2013