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Substack salaries

What Substack 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.

$200k median · $165k to $218k middle half · 17 job posts with a salary

Updated Nov 5, 2026

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Salary by role at Substack

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 Substack by role
RoleJob postsMedianRange
Software Engineering4$200k$200k

Salary by AI level at Substack

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

Published salary at Substack by AI level
AI levelJob postsMedianRange
Little AI ●○○○17$200k$165k to $218k

Salary by country at Substack

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

Published salary at Substack by country
CountryJob postsMedianRange
United States17$200k$165k to $218k

Other currencies and hourly pay

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

  • GBP: 1 job post with a salary, too few for a figure (3 are needed).

Substack job posts with a salary

Pay is shown as the employer published it.

Method

Based on 18 job posts at Substack 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 Nov 5, 2026.

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Substack salary questions, answered from the data

What salary does Substack pay?

Substack job posts with a published annual salary in USD have a median of $200k. The middle half of those posts range from $165k to $218k. That is 17 job posts, as of Nov 5, 2026.

Where do these Substack salary figures come from?

From the live job posts at Substack 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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