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Duolingo salaries

What Duolingo publishes in its job posts: the median, the range, and how pay differs by role, AI level and country. Only salaries from live posts, nothing self-reported.

$215k median · $182k to $233k middle half · 44 job posts with a salary

Updated Oct 25, 2026

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Salary by role at Duolingo

In USD a year. Range is the middle half of posts from 5 posts, and lowest to highest below that. A row appears from 3 posts.

Published salary at Duolingo by role
RoleJob postsMedianRange
Software Engineering10$215k$196k to $255k
Product7$215k$215k to $221k
Marketing4$296k$168k to $490k
Research3$227k$162k to $276k
Data3$215k$182k to $215k
Sales3$190k$190k to $229k
Design3$175k$168k to $250k
Operations3$168k$168k to $190k

Salary by AI level at Duolingo

Level rates every job by how central AI is to the work. In USD a year.

Published salary at Duolingo by AI level
AI levelJob postsMedianRange
Builds AI ●●●●3$255k$162k to $276k
Uses AI ●●○○6$179k$168k to $209k
Little AI ●○○○34$215k$190k to $229k

Salary by country at Duolingo

Posts published in USD, grouped by the country of the job.

Published salary at Duolingo by country
CountryJob postsMedianRange
United States44$215k$182k to $233k

Other currencies and hourly pay

Shown apart. Amounts are never converted between currencies or between hourly and annual.

  • CNY: 3 job posts, median CNY 947k, CNY 947k a year.
  • GBP: 2 job posts with a salary, too few for a figure (3 are needed).
  • INR: 1 job post with a salary, too few for a figure (3 are needed).
  • Hourly in USD: 4 job posts, median $60/hr.

Duolingo job posts with a salary

The 25 most recent of 54. Pay is shown as the employer published it.

Method

Based on 54 job posts at Duolingo with a published salary, read from the live job posts themselves. Each post counts once, at the midpoint of its listed range. Hourly rates are shown apart from annual pay, and amounts whose period is unclear are left out. Currencies are never converted or mixed. No surveys, no self-reported figures. Updated Oct 25, 2026.

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Duolingo salary questions, answered from the data

What salary does Duolingo pay?

Duolingo job posts with a published annual salary in USD have a median of $215k. The middle half of those posts range from $182k to $233k. That is 44 job posts, as of Oct 25, 2026.

Which roles at Duolingo list the highest salaries?

Among roles with at least 3 posts that publish a salary, Marketing has the highest median at $296k, from 4 job posts. The table by role above shows every role that clears the minimum.

Does the salary at Duolingo change with how much AI the job involves?

Level rates every job by how central AI is to the work. Median published salaries by level at Duolingo: Builds AI $255k, Uses AI $179k, Little AI $215k. Only levels with at least 3 posts that publish a salary are shown.

Where do these Duolingo salary figures come from?

From the live job posts at Duolingo that list a salary, nothing else. Level takes the midpoint of each listed range, then reports the median and the middle half of posts once there are at least 3. Amounts are never converted between currencies, and amounts whose period is unclear are left out.

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