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Gusto salaries

What Gusto 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.

$184k median · $123k to $201k middle half · 82 job posts with a salary

Updated Oct 24, 2026

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Salary by role at Gusto

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 Gusto by role
RoleJob postsMedianRange
Software Engineering31$184k$184k to $212k
Operations8$113k$103k to $148k
Product6$200k$200k
Data6$186k$121k to $206k
Design5$198k$194k to $205k
Marketing5$151k$121k to $213k
Sales5$119k$108k to $130k
HR3$107k$69k to $179k

Salary by AI level at Gusto

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

Published salary at Gusto by AI level
AI levelJob postsMedianRange
Builds AI ●●●●3$184k$166k to $211k
Works on AI ●●●○16$197k$183k to $223k
Uses AI ●●○○48$184k$119k to $196k
Little AI ●○○○15$170k$108k to $205k

Salary by country at Gusto

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

Published salary at Gusto by country
CountryJob postsMedianRange
United States82$184k$123k to $201k

Other currencies and hourly pay

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

  • Hourly in USD: 9 job posts, median $25/hr.

Gusto job posts with a salary

The 25 most recent of 91. Pay is shown as the employer published it.

Method

Based on 91 job posts at Gusto 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. No surveys, no self-reported figures. Updated Oct 24, 2026.

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Gusto salary questions, answered from the data

What salary does Gusto pay?

Gusto job posts with a published annual salary in USD have a median of $184k. The middle half of those posts range from $123k to $201k. That is 82 job posts, as of Oct 24, 2026.

Which roles at Gusto list the highest salaries?

Among roles with at least 3 posts that publish a salary, Product has the highest median at $200k, from 6 job posts. The table by role above shows every role that clears the minimum.

Does the salary at Gusto 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 Gusto: Builds AI $184k, Works on AI $197k, Uses AI $184k, Little AI $170k. Only levels with at least 3 posts that publish a salary are shown.

Where do these Gusto salary figures come from?

From the live job posts at Gusto 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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