Notion Software Engineer Compensation
IC L2-L6, manager M1-M4. Private company - equity is illiquid RSUs at the last tender valuation. Strong cash, design-heavy hiring.
Ranges aggregated from publicly-available sources. Treat the median (p50) as roughly representative; quartile bands reflect negotiation range. Have specific data points or corrections? Send them in.
Company-specific notes
Notion is private (last primary round valued the company around $10B; subsequent employee tenders have repriced equity). Equity grants are double-trigger RSUs valued at the last 409A / tender price - they are illiquid until an IPO, acquisition, or company-run tender offer, and Notion has run periodic tenders for tenured employees. Treat the equityAnnual column as paper value with real liquidity risk, not cash. Cash compensation is competitive with public peers, which is how Notion de-risks offers.
Levels
L2
Software Engineer (New Grad)| Component | p25 | p50 | p75 | p90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base salary | $150K | $165K | $180K | $195K |
| Equity (annualized) | $30K | $40K | $55K | $75K |
| Total comp | $180K | $205K | $235K | $270K |
Entry-level. Notion runs a small new-grad program; offers cluster tightly around p50. Equity is private-company RSUs valued at the last 409A - treat the equity figure as paper value, not cash.
L3
Software Engineer| Component | p25 | p50 | p75 | p90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base salary | $180K | $200K | $220K | $240K |
| Equity (annualized) | $60K | $90K | $130K | $180K |
| Total comp | $240K | $290K | $350K | $420K |
Mid-level IC. Notion pays competitive cash for a private company; the equity component is illiquid until a tender or exit.
L4
Senior Software Engineer| Component | p25 | p50 | p75 | p90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base salary | $215K | $240K | $260K | $285K |
| Equity (annualized) | $110K | $170K | $250K | $350K |
| Total comp | $325K | $410K | $510K | $635K |
Senior IC. Most-common external hire level. Product-engineering craft (editor internals, sync engine, performance) commands top-of-band offers.
L5
Staff Software Engineer| Component | p25 | p50 | p75 | p90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base salary | $250K | $275K | $300K | $325K |
| Equity (annualized) | $180K | $270K | $390K | $550K |
| Total comp | $430K | $545K | $690K | $875K |
Staff IC. Equity dominates and is priced at the last tender valuation - realized value depends entirely on an eventual IPO or acquisition.
L6
Senior Staff Software Engineer| Component | p25 | p50 | p75 | p90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base salary | $280K | $305K | $330K | $355K |
| Equity (annualized) | $270K | $400K | $580K | $820K |
| Total comp | $550K | $705K | $910K | $1.18M |
Senior staff. Very small population; external hires are rare and usually targeted (infra leads, AI platform).
Primary sources
- ·Levels.fyi (public reports, Notion data points)
- ·CA Pay Transparency postings (Notion San Francisco)
- ·NY Pay Transparency postings (Notion NYC)
- ·Public Notion career-page postings
- ·Comprehensive.io aggregated data
Cross-referenced against public reporting, state pay-transparency postings, and triangulated where source ranges disagreed. Last refresh: June 2026.
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